Continuous Hinge Width

When choosing a hinge for your project, it is important to select the proper continuous hinge width. Each time you open or close a lid or door, the hinge leaves flex, allowing torque to rotate the lid or door. This flexing may cause the screws that fasten the leaves to the lid or door to loosen small fractions at a time, which may make your lid or door malfunction. This is where continuous hinge width becomes very important.

First, determine the weight of the lid or door; the heavier the weight of the object, the wider your continuous hinge needs to be for optimum stability. Wider hinge leaves have a better grip on the surface of the lid or door, providing maximum support.

Second, if the lid or door is unusually heavy, your hinge will need to have misaligned holes for the screws; physics enables these misaligned holes to provide even more supportive strength for the lid or door. Each time the hinge leaves flex, the screws fastened through the misaligned holes will have such a strong grip that they will remain strong no matter how many times the lid or door is used.

Third, visit Marlboro Manufacturing, Inc. to view our extensive continuous hinge selection. Our continuous hinges come in a wide range of sizes and materials:

• Our continuous hinge thickness measures between .025 and .250.
• We make continuous hinges that are .75-8.00 wide.
• Our pin diameters can be anywhere from .062 to .625.
• Continuous hinge knuckles measure.25-2.00.
• The length of our continuous hinges comes in 36, 96, or anything in between.

If you don’t see what you need, we can customize continuous hinges specifically for your project, no matter the size, material, or purpose. Contact us today to learn what we can do for you!