Cabinet fittings - which one to choose? Review of the best manufacturers, new products, functionality, photos

Types of furniture fittings

The cabinet, drawers, shelves are assembled using fasteners, which differ in size, material of manufacture, installation method and features of use. They are divided into several types.

• Front fittings for cabinets include parts that are located on the front facade of the product and, in addition to operational functions, serve as decorative elements.
• Fasteners are used to assemble furniture panels into a single frame.
• Additional products for the internal equipment of wardrobes are parts for installing shelves, rods in wardrobes, mounting mirrors, hangers.

Sofa accessories

The accessories for sofas, in general, are all almost the same, but there are also some differences.

Accessories for accordion sofas include:

1. Staples
2. Wheels
3. Corners
4. Hardware

In addition, upholstery fittings are required:

1. Filler
2. Accessories
3. The upholstery itself

The furniture for the sofa is Eurobook, book and click-clack. This requires durable legs, rollers and various fillers.

Fasteners

The service life of furniture depends on the quality of fasteners. They ensure its stability, increase its ability to withstand heavy weight and help avoid distortions of the door leaves.

Furniture hinges are used to secure the door to the furniture body. Their task is to open the door at 900 and keep it suspended. For this purpose, four-hinged overhead and semi-overlay hinges are used. They are attached using self-tapping screws to the facade panel and drawer.

The cabinet door is located on the surface of the facade and is locked onto the end of the cabinet. Internal hinges allow the door to fit inside the cabinet body. A continuous facade surface without protruding edges is formed.

Corner hinges are used when installing doors with an opening angle of up to 1750. A piano hinge is used to fasten wide wardrobe doors. Made in the form of two hinged plates. It is installed over the entire height of the doors and secured with self-tapping screws.

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For fastening the furniture body, confirmat, eccentric coupler, corners, and dowels are used. They are used for fastening parts of the body, back wall, partitions. Due to their design features, they are used for installation of wood, plywood, plastic, MDF, chipboard and fiberboard.

Facades

In a furniture design, all visible parts that face the front or side plane are called facades. Their configuration and color determine the style of the furniture and set the tone for the entire room.

Main types of facades:

• Doors;
• Front walls of drawers;
• Horizontal and vertical decorative overlays;
• Furniture cornices.

The facade can be easily unfastened from the attachment fastening, replaced with a new one and adjusted in vertical, horizontal and inclined positions. Various circumstances lead to the replacement of facade elements ─ careless use, mechanical damage, outdated design, discoloration of the structure due to exposure to ultraviolet radiation. To make furniture with your own hands, they use solid ─ “blind” and prefabricated frame-paneled facade elements.

Most often used for the production of facades:

• Chipboard;
• MDF board;
• Natural wood (solid);
• Furniture board;
• Metal (stainless steel, aluminum);
• Glass.

Budget furniture is made from laminated chipboard. MDF boards make beautiful structures finished with film, paneling or veneer.

Premium products include elements made from natural wood. Today the market offers modern facades made of aluminum profiles. It looks organically with glass, plastic, rattan and other materials. To fill the profiles, genuine leather, textile fibers, and polymer 3D photo printing are used.

Chipboard

Glass MDF Furniture Panel

Natural wood

Metal

Additional accessories

To ensure maximum comfort and ease of use of cabinets, automatic closers are installed on the doors. These are components for cabinets with the help of which the door closes smoothly and silently. Installed on horizontally and vertically opening doors. Their use extends the service life of hinges and protects the surface of the facade from chipping and cracking.

Corners are used to install and secure shelves inside the cabinet. They are made of metal, aluminum or plastic.

Shelf holders are stamped from metal wire with a diameter of up to 1.5 cm with a characteristic protruding bridge in the center of the part. A type of rod holder is a blade-shaped holder. Fixing plastic and metal ones are made in the shape of a corner, with a thickening of the load-bearing part. The wide working surface of the product ensures reliable fixation under heavy loads.

For retractable shelves and cabinet drawers, two modifications of guides are used: roller and ball.

The cabinets are equipped with legs and thrust bearings, which are covered with a removable base. Also installed inside are rods for clothes, wire structures for small accessories, and hooks for bags.

Small nails, screws, self-tapping screws, screws with washers and sealant are used as small fasteners.

Sofa design

1. Upholstery fabric
2. Sintepon
3. Polyurethane foam
4. Belts
5. Wooden frame
6. Base (sofa legs)
7. Polyurethane foam
8. Nonwoven
9. Felt
10. Plywood sofa frame
11. Flat spring “Snake”

production of custom banquettes

Accessories for wardrobes

Thanks to its spaciousness, convenience and ability to fit into any interior, the sliding wardrobe has taken a leading place in the furniture industry. It is structurally different from conventional wardrobes and its assembly requires special fittings.

Rollers, asymmetrical or symmetrical, move the door without any effort. Made from plastic, steel with rubber or Teflon coating. The wardrobe roller located below takes on the weight of the door.

The fittings for a sliding wardrobe include upper hinged and lower support panels. Profiles are produced from plastic, aluminum and metal alloy. To fix the door in a vertical position, door guides are mounted on the upper profile - runners in which the rollers move.

To ensure silent sliding of the rollers along the profile, a seal is used, which is made from materials that can dampen noise and ensure smooth, smooth sliding.

Silicone and universal seals are reliable, durable and environmentally friendly materials. To protect the interior of the cabinet from dust, a brush seal is used.

The profile serves as the basis for the door leaf; a wood board is mounted on it. The type of profile determines the material from which it is made - steel or aluminum.

The stopper blocks the door and fixes it in a certain position. It is made of durable steel and mounted on the lower guide profile.

All components of furniture fittings are made from high-quality, durable materials. They ensure the service life of the structure, its durability and reliability. Thanks to small fasteners, the product gains stability, strength, fits into the interior and pleases the owners.

Accessories for sofas - wheels and supports

Depending on the mechanisms of transformation of sofas, there are two types of support:

1. Wheels
2. Legs

Wheels for sofas come in various shapes and locations:

1. Large
2. Average
3. Little ones
4. Side
5. Inside the bracket
6. Above

Do not confuse wheels with rollers. Furniture accessories for a sofa wheel are a support on which the unfolded sofa rests. And furniture fittings, rollers for a sofa, are mechanisms that help you unfold and fold the sofa.

The wheels are made of durable polyurethane. When choosing them, you should pay attention to:

1. No cracks
2. Easy scrolling

The rollers are made of metal and run on a special sleeper

The legs come in different shapes and thicknesses and are made from different materials (wood, plastic, metal).

Photos of cabinet fittings

Facade dimensions

The construction industry has introduced a wide range of façades with different dimensions to the market. The size of the frame facade depends on the profile, and the dimensions of products made from MDF boards depend on the capabilities of industrial equipment. For example, the minimum height of solid facades has a size of ─ 137-140 mm, a minimum width of ─ 296 mm, and a maximum height of ─ 988-1250 mm and a maximum width of ─ 596-1200 mm. And in frame-panelled facades, the minimum height is 562-573 mm, the minimum width is 296 mm, the maximum width is 596-896 mm and the maximum height is 980-1010 mm. When choosing a facade product, you need to pay attention to the beautiful design, the ability to fit into the interior of the room and the performance characteristics of the materials.

Mechanisms

Designers and design engineers of furniture production are working on new and improving existing mechanisms for the kitchen, cabinet sets and upholstered products. Thanks to lifting systems, opening of façade elements occurs quietly and easily. They can be fixed at any height and in any position. Let's look at the main types of lifts.

• Folding ─ they are used for multi-tiered wall cabinets and double-leaf facades;
• Folding ─ mechanisms are installed on large blind facades of the upper tier, if the design contains overhanging artificial lighting and canopies;
• Vertical ─ raise façade elements upward on any tiers of the suspended structure;
• Rotating mechanisms ─ are able to rotate and stop a solid facade when opening in any position;
• Mechanical ─ they help open the doors in the upper and lower positions;
• Gas elevators or gas lifts ensure smooth opening and closing of façade parts. Automatic gas lifts are not able to fix the opening of doors in a certain position. Gas lifts, the design of which includes step-by-step or frictional openings, have the ability to fix the door at any height. This mechanism is convenient for residents with short stature and high cabinets.

Folding Rotary Mechanical

Folding Gas

Vertical
Types of retractable mechanisms:

• Roller guides are among the simplest and most cost-effective mechanisms. Steel runners slide in them using plastic or rubber-coated rollers. Their design reduces noise when furniture drawers are pulled out;
• Metaboxes are a roller system with two symmetrical metal sides that move along roller guides. They extend the product partially (3/4) or completely by 270-550 mm and withstand a maximum dynamic load of up to 25 kg;
• Ball ─ telescopic guides, which are used by professional furniture makers in their work. The system allows the drawer to open completely and smoothly, it is durable, silent and wear-resistant;
• Tandemboxes are a retractable system that allows the drawer to open with a light hand press on the front.

The choice of a cabinet, chest of drawers, hallway, kitchen depends on the retractable system, since the drawers present in the design are in constant use. When buying upholstered furniture, special attention should be paid to the sofa and its transformation mechanism.

Types of sofa transformation mechanisms:

• Folding;
• Retractable;
• Unfolding.

Main types of construction:

• Eurobook is a durable mechanism with a long service life. Wide seats are not comfortable for short people;
• The book is a simple and durable design that easily transforms a sofa into a sleeping place. It cannot be placed close to the wall, as it requires significant space to unfold;
• French folding bed ─ the system belongs to the guest type. To unfold it, you need to pull the bottom of the sofa and 3 soft elements will extend into the sleeping area. The mechanism is not adapted to frequent transformation. It suits small spaces;
• Roll-out sofa ─ the mechanism consists of two segments, which are located in the structure of the sofa. When the front lower part is extended, the vacated space is taken by the back cushion. The design is compact in size and allows you to get a comfortable place to sleep. But you need to make sure that the rollers do not scratch the floor;
• Accordion is a transformation mechanism that makes the place to sleep high and comfortable. When folded, it is compact, but it requires free space to unfold it. The system is supplemented with linen drawers;
• Dolphin ─ mechanism for a corner sofa. By pulling a special strap, the hidden part of the structure is pulled out, which will complement the sofa seat to form a berth. It is comfortable and spacious;
• Click-clack is an analogue of the “book” mechanism. The difference is that the backrest can be in an intermediate version, which allows a person to be in a semi-lying state. The transformation mechanism requires free space near the wall.

Roll-out

Click-clack Eurobook Book French folding bed

Accordion Dolphin