The high-tech nature of the modern world, as well as the constant competition of many manufacturing companies, has successfully contributed to the development and improvement of numerous solutions and methods for manufacturing furniture and accessories for it. Guides for drawers made of skids, which required a certain amount of work to move the drawer, gave way to light and reliable roller and ball guides. This made it possible to satisfy the increased demands of society and make the life of every person easier and more comfortable. In this article, we will look at the differences and features of each of these types of modern and technological fittings.
Roller guides for drawers in the construction markets appeared relatively recently - only in the early 90s of the last century.
It is quite natural that such a technological pleasure was considered quite expensive, and not everyone could afford it. With the development of technology, furniture fittings of this type spread more and more, its cost fell, and it was already much easier to purchase it. Currently, drawer guides using rollers in their design are used by many manufacturers for the manufacture of all kinds of furniture. The technological fittings used have many advantages, including ease of installation, the ability to mount on uneven surfaces without transmitting distortion, symmetrical arrangement relative to a single vertical wall, smooth running and noiseless movement of the drawer. The drawer runners are lightweight and simple, with aluminum runners and rollers as the main elements.
Thanks to these features, such furniture fittings can easily meet all the requirements of the buyer. In addition, the numerous color, structural and production solutions that will allow you to choose the kit you need can be considered an undoubted advantage. In addition, at the request of the customer, it is possible to install additional system designs that will ensure full or partial extension of the drawer.
In turn, ball guides for drawers are considered perhaps the most serious threat and an important competitor of the abovesystems. Despite the fact that the design and production technology of such mechanisms is somewhat more complicated, they are no less widespread. A distinctive feature is the replacement of the rollers with balls-wheels, which are fixed on one side on each metal chute, while the other slides freely along them. Such guides for drawers easily provide a reliable and stable position both inside the rest of the structure and outside relative to the horizontal and vertical plane. This system is well known for its excellent performance, which includes smooth movement and quiet operation. In addition, the drawer can be pushed back with little effort. However, ball guides for drawers are still expensive, which somewhat hinders their widespread use.
