Today, the widespread use of familiar door hinges in the design of furniture fades into the background. An increasing number of manufacturers, and even those who create it with their own hands, prefer more modern fittings, which act as an alternative. We are talking about furniture lifts or shock absorbers.
Do I need a gas shock absorber
Many mistakenly believe that a gas shock absorber for furniture is an extra luxury. But in the case of a complete set with hinged hinges or springs, the products are amenable to premature out of service, due to constant knocking when the doors are suddenly closed. In addition, the sound that accompanies such closing is unpleasant to hear.
To avoid inconvenience, experts recommend installing piston dampers that smoothly slow down the facade and ensure quiet closing of the door. Some confuse shock absorbers with other functional mechanisms, calling them furniture closers, although these mechanisms are responsible forperformance of other functions as part of cabinet furniture.
Types of shock absorbers
According to the type of opening, there are systems for plowing the facade up and down, mechanisms for folding facades and universal lifts, which can be mechanical or gas.
Damper fittings for modern furniture are divided into two types:
- fenders;
- shock absorbers.
Furniture shock absorber - gas or oil damper system, which looks like a sleeve with an elastic button that takes the impact of the closing facade, smoothly softening the process and returning it to its original position.
Stubborn buffers (chippers), which are no less popular, like gas shock absorbers, ensure silent closing of the door. Outwardly, they resemble a silicone or plastic gasket attached to the end of the case. Such a system eliminates the sound effect during the closing of the door, but does not protect the fastening system from the rapid wear of mechanism parts. This type of "shock absorber" is intended only for light types of facades.
How to choose a lift
Such systems are used in the design of furniture, both with light and heavy facades. The choice of shock absorber model for furniture depends on the weight of the hinged structure. The lift must be able to easily handle the intended load.
One facade (door) is attached to twolift. When buying them, you must choose identical mechanisms from the same batch, with the same characteristics. Otherwise, the door may squint.
Mechanism benefits
The main advantages of products are determined by:
- Smooth closing of the facade doors, ensuring indoor safety.
- Exclusion of unwanted closing or slamming, accompanied by loud pops, which helps to extend the life of both the door itself and the facade frame.
- The main difference between the gas shock absorber is smoothness. Some of the mechanisms can hold the façade in an intermediate, semi-open, or any human-fixed state.
- In addition to ensuring the smooth running of the doors, one more property is attributed to modern door shock absorbers: the simultaneous transformation of the facade to its original position and the snapping of the lock.
The principle of operation of the mechanism
Mechanical systems function due to the spring, while gas systems are more complicated. The furniture gas shock absorber is presented in the form of a sealed piston, inside which, when opening / closing the door, inert gas circulates contained in a special chamber.
The piston, pin and rubber parts are protected from corrosion thanks to a special anti-corrosion system. The internal elements of furniture shock absorbers are not affected by negative factors, being in a completely sealed state.
Features of mounting damper devices
Shock absorbersmounted on doors of various types, not only on furniture, but also on interior, special and entrance doors with additional protection.
Such a device as a damper has earned popularity due to its reliability, practicality and long service life of devices. Modern furniture shock absorbers can be installed independently on an external or internal door in a residential area or complement the overall security system of a room or building as a whole.
In the first case, the mechanism is set up manually during installation or operation, in the second case, it is synchronized automatically, being one of the links in the electrical safety network.
Mount dampers by cutting or overlaying on the facade or door. For the latest damper models, a special adapter is purchased along with a furniture shock absorber, the installation of which depends on additional elements.
The choice of the type of the described device and the exact position of its fixation depends on the type of furniture facade or door structure: its width, weight, additionally used fittings. It is recommended to make a trial fastening to check the level and symmetry before the final fixing of the furniture damper.
80% of buyers appreciated such an innovation as a gas shock absorber in the design of cabinet furniture. Today, almost all of them are equipped with gas dampers, which, together with closers, make its use even more comfortable.
A furniture gas shock absorber today allows us to get rid of a lot of inconveniences, for example, you can notworry about the silent closing of the doors, as well as the rapid loss of their presentation, as a result of wear.
