Varieties, advantages and installation steps
Correctly selected and well installed kitchen furniture mechanisms will help make your stay in the kitchen more comfortable. They perform many functions - closing doors, opening drawers, pulling in worktops. Cooking is a painstaking process and sometimes it's impossible to keep track of everything. Only rationally selected and correctly installed mechanisms will make life much easier. But the variety of products on the market is large and confusing. It is difficult to understand which fittings will suit your furniture set. And even if you have already purchased the mechanisms, you need to know how and where to mount them, which ones fit a particular piece of furniture and which ones don't. All these questions are unnecessary headaches and costs. So let's go through the main types of kitchen mechanisms.
Extensible designs for wardrobes and cupboards
Hettich offers a wide range of drawers for different types of furniture. There is a solution for kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room and office. A unique range for a wide variety of uses. Reliability, smooth texture, stability, comfort and attractive appearance. Single or double side walls in a wide variety of designs. A wide range of accessories for every target audience.
Shock absorbers
Very simple mechanisms for kitchen cupboards. This set allows you to close furniture doors smoothly and without risk of damage. They are widely used in all furniture systems. They represent a gas or water capsule in which a spring mechanism is placed. The spring mechanism is connected to a foot, which brakes the impact of the door. It works on a hydraulic principle. It is fixed inside the kitchen fronts. It holds doors securely in the correct position. The advantage is its compactness and simple mechanism. They also make it possible to use frameless full glass doors. No need to worry about an accidental crack due to a strong impact - the damper will soften the pressure on the glass.
Balamale Hettich hinges define furniture quality. Innovative and reliable fittings with an impressive service life. Convenient, high-quality installation and adjustment. Sensys and Intermat quick-fit hinges are easy to install and adjust. The Sensys hinge with integrated Silent System damper has completely redefined hinges and won a number of international awards. Sensys and Intermat hinges are the solution for any installation.
Lifting systems
They help open vertically oriented doors on kitchen cabinets and also keep them securely in the open position. The operating principle is based on a piston mechanism. They are very similar to the action of door closers, only their effort is aimed at pushing out and not internal pressure. These kitchen sets also have an oil capsule, but in some models it is supplemented with a spring to give more force. It is fixed to the upper fronts of the kitchen furniture. Special self-drilling screws and a screwdriver are needed to install such locks. If you are installing heavy locking devices, the main structure should be fixed to a fixed part of the furniture, the other end directly on the door. You should then install the latch in the slot intended for it. Smooth closing and other parameters can be adjusted with special valves.
Rotary systems
They are installed in the kitchen corner space. Most often these are mechanisms that rotate 90 - 180 degrees. They are based on a special pole on which the structure is held by rotating systems. The systems can be used for both a mini bar and a dish dryer. They are also used to save space when access to the blind side is difficult in a corner cupboard.