Hinge is an important hardware accessory connecting cabinet door and cabinet body, is indispensable to the whole home furnishing industry, whenever you see the carpentry master skilled installation of cabinet door hinge, you know the installation and adjustment method of hinge? The following small edition of Olidon will give you a detailed explanation of the hinge installation steps.

Step 1: Determine the mounting specifications of the hinges

According to the relationship between the cover position of the door panel and the side panel, the hinge of the cabinet door is divided into straight bend, middle bend and large bend, also called full cover, half cover and no cover. Use full cover hinges when the cabinet door completely covers the side panel; When the cabinet door covers a half side plate, two cabinet doors share a side plate with the half cover hinge; Open hinges are used when the side panels are embedded in the cabinet door and the door panels are flush with the side panels. So we need to determine which type of hinge to use according to the actual design situation.



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Orliton hinge specification differentiation

Step 2: Determine the number of hinges to be installed

How many hinges need to be installed on each cabinet door is also pay attention to, if installed less will lead to insufficient bearing capacity affecting the service life; If the installation is too much, it will be inconvenient to adjust and the cost will increase correspondingly. So we need to consider the actual situation of the cabinet door.

Therefore, we need to choose the number of hinges to be installed according to the height of the cabinet door. Take the commonly used Oliton damping hinges on the market, cabinet door height 900mm installation of two, 1600mm installation of three, 2000mm installation of four, 2400mm installation of five.



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Step 3: Determine the hinge installation position

For hinged cups, a drill with a diameter of 35mm should be used to dig a cup hole with a depth of 12mm. Note that the margin of the cup hole should be set well. When the thickness of the side plate is 16mm, the margin should be set at 3mm. When the thickness of the side plate is 18mm, leave 4mm margin; When the thickness of the side plate is 20mm, leave 5mm margin.



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Complete these steps, I believe you can be familiar with the installation of the cabinet door hinge oh. If you have any questions about the hinge installation, please leave a comment.ceshidazi