Marine Hinge

What is marine hinge ？

Marine grade stainless steel hinges are made of investment casting by pure stainless steel 304 or 316. The high precision investment casting process can ensure the solid hinge with high strength, very durable and stable, protecting the stainless steel against corrosion even in the saltwater environment. As marine hinges are mostly used for sea water occasions, so the important factor should be considered is the hinge material are corrosion resistant to stand up to the harsh saltwater. Marine grade stainless hinge are the ideal boat hardware which have good performance at the concerns of corrosion and stability, it is already proved by the marine users.

What are the advantages of marine grade hinge?

• Solid stainless steel material with high strength
• Corrosion resistance in the sea water for marine boat and yacht
• Wide application fields, popular with both marine and various industrial occasions
• Almost no maintenance, easy to keep
• Convenient installation of the marine hinges
• Surface can be mirror polishing with stainless gloss, no worry of color fading
• Comfortable touch of the hinge, no burrs, no scratch
• OEM hinge are available based on customer drawing and real hinge sample
• Long lifetime of the marine grade stainless steel hinges
• Most marine hinges come from investment casting, it is precise manufacture
• Enhance the whole look of the boats/yachts/motor homes/ industrial device

How to maintain the marine grade hinges?

If marine hinges will be used in the harsh salt water exposure or hurricanes environment, the regular maintenance for the boat hinges will be required. Marine grade boat hinges are a very small accessory of boat, most users don’t remember about how often they use these hinges until their boat starts to look worn out, thus don’t keep these marine grade hinges without proper treating and maintaining.

• Try to not let them be exposed to anything that can cause them to rust, the end users should avoid any dirty oil or water environment too. When long time staying, the end user can try to make these hardware covered so that they don’t get contaminated.
• Inspect the stainless marine hinge regularly to make sure that these hinges does not contact with the things that can cause corrosion.
• End users are suggested clean the stainless hinge regularly so that you can keep them looking like new.
• Try to avoid keeping any stainless steel marine grade hinge out in the sun too long because this can cause these stainless marine hinges to fade or became yellow.

What is the application of marine grade hinges?

Marine grade heavy duty hinges became popular in recent years, except the traditional application in marine fields, more and more industrial prefer these marine stainless steel hinges ,such as big electrical control box, heavy industrial gate, motor home, touring car, compartment, heavy duty fitness facility, gym and exercise equipment, warehouse shelf , storage rack ,heavy duty industrial equipment, etc.

How to choose the most suitable marine grader hinge for you?

As the marine grade hinges has many different designs, it is not easy to explain detailed for all the hinges models here, let us just take one example for you to understand: In the case of the deck marine flush hinge, it is one marine hardware which can work to improve the overall efficiency of the decking. By selecting this particular type of hinge, you will find that you have significantly increased the overall reliability of your boat deck, because the flush marine deck hinge will be easy to maintain as its flush design, to some extent, this kind flush hinge is easy for installation, and this design offers a much safe experience for the end users too.

Knowledge you should learn about the marine yacht hinge installation

No matter the yacht stainless hinge installed whether or not on the underside of the decking material, you should consider that the deck surface area is going to be subjected a significant amount of wear and tear.

Boat marine hinges are a very important hardware of your yacht. You could have new marine hinges installed on the front of the mast (which is what most people do) or you could have them installed on the back of the mast (which is the best way). The bottom line is that once you have your boat hardware installed, you can’t take it off.

There are a plenty of different ways that you can install yacht hinges on your boat. One, you can have them pre-drilled before you buy the hinge hardware, this will make it easier to install the hinges once you have your yacht; If you have a boat that is assembled at the time of your purchase, you can try to drill the holes yourself; Another easy way that you can install yacht hinges is to buy them and install them by yourself, this is a good idea if you know how to read instructions and also you should have some basic tools on hand.