In the furniture industry uses a lotvarious fastening hardware, which is an integral part of the products. It influences such characteristics of furniture as functionality, durability, durability. Fastening accessories include various types of hinges designed for fastening, fixing and functioning of facades.
Furniture hinges are universal mechanisms,which allow to install the doors in different positions and planes. They can be brass plated or made from sheet steel by stamping.
Существует несколько разновидностей мебельных loops. They differ in design, purpose, type of attachment and appearance. The most common in the furniture industry are four-hinge hinges with a high margin of safety, an unlimited number of operating cycles, the possibility of three-plane adjustment.
The loop consists of the following basic elements:
A cup is an element that has a rounded shape,located in a blind hole on the inside of the door. Most often loops are issued with a diameter of 35 mm, but there are also reduced sizes. Installation of furniture hinges with a diameter of 26 mm is provided in small facades, or made of glass. The cup, designed for glass, is made of plastic and has a sealing ring.
The shoulder is a lever that is attached to the inside of the case. It connects the cup with the reciprocal plate with a four-hinged mechanism.
The installation platform serves as a fastening loop tothe wall of the product. With the help of a special bolt, which is located in the lid, adjusts the facade. To install the reciprocal stripe of the furniture hinge on the inner side of the side wall of the product using self-tapping screws.
Four-hinge hinges, depending on the method of imposing the facade on the product frame, are divided into:
При изготовлении шкафов, тумбочек и прочих body products used four-hinged overhead furniture hinges. Their installation can be made independently or with the closer. This type of mounted elements provides for laying the door on the ends of the box and fastening it to the side wall. Differs from other types of reliability and versatility.
It is often necessary to place the doors at an angle.to the base. Angular loops are used for these purposes, which can be set at an angle of 30 º, 45 º, 90 º, 135 º and 175 º. If it is necessary to make a wardrobe or other products in which two doors come into one side partition at once, use semi-folding furniture hinges. Installation of the hinge part of the door is carried out on 1/2 of the end of the box body. For hanging deaf facades on the side racks, which are adjacent to the wall, apply hinge bolts. They are used to fasten the door to the false panels.
To place the sash inside the enclosure, applyloops are furniture internal. Installation of the facade is carried out in such a way that its ends are in contact with the inner walls of the niche. In order to avoid dropping the door into the box, use stoppers. Internal models resemble semi-laid-back. They can also be used to fasten two doors on one side of the product. The difference is that the inner ones have a large base bend. Ivers hinges allow the door to open 180º. In this case, the flap in the open state forms a straight line with the plane of the base wall.
To install all types of hinges on furniture, the following tools are required:
To properly attach furniture hinges,their installation begins with markup. For this pencil mark the center of each future hole. Center distance from the front ends, depending on the height of the doors and the place of their attachment, can be 80-130 mm. Marking should be carried out in such a way that when installing the facade hinges do not come into contact with shelves, lintels and other elements. The number of hinges for fixing the doors is set depending on their width and weight. The center distance of the hole from the front face of the facade depends on the thickness of the door and may be 21-22 mm.
Almost all hinge models have 12-13 mmhole depth. For drilling, in order to avoid breakdowns of the cutter and chips, only well-sharpened cutting tools are used. Drill must be kept strictly vertically. This will ensure uniform depth of the hole and the absence of chips. There are furniture hinges, the installation of which does not require drilling. These are models designed for glass facades with or without an aluminum frame, as well as some types of overhead hinges.
After completing the markup and re-drillingholes is being installed loop. To do this, it is inserted into the groove, aligned. Then with a center punch or an awl there is a place under the fasteners, the screws are twisted. After the loop is installed, the facade is ready for mounting.
Furniture loop, marking and installation of whichcompleted, requires adjustment. This procedure is performed with a four-sided screwdriver. Reciprocal plate is attached to the inner wall and pressed with a special bolt, which is used to adjust the position of the door deeper-closer. Another screw that rests on the installation platform, adjust the facade to the right-left. To adjust the doors up and down it is necessary to release the screws that secure the mounting plate itself.
There are models of furniture hinges of another design, where adjustment is carried out in two planes. The shift of the facade up and down is made by a special bolt located in the bar.
