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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.
Furniture
Zinc fittings where the surface is part of the product and the thread has to survive the furniture being assembled and taken apart more than once.
Det som pleier å gå galt
- The surface is the product — parting line and ejector marks cannot sit in the field of view
- Colour must match from batch to batch, across years
- Threads that survive repeated assembly and disassembly
- Hard import competition on price per fitting
- Weight in the hand is read as quality by the end user
Hvorfor støping
Zinc die casting gives the best as-cast surface, the sharpest reproduction of detail and the longest tool life. That is why furniture fittings are cast in zinc worldwide — and it is one of the few processes where the part is often finished straight from the tool.
What the industry needs
Joining fittings: leg mounts, corner fittings, hinges, connectors. Visible fittings: handles, decorative fittings, end caps. The first are hidden and only have to work. The second are part of the design.
What makes the requirements special
The surface is a specification. On a visible furniture fitting the parting line is not a detail — it is either hidden, or it is a deliberate design line. The same goes for the ejector points. This is decided when the tool is designed, and it cannot be corrected afterwards without rebuilding the tool.
Colour over time. A furniture range sells for many years. The fitting delivered in year five must match the one delivered in year one. That places demands on the colour reference, on the coating supplier and on nobody changing the powder without saying so.
Threads that survive the flat pack. Furniture is assembled, moved, taken apart and assembled again. The thread in the fitting has to survive that. Zinc suits it well: soft enough for the thread to form cleanly, hard enough for it to hold. If the fitting will be unscrewed many times, a threaded insert is worth considering.
Weight as perceived quality. Zinc weighs more than aluminium. In the hand that reads as solidity. It is a real reason a furniture fitting is cast in zinc rather than aluminium, even though aluminium would be lighter.
Why we fit
- Zinc die casting and machining under one roof. The fitting can be cast, threaded and finished here.
- Short distance and small series. We can run smaller batches and shorter call-offs than an import supplier with four weeks of sea freight.
- The tool stays in Norway. If you need a change, the tool is a drive away, not a container.
Be honest about the price picture
This is the most price-pressured segment we operate in. On a simple fitting in high volume an importer will often beat us on price per part, and claiming otherwise does not help.
Our argument is not the lowest unit price. It is lead time, small call-offs, tooling in Norway, one point of contact, and a part that can arrive threaded and coated. If none of that is worth anything to you, we are probably the wrong supplier — and it is better to establish that in the first phone call.
What has to be clarified
We have not published which colour systems our coating supplier handles, what the minimum coating batch is, or how many days the finishing step adds to the lead time. All three belong in the quotation.
Produkteksempler fra denne bransjen
Fittings and threaded parts
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
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.
Furniture
The fitting has to look the same in year five as in year one.
Zinc die cast fittings with threads that survive the flat pack, and a surface where the parting line sits where nobody sees it.
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Furniture fittings 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.
What is the fitting worth in lead time?
Send the drawing with colour reference and annual volume. You will get an honest answer on whether we can compete.
Send tegningen
Du får en teknisk gjennomgang av delen før pris — og et ærlig svar på om støping er riktig metode.