What advantages do telescopic slides offer you?
To open or close drawers, industrial slides or telescopic slides are an excellent solution, thanks to all the advantages that their application brings. If you want to know all the advantages offered by this type of solution.
Main advantages
Telescopic guides, also known as telescopic slides, are elements that help you move a drawer back and forth, such as desk drawers, by sliding the different elements that make it up. Thanks to this movement, you will be able to access the content of the drawers or to store what you need. The use of these elements will bring you different advantages, as much for the railway sector, as for the automatic teller machines, at the exhibitors or with industrial vehicles. Among these advantages, we can mention the following
Adaptation and resistance
Several solutions can be used with these guides, as they are made of various materials that will allow them to adapt to the different needs within a company. Steel guides are mainly used for various types of applications, stainless steel guides are used by the food sector or in corrosive environments, while aluminum guides are designed to withstand lighter loads.
On the other hand, to guarantee their greater resistance, the guides are manufactured by extrusion or undergo surface treatments that give them greater hardness and resistance to corrosion, thus extending their life.
Blocking
There are several types of locks with which you will find these guides. You can lock the guide when it is fully open. When you close it, there is also the lock on opening and closing.
However, there is another option that is more ergonomic and works with an external locking system, where bi-directional telescopic slides and a turnkey solution are used for their locking.
Easy maintenance
Although these guides require little maintenance, as they are coated with a high-pressure bearing grease that will extend their life, there are removable models that facilitate maintenance in particular cases where they are used in abrasive environments or that get dirty easily. Likewise, it is recommended to grease them twice a year in order to keep them working optimally, but if they are very exposed to dirt or abrasion, it is recommended to clean them regularly to avoid problems in their operation.
High capacity
The manufacturing of these guides in specialized companies will guarantee you a fairly high load capacity, being able to support several kilos and even up to a ton, depending on the needs of your sector. In addition, the closed length that it reaches is also quite high.
These are some of the most notable advantages regarding these items, however, you can also customize them according to your needs, thanks to the companies that custom make them.
How to choose the most suitable telescopic slide ?
There are several aspects that you can take into account when choosing one of these guides for your project, this way it will be easier to find the right guide and thus ensure optimal operation. The first thing to consider is the closed length, this means that the guides must fit into the space where you will be using them folded. There are also extension lengths, which can be partial with 75% travel, full extensions with 100% travel and super-extension ones, which offer 150% travel when folded. You should also consider the load that will be moved when choosing the type of guide assembly, the type of slider material and the locking system that best suits what you want. With these slides or telescopic slides, you will be able to move a large amount of load with greater ease, through a system that will allow for convenient, safe and resistant opening and closing.
