![]() ![]() Ball-Bearing Slides with soft closeīall-bearing slides make use of ball bearings instead of rollers to allow for the telescopic motion. They also can only be mounted to the side of a drawer due to their design and cannot carry much weight at all, and they can very easily become un-lodged from the drawer or cabinet. Due to their design, it is not recommended to use roller slides in any other configuration than horizontal. You’ll typically see roller drawers slides used in household applications like desk drawers where you expect fairly lightweight loads and a horizontal configuration using bottom drawer slides. This two-roller design gives the mechanism horizontal stability and allows for level extension. When fully extended, the two rollers will meet. As the mechanism is extended, the cabinet member’s roller allows the drawer member to move outwards and the roller of the drawer member follows in the grove of the cabinet member. Each roller will fit into the groove found on the other member and will be at opposite ends of the mechanism when fully retracted with the cabinet member’s roller being at the front. the cabinet, and the drawer member attaches to the moving component, i.e. As their names suggest, cabinet member mounts to a stable or grounded component, i.e. Roller slides or rolling drawers consists of two components, the cabinet member and the drawer member, each having their own roller, usually made of plastic. To learn more about the basics of drawer slides, check out our Drawer Slides 101 blog. This blog will aim to help you distinguish between these types of drawer slides. The technology used is really only split into two types, the others refer to the installation location on the drawer. Locking Drawer slides (Lock in and Lock out)Įach type has its own very specific Pro's and Con's especially when it comes to the installation, which is critical to understand depending on your application.Ī drawer slide is a mechanism that allows for telescopic motion in one axis and are commonly found in a wide range of household and industrial applications.There are many other types of slides that may work perfectly well for your application. The video below shows you how the FIRGELLI Heavy-duty 400lbs weight capacity slides work, and how they are extended and separated which you need to be able to do for proper installation, this is a common type of drawer slide design you see in many cases, the FIRGELLI drawer slides just happen to be a little more rugged and can carry far more weight and offer much longer strokes than anything you will finds at your local hardware store, plus they are telescopic. The most common type for most cabinetry applications that happens to also be easy to install is the Bearing style Drawer slide. There are many different types of drawer slides available on the market for, some are a very simple Ikea single wheel cheap and cheerful style, others are more features to make drawers slide open easier and smoother and hold more weight. ![]()
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