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Furniture
Zinc furniture bracket
A joining fitting die cast in zinc. It has to hold two furniture parts together through repeated assembly and disassembly, and feel solid in the hand when the customer unpacks it.
Visible parts
Parts the end user actually sees. Appearance then becomes a specification on a par with the dimensions: no parting line or ejector marks on exposed faces, an even surface, the correct colour.
What characterises the part
On a visible part, aesthetics is a tolerance. What separates it from the other three categories is that the defect is not measured — it is seen. That makes the requirement harder to write down and easier to disagree about, which is why it must be settled before the tool is ordered, not after the first trial run.
Three things must be in the drawing package:
- Which faces are visible. Mark them. We place the parting line and the ejector points outside them.
- Which surface standard applies. Should the face be bright, matte, blasted, brushed or coated — and against which reference.
- Which colour, in which system. RAL or NCS, with the permitted deviation.
Why casting is right here
- Freedom of form. A visible part often has soft transitions and double curvature. That is expensive in sheet and cheap in casting.
- The surface comes from the tool. Polish the tool and the part is bright. Texture the tool and the part carries the texture. No post-processing.
- Zinc gives the best as-cast surface. A lower casting temperature means less thermal load on the tool and finer reproduction of detail.
- Metal reads as quality. Weight and coolness in the hand are read as solidity by the end user. That is a real reason furniture fittings are cast in zinc.
When casting is not right here
- The part is a straight anodised profile. Extrude it.
- The surface requirement is higher than casting can deliver without extensive polishing. The polishing then eats the entire cost advantage.
- The part should be through-coloured plastic in many colours. Mould it.
The longest process chain we run
A visible, coated part passes through the most steps: casting, fettling, machining, blasting, transport to the coating sub-supplier, coating, transport back, inspection, packing. Anodising and powder coating we do not do ourselves — they are outsourced. That means one extra transport leg and a few extra days of lead time, and we say so plainly.
In return we hold every link. You have one supplier and one point of responsibility, including when the colour is off.
Produkteksempler
Furniture
Furniture fitting, machined and coated
A visible fitting that is cast, machined, blasted, coated at a sub-supplier and inspected before delivery. Nine steps, two of them outside the building — and we hold all nine.
Visible components
On a visible part, aesthetics is a tolerance.
Mark the visible faces on the drawing. We place the parting line and the ejector points outside them — before the tool is ordered, not after the first trial run.
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The process chain for a coated part
Nine steps. Seven with us, two at a sub-supplier. We hold all nine.
- 01
Steg 01 Hos oss
Casting
Parting line and ejector points placed outside the visible faces.
- 02
Steg 02 Hos oss
Fettling
Runners, overflows and flash removed.
- 03
Steg 03 Hos oss
Machining
Faces and holes needing tighter tolerance than casting delivers.
- 04
Steg 04 Hos oss
Blasting
An even matte surface for the coating to key into. Done in house.
- 05
Steg 05 Hos underleverandør
Transport out
To the coating or anodising supplier.
- 06
Steg 06 Hos underleverandør
Coating or anodising
Outsourced. We do not do it ourselves and we do not pretend to.
- 07
Steg 07 Hos underleverandør
Transport back
Back to Rade.
- 08
Steg 08 Hos oss
Inspection
Colour and surface against the agreed reference.
- 09
Steg 09 Hos oss
Packing and dispatch
Packed so the visible face survives transport.
How many days the finishing step adds to the lead time is stated in the quotation.
Visible parts we have made
Furniture
Furniture fitting, machined and coated
A visible fitting that is cast, machined, blasted, coated at a sub-supplier and inspected before delivery. Nine steps, two of them outside the building — and we hold all nine.
Mark the visible faces and we take the rest
Send the drawing with colour reference and surface requirement. We will tell you where the parting line can run.
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