4 Reasons for Longer Service Life of Shower Hinge

The shower door can be opened and closed hundreds of times. But over time, the shower hinge will rust. When this happens, the shower hinge will loosen so that opening or closing the shower door requires more effort than it should. If you notice that the shower door has been difficult to open or close recently and have tried to lubricate its moving parts, it is likely that one or more shower hinges need to be replaced.

• 4 reasons for longer service life of shower hinge

• What are the materials of shower hinges

• Why lubricate the shower hinges?

4 reasons for longer service life of shower hinge

There are many choices in shower hinges. You can choose anything from chromium to nickel. Most shower hinges choose stainless steel as the material, which is durable and reliable.

The shower hinge has a good performance of corrosion resistance, which can withstand the water corrosion. Shower hinge is usually the first choice in many applications because of its strong rust resistance. This is more true than galvanized steel or bronze. Over time, pitting corrosion and crevice corrosion may occur on the surface of shower hinge. Different from the traditional rust of other metals, the corrosion of stainless-steel shower hinge is often random and highly localized. Pits do have the potential to penetrate a large amount of thickness, and over time, pits can lead to cracks and leaks.

Shower hinges are not always placed in doors or products that are invisible to the user. Sometimes shower hinges are placed in front and in the center where everyone can see them. In these cases, aesthetics is very important to the manufacturer. Shower hinges are available in a variety of surface finishes, providing a beautiful, high-quality appearance and easily maintaining a high level of gloss. In addition, shower hinge is easy to clean and is available for pharmaceutical, food, kitchen, bathroom and hospital use. Its durability and low maintenance cost make shower hinge more popular.

What are the materials of shower hinges?

The zinc alloy or copper alloy shower hinge is hard but still soft. The biggest drawback is that the use of about half a year bright light coating will constantly fall off, and rust.

The surface of copper shower hinges must be electroplated, which electroplates a layer of electroplating depending on its plating quality and thickness.

Generally, the shower hinge is made of stainless steel material, which is stronger, more corrosion resistant and more reliable. Stainless steel shower hinge has a strong sense of modern. But if encountered strong acid and alkali, it still will rust.

Why lubricate the shower hinges?

Some structures of the shower hinge are the combination of hinge shaft and drum lubrication. In order to reduce friction, lubricating oil needs to be added into shower hinge. In addition, when the machining accuracy is not high, the gap between the shower hinge shaft and the drum is relatively large. Therefore, if no lubricating oil is added, the shower hinge will shake violently to compensate for the lubricating oil. After the shower hinge operates for a period of time, the viscosity of the added grease will be reduced and it is easy to leak oil. At the same time, the shaft core and reel of the shower hinge will be worn to a certain extent. When the wear is serious, a large amount of black iron powder will be produced and the grease will turn black. Therefore, depending on the oil and lubrication used, the machining accuracy of the shower hinge, or the leakage of transparent or black grease, sooner or later, will affect the appearance.  

Jianlai Hardware (HK) Co., Ltd have been working hard to continuously improve and improve the quality of our products. We are currently developing our solution for shower hinges.