You will typically see at least one pair of drawer slides in used everyday whether they are used around your home, in use at your office, or maybe in your RV or camper. Do you know industrial uses of drawer slides? And do you know if drawer slides are used in industrial and commercial applications? The short answer is yes, but you maybe wondering where?
This blog will highlight some applications where you may see drawer slides in an industrial or commercial setting. In many of these applications are where you may see our Industrial Heavy Duty Drawer Slides in use and may help you understand when you should use heavy duty slides over regular ones.
Industrial Storage
You might think that one of the applications of drawer slides in an industrial environment is storage, which is correct. The usual usage of drawer slides is in toolboxes and other storage solutions to store heavy equipment. These applications would include more extreme environments than your average toolbox or storage solution. It would includes walk-in freezers for restaurants and food processing plants, chemical storage, and for use in clean rooms.
Electrical & IT Enclosures
Another commercial and industrial application of drawer slides are for electrical and information technology (IT) enclosures. When they have problems or improvements, engineers can easily access them and restore them to normal operations. Independent IT systems, such as heavy-duty drawer guides in airport check-in kiosks, are also available.
The drawer slides in these kiosks give engineers and technicians access to the internal electronics when maintenance is required and allow the kiosk to have a compacted footprint when the drawer slides are collapsed.
Mobile Equipment
Like with drawer slide applications in a RV or camper, drawer slides are also application in a wide range of mobile equipment and vehicles. The usual usage of drawer slides is in the emergency vehicles, like firetrucks and ambulances, to allow for compact transport of equipment and give first responders easy access to it.
Similarly, they appear on military vehicles, and it’s a good idea to transport equipment and gain easy access after stopping. Use industrial drawer slides as compact storage solutions and in-flight entertainment systems on airplanes.
Much More
There are much more industrial and commercial uses of drawer slides out there. This is not only because the drawer slide is to create a compact design, but also an ideal mechanism for you to easily access the equipment when you need it. Both our Cabinet Drawer Slides and Industrial Heavy Duty Drawer Slides can application in a wide range of custom industrial and commercial solutions. Made of high-density thickened cold-rolled steel plates, The thickness of each guide rail is 2.5 mm. 100,000 times push-pull tests without damage.https://global.vadania.com/hardware-fittings/
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