Design engineers with experience of electrical/electronic cabinet design will appreciate that these are common but specialist applications - just "any old" hinge from a trade supplier will rarely do the job properly or look right, or both. Consequently, a perennial problem for specialist enclosure producers is the correct specification and cost-effective fitment of suitable hinges. EMKA has responded to this by developing a large range of specialist hinges, designed to suit the electrical and electronic industries requirements for enclosures and cabinets.
This specialist EMKA program addresses the hinging of prominent/lay-on doors with 23 different groupings of hinge types developed in parallel with the growth in electrical and electronic industries. The EMKA standardised products are special purpose designs to match a defined range of applications, environments and performance criteria, with each type available in various sizes to suit door rigidity, sealing requirements, door loading etc.
EMKA prominent door hinges feature weld-on or fully finished items with traditional screw fixings or fast fixing possibilities. Opening capabilities of 120 degrees to 180 degrees are available as are removable pins or lift-off facilities to speed installation.
EMKA’s hinge manufacturing technologies encompass mild steel, die-cast zinc, glass-reinforced thermo-plastic and stainless steel, to suit the environmental and aesthetic requirements of the situation. Hinge selection for cabinets with prominent doors really is not now a difficult matter, especially since EMKA’s website now includes a simple drill-down architecture to guide engineers.