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Shelf where holes are placed with 32 mm distance center-to-center for mounting of shelf supports and individual shelves. The 32 mm cabinetmaking system is a furniture construction and manufacturing principle used in the production of ready-to-assemble and European-style, frameless construction custom cabinets and other furniture.
The company was founded in 1952 by blacksmith Julius Blum in Höchst. [9]The first product was a horseshoe stud, which prevents horses from slipping.Then in 1958, the first furniture hinge was produced.
A common construction method for frameless cabinets originated in Europe after World War II and is known as the 32-mm system or European system. [1] The name comes from the 32- millimetre spacing between the system holes used for construction and installation of hardware typically used for doors, drawers and shelves.
An ornate brass door hinge A barrel hinge. A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation, with all other translations or rotations prevented; thus a hinge has one degree of freedom.
Cabinets may be wall hung or suspended from the ceiling. Cabinet doors may be hinged or sliding and may have mirrors on the inner or outer surface. Cabinets may have a face frame or may be of frameless construction (also known as European or euro-style). Face frame cabinets have a supporting frame attached to the front of the cabinet box.
Concealed hinges are set for furniture doors (with or without a self-closing feature, and with or without damping systems). They are made of two parts: one part is the hinge cup and the arm, the other part is the mounting plate. Also called "cup hinge", or "Euro hinge", as they were developed in Europe and use metric installation standards.