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Fitting features

Fitting features

Maintenance-free slide bearings

Maintenance-free slide bearings are made of a special bearing material with self-lubricating properties. The wear-resistant bearings ensure outstanding operational performance and optimal absorption of axial and radial forces. Hinges fitted with maintenance-free slide bearings must not be applied with oil or lubricant. This may damage bearings and cause undesirable noise.

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Security pin

For use on outwards opening doors, all SIMONSWERK hinges with a continuous hinge pin are also available with a security pin on request. The hinge pins or pin screws are secured against being knocked out or unscrewed (see illustration) using various techniques depending on the product range.

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Reinforcing dowels

Depending on the area of application, construction and load on the door, it is recommended to consider using support pins to strengthen the hinge flaps. Reinforcing dowels relieve the fastening screws and strengthen the hinge flap in the door leaf routing.

Hinges with a height of 160 mm or 120 mm can be fitted with an additional support pin in the middle screw hole. The reinforcing dowel must be ordered separately.

A 12 x 50 mm reinforcing dowel (M 5 screw) is required for material thicknesses of 3.0 mm and 3.5 mm. A 12 x 60 mm reinforcing dowel (M 6 screw) is required for a material thickness of 4.0 mm.

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S-dowels

SIMONSWERK hinges are suitable for use on burglar-resistant doors, as proven several times on various door elements. It is recommended to use hinges with S-pins, especially from resistance class 3 and higher of DIN EN 1627 ff. Unlike the pivots welded onto reinforcing dowels, these hinges help to strengthen as well as absorb force when strain is applied by lifting tools.

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Overlap seals

SIMONSWERK hinges are also available in an FD version (FD = leaf seal) for sound-insulated doors with an overlap seal in the door leaf. In this version, the hinges have a receiving groove for the continuous overlap seal. This does not have to be disengaged in the belt area.

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Plaster-proof receivers

The plaster-proof receivers are designed to prevent plaster from entering. When using low-viscosity backfill materials, it is recommended to use an additional sealing means, e.g. with self-adhesive tape.

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Procedure for special designs

If none of hinges from our range are suitable for a particular design, please send us a dimensioned cross-sectional drawing for the design of the component in question, if possible on a scale of 1:1 and ideally in CAD format, e.g. DXF. SIMONSWERK will promptly check whether there is a hinge that can be modified accordingly to meet the requirements.