Phoenix Continuous Hinges are produced and supplied by Cooke Brothers, leading UK hinge manufacturers for over 100 years.
Continuous hinges, or piano hinges after their development for use on piano keyboard lids, provide a visually neat and high quality solution to the hinging of any lid or door. Compared to the use of several shorter butt hinges, no rebating is required, with the hinges being surface fitted to both door and frame. Cut down to match the full length of the door, continuous hinges provide alignment over the whole length of the door, as well as achieving even distribution of the load.
Cooke Brothers have been manufacturing Continuous Hinges for over 100 hundred years, so we know a thing or two about making robust, reliable hinges that won’t fail. As the UK’s leading piano Hinge manufacturers, we firmly believe that our design and construction process make these hinges the very best you can buy. Contact our technical sales team and find out what Continuous Hinges could bring to your project.
Types of Continuous Piano Hinge
Continuous Hinges are suitable for a wide range of applications from cabinets to high-traffic commercial environments.
Light Duty Continuous Piano Hinges
Medium Duty Continuous Piano Hinges
Heavy Duty Continuous Piano Hinges
Architectural Continuous Piano Hinges
Architectural Interleaf Continuous Hinges
Polymer Continuous Hinges
Available in a range of lengths from 100mm to 15.25m rolls.
Open widths: 28.6mm or 50.8mm
Available in black or white
Technical features:
Temperature: -40 degrees C up to +80 degrees C.
Can be fixed with: rivets, screws, nails or clamps.
Chemical resistance: oil, solvents, sea water and most chemical agents.
Tensile resistance: 180 N/cm.
Material offers excellent fatigue resistance.
Electrically non-conductive
The Advantages of Continuous Hinges?
Continuous Hinges offer the same basic functionality that you would expect from a traditional Butt Hinge, however, there are some significant differences that make them the ideal choice for a wide variety of applications.
Improved Safety
One of the key advantages of Continuous Hinges is their suitability for use in environments where security and safety are a key concern. Thanks to the design of these hinges, they are ideal for high traffic and public environments such as schools, hospitals and hotels. Compared to other types of hinges, the reduced ligature design of Continuous Hinges presents fewer sharp edges reducing the possibility of injury. In environments where children are present, these hinges remove the possibility of children getting their fingers caught in the door from the hinge knuckle side.
Enhanced Security
Continuous Hinges also provide improved security with their anti-vandal design. They offer fewer gaps and no weak points making them extremely difficult to force open. As a result, they have become increasingly popular for applications in arduous and secure environments.
Smooth Action
From furniture and cabinets to architectural applications in commercial environments, Continuous Hinges offer perfect alignment for the full length of the door, providing a smooth action. By spreading the load along the full height of the door frame, Continuous Hinges also increase the load capacity of the door without putting unnecessary stress on the door frame.
Fire Door Kits
Continuous Hinges are a great solution for many architectural door applications. They offer high levels of security and are ideal for high-traffic doors in commercial environments. As a result, Continuous Hinges are an excellent choice to combine with our Fire Door Kits.
Cooke Brothers provide a free cut to length service for continuous hinges. You can now order the exact size you need.
- The minimum cut length is 200mm.
- The maximum length is 2400mm.
- Where necessary we will advise on length depending on the leaf size and hole positions.
- For some plated finishes the maximum cut length is 1829mm.
- The cutting process may not be suitable for some plated finishes.
- Cut to length products are non-returnable.
- Any cut edge may have a slight burr. Handling with gloves is recommended.
- Tolerance on cut pieces +1/-2mm on length and +1/-1mm on squareness.
How to order
Simply proceed to select your continuous hinge product where you will find the option to enter the lengths and quantities required for an instant online quote which you can then add to basket.
Delivery
For orders within the UK we offer a standard 48 hour delivery service from the availability of stock in our warehouse.
Returns
Due to the items being cut to a specified length, they can no longer be returned or refunded unless they are faulty or incorrect. Please therefore ensure your requirements are correct before ordering.
Standard Continuous Hinge Sizes
The continuous hinges are a selection from Cooke Brothers full continuous hinge range. The sizes have been carefully chosen to provide hinges of the right material, widths and strengths to meet most customers' needs. If you cannot find a hinge to match your requirements, please contact our Sales Department who will be able to advise on suitable hinges from the comprehensive hinge range.
Standard Continuous Hinge Lengths
Although all sizes in the continuous hinge range can be produced in any length, for practical purposes it is usually stocked and sold in standard lengths. The main length is 1829mm (6ft).
Imperial and Metric Sizes
The full continuous hinge range is based on both traditional imperial products and modern metric products. To assist your selection the products, whether tooled as imperial or metric, have all been dimensioned in millimetres. Continuous hinges are displayed in hinge leaf thickness order, starting with the lightest.
Standard hinge profiles
We can offer a variety of hinge options as follows:
Fig. 1
Standard hinge section
Fig. 4
Reverse assembled
Fig. 2
Unequal hinge leaves
Fig. 5
Fully centred
Fig. 3
One or both leaves cranked
Fig. 6
Part centred
CONTINUOUS HINGE TECHNOLOGY
A - Hinge leaf thickness
The material thickness should be selected first as this establishes the range most suitable for your application.
B - Hinge pin diameter
For each leaf thickness there is a limited range of pin options against which the main hinge sizes are shown.
C - Hinge open width
The overall width of the hinge when the leaves are opened out flat i.e. to 180 degrees.
D - Hinge knuckle length
The length of the individual knuckles or joints.
FIXING HOLE INFORMATION
Un-drilled hinges are referred to as 'No holes'.
All holes are pierced in pairs directly opposite each other on opposite flaps, staggered holes can be supplied to special order.
E - Hole centres
The repeat distance for fixing centres along the length.
F - Hole diameter un-countersunk
Referred to as plain holes.
G - Screwsize
For hinges where countersunk, referred to as 'C'sk holes'.
L - Overall continuous hinge length.
Some minor variations to the standard sizes must be expected. The hole centres (E) stated represent the approximate centres for any pair of holes. Pre-drilling the door or frame for a complete length of continuous hinge using multiples of the centres shown is not recommended. For accurate hole positions over the whole length please contact technical sales.
BASE HINGE AND PIN MATERIALS |
B |
Brass |
Supplied with a stainless steel pin as standard |
S |
Mild Steel |
Supplied with a steel pin as standard |
A |
Aluminium Alloy |
Supplied with an stainless steel pin as standard |
S/S |
Stainless Steel |
Supplied with a stainless steel pin as standard (stainless steel is type 304 unless advised) |
FINISHES
BASE MATERIAL
Stainless Steel
Self colour
APPLIED FINISHES
Special Phoenix Continuous Hinges are an important part of the company's business. By using continuous hinge as the basic product it is often possible to avoid over 90 percent of the tooling cost that would be incurred by tooling a completely special product. Whether you are after a minor modification or a high volume special, by forwarding your design application to our engineers we can examine the options and quote you for the best solution.
The 'A' version has Reduced-ligature welded and angled hinge ends, a recommended feature for institutional use.
Welded knuckles and pins for additional strength and security.
Security dog bolts for extra strength against impact attack on continuous architectural hinges.