I. Important hardware fittings in the cabinet
Cabinet hardware
1, hinge
In the process of frequent opening and closing of cupboard doors, hinge is the most test. It not only needs to connect the cabinet and the door panel accurately, but also bears the weight of the door panel alone. Moreover, the opening and closing times of the cupboard door are as many as tens of thousands of times, so the consistency of door arrangement must be kept unchanged, otherwise it may tilt back and forth after a period of time.
Hinges generally have two points and three points, and a three-point hinge is of course better. The steel used to make hinges is the most important. If the choice is not good, the door panel may lean forward and fall off after a period of time. Almost all the kitchen cabinet hardware of big brands are made of cold-rolled steel, and the thickness and toughness are perfect. In addition, try to choose multi-point positioning hinge. The so-called multi-point positioning means that the door panel can stay at any angle when it is opened, and it will not be laborious to open and will not suddenly close, which ensures the safety of use, which is particularly important for the door of the hanging cabinet.
2. Slide rail
Drawer is an indispensable part of kitchen equipment, and slide rail is the most important accessory in the whole drawer design. Due to the special environment of the kitchen, it is difficult to push and pull the low-quality slide rail for a long time even if it feels good in the short term.
When choosing a kitchen cabinet, the quality of slide rail steel is also the most important. A good kitchen cabinet drawer will not fall over and fall off when it is pulled out, and it is easy to disassemble. Drawers with different specifications have different steel thickness and different load-bearing capacity. It is understood that imported brands have a drawer with a width of 0.6 meters, and the slide rail steel is nearly 3 mm thick, and the load can reach 40-50 kg. Plastic pulley, steel ball and wear-resistant nylon are the three most common pulley materials. Among them, wear-resistant nylon is the top grade. Due to the adoption of DuPont technology in the United States, the pulley has the characteristics of smooth and comfortable push-pull and quiet and soft rebound. When shopping, you can pull out the drawer and press it hard with your hand to see if it will loosen, make noise and turn over.
3. Pressurization device
Cabinet hardware accessories, in addition to the closely related slides, drawers, hinges, there are many pneumatic and hydraulic devices hardware. These accessories are mainly used for flip doors and vertical lifting doors. Some devices have three or more braking positions, which is also called "random stop".
The elastic air pressure device keeps a certain distance between the cabinet panel and the cabinet body, providing strong support for the panel. The triangular fixed base makes the bracket more stable. The smooth and free bracket enables the door panel to rise vertically in parallel, and it feels light when pulled, as if there is no resistance.
Step 4 pull the basket
The items in the kitchen are the most complicated and fragmented. To classify and store these items, the role of pulling baskets should not be underestimated. A big problem in choosing a kitchen cabinet is to see whether its space is fully and reasonably utilized, and the function of pulling baskets is to solve the problem of dead corners. For example, you can use a 360-degree rotating basket or a folding basket commonly known as "big monster" and "little monster" at the corner, which will maximize the use of storage space.
Generally, baskets are made of stainless steel, chrome plated and painted. Pulling a basket can provide a large storage space, and the space can be reasonably divided by dividing the basket, so that all kinds of articles and appliances can be placed in the right place. According to different uses, the basket can be divided into stove basket, three-sided basket, drawer basket, ultra-narrow basket, advanced basket, corner basket and so on.
5, skirting board
The kitchen floor is relatively humid, and the high-quality metal skirting board has the function of moistureproof and prolonging the service life of the kitchen cabinet. The inferior kitchen cabinets on the market all use recycled plastic feet. After a period of use, the cabinet will lose its balance and collapse, leading to the fracture of the artificial stone countertop, and the kitchen cabinet can no longer be used.
There are two kinds of skirting boards: wooden skirting boards, frosted metal skirting boards and aluminum-plastic skirting boards. Wooden skirting boards are generally made of solid wood or plastic door panels. However, because the skirting board is very close to the ground, wooden materials are easy to absorb water and get wet, and water vapor will rise along the skirting board, endangering the whole cabinet. This is also why some cabinets will be "fat" at the lower end after being used for a period of time. Imported frosted metal skirting board with waterproof rubber is not only waterproof, moisture-proof, mildew-proof and rust-free, but also beautiful and durable and will not be damaged for life. Most of the cabinets now use aluminum-plastic skirting boards, which are divided into one layer and two layers. Height 1 15MM.
6. Silent damping
Whether it's hinges, drawers or folding doors, any product is far away from noise as long as it uses a silent damping system. The shock-absorbing fittings integrated on the drawer slide rail enable the drawer to close quietly even if it is wide and heavy. Used in door panels, it can be divided into three integrated ways: snap-in, screw-in and embedded. Snap-in type is the most convenient, and users can install it at home. No matter whether the door is left or right, the damping fittings can be easily clamped to the door hinge without tools. At the same time, mute devices are integrated on the upper and lower guide rails of the hanging basket, so that the hanging basket can be closed silently at the last moment of closing after a short pause.
Second, how to distinguish the quality of cabinet hardware?
1, the appearance of hardware is smooth, uniform, exquisite and unified, without burrs, rust spots and other defects, with high processing accuracy and good interchangeability, with regular brand, origin and quality assurance commitment period; The appearance of the products of miscellaneous brand manufacturers is rough, and there are often defects visible to the naked eye, and there is no quality assurance commitment.
2, check the drawer, door leaf and other movable hardware parts, switch to be flexible, no noise, with or without anti-collision or self-closing function. You can check whether the hardware accessories selected by the product meet the standards. The cabinets designed and manufactured by professional manufacturers should be connected by cross hairs, with good overall firmness. The bottom of the ground cabinet is equipped with horizontal adjusting feet, which can adjust the levelness of the cabinet and have waterproof function. An integral movable skirting board shall be provided to facilitate cleaning the bottom of the cabinet.
3. See whether the guide rail is pulled out, whether the hinge is open and closed smoothly, and there is no abnormal sound; Whether the handle is rusted, whether the surface oxide layer falls off, and whether the coating and luster are uniform; Whether the air door is closed flexibly; Whether the drawer slides smoothly under load and so on. Check the inspection report of authoritative department: All hardware accessories should have the inspection report of domestic or international professional certification bodies, which proves that the performance of accessories meets kitchen standards. For example, the fatigue performance of door hinges is required to reach 50000 times; The drawer guide rail is required to be undamaged for 50,000 times under the standard load of 25Kg, and so on.
About the most important hardware fittings in the cabinet, this paper summarizes six, namely hinge, slide rail, pressing device, basket, skirting board and silent damping. This paper also introduces three methods to distinguish good from bad, which can be used as a reference when purchasing, but I remind you that the quality of hardware accessories determines the comprehensive quality and service life of cabinets, so there must be no mistakes in their quality.