The design of ball guides is fairly simple, and the mechanism itself consists of several main and several auxiliary parts. If to the first metal rails and include beads, the latter are represented by various locking elements and delimited made both from metal and from plastic.
Ball guides are more technologically advanced, high-quality and durable.
They provide the best stability of the sliding systems and ease of operation.
To understand the mechanism of operation of the principle of turn to the simplest representative of the ball guides — Two-section collapsible. In this case, there are two so-called rails that differ in size and having a specific n-shaped, which allows to place one piece inside another.
The action of this hardware is based on a strong mutual movement steel tracks constituting the tire.
Therebetween (typically the top and bottom) are arranged small balls resembling similar components bearing. The role of the locking element which retains structural integrity of the outer rail protrudes, at a certain moment stroke limiting device.
Since tracks are nested such telescopic system is called.
Content
- 1 Varieties ball guides
- 2 Role of ball guides in furniture manufacture
- 3 Ball guides for the drawer
- 4 The width, length and height of the drawer
- 5 VIDEO: How to fix ball bearing slides.
- 6 VIDEO: Replacing the telescopic rails.
- 7 Ball guides for drawers - 50 photo-ideas:
Varieties ball guides
Depending on the purpose of the intended use of ball bearing slides may take various forms and have a unique set of features. Most often, they are classified by the following characteristics:
- HAlice opportunities razukomplektatsii on collapsible and non-collapsible;
- TOThe number of "steps" on the two-section and multi-section;
- TICS designs on single-level and multilevel.
Possibilities for mounting vary between models, and can pick up the necessary types.
Installation can be carried out on the side surfaces of boxes or in slots of the side surfaces.
Typically, the final cost of the non-separable mechanisms somewhat lower than their counterparts fragmented. All thanks to the fact that the latter require special rail production methods and ways to consolidate these balls, which would allow to freely assemble and disassemble the device without fear of losing small details.
Solid steel balls moving inside the profile, providing a stable easy sliding drawers from any material and of any size.
On the final price of the guide affects the number of prescribed steps, as well as the number of levels involved in the system. This is due to a similar reason - because of significant complication mechanism designs.
On ball bearing slides are often installed drawers in the cabinet compartment.
Role of ball guides in furniture manufacture
Despite the fact that the beneficial properties of telescopic devices evaluated in several areas, most of these mechanisms used in the manufacture of various furniture.
The use of ball guides ensure quiet operation, increase the permissible load on the box.
A striking example is cloakrooms with foldable hanger rods, cabinets for footwear cupboards and drawers - in general, all those things that allow you to either save the free space of the room, or to increase the comfort of living in it.
Setting the ball guide, you provide a durable, smooth operation of sliding elements of your furniture.
Ball guides positively affect not only the convenience, but also on the efficiency of use of furniture. Clean up and get things become much easier, and thanks to free access, you can take up all the usable space of the cabinet.
Among the indisputable advantages of ball guides - full extension drawers.
Ball guides for the drawer
The most common object of use of the mechanism are still drawers, which are equipped with all sorts of cabinets and pedestals. To make their own household items listed are not difficult, and the drawing of the future product only seems complicated.
They are virtually noiseless, smooth ride and have a much better decorative properties.
After all the necessary calculations are made, and the case is built, it should switch to the formation and consolidation of drawers drawer.
Set ball guide is composed of two steel symmetrical telescopic runners: left and right, each of which is broken down into two parts.
With the installation of the latter on his own furniture created problems also arise, and should choose a specific design of ball guides before the calculation of cell parameters. This should be done because different mechanisms are excellent representatives of the other dimensions (primarily various thicknesses).
At box depth should be equal to the length of the guide.
It is necessary to leave a minimum gap of 10 mm between the rear wall of the chest and the back wall of the box.
Having defined the kind of telescopic devices, you can proceed to the calculation of the basic parameters of the drawer.
The width, length and height of the drawer
When calculating this characteristic can not be blindly repeat the package size.
the thickness of the external wall must be considered and the thickness of the sliding mechanism.
To this must be added the technological gap, which compensates for measurement errors and ensure the free movement of component parts.
Usually it is the optimum value is at the level of one millimeter.
Thus, the width of the drawer is calculated by subtracting the parameter from a similar furniture double thickness of its outer walls, double thickness mechanism and the double value of the gap.
The length of the drawer is also limited available free space.
However, it is much easier to calculate - enough to reduce the available length on the value of the next gap.
In the mounted position, such guides can be adjusted in two planes.
You need to properly set the position of the box in a box.
As a result, obtained correctly adjusted the boxes, which are hung facades.
In this case, it is selected from the following considerations:
- Dcial side of the box should not touch the inner wall of the body;
- Dling drawer unit must not exceed the length of the box, or it must take into account when calculating the final (add desired value to the magnitude of the gap);
- ATHeight of the drawer, as a rule, smaller than the front panel. This allows you to not worry about the functioning of a piece of furniture in the case of excessive filling of the compartment.
After calculating all the required dimensions can proceed directly to the installation mechanism.
Process opening (gap) not only provides movement of the boxes, but excludes any of their interaction.
Screws should be selected so that their hats are not stalled the engine.
In other words, it is necessary to provide for such a distance that adjacent faceplates sections do not contact each other, because this is the main cause of damage to the furniture front.
Most accurate counting when installing ball guide boxes allow to avoid distortions and other problems with the further fastening facades.
If the guides are not folding, you first need to fix them to the inside walls of the cabinet or pedestal, and then - to the boxes directly. In the case of the collapsible mechanism limits on this subject are available, ie the assembling of the relevant parts can be performed in any order.
This manual will help those who first decided to self-install them to their accessories.
VIDEO: How to fix ball bearing slides.
VIDEO: Replacing the telescopic rails.
Ball guides for drawers - 50 photo-ideas:
