Enhancing Accessibility with Hettich: Elevating Building Usability

Hettich offers architects and interior designers a range of products that can meet NZBC accessibility requirements and enhance building usability for individuals with disabilities and our growing elderly population. Learn about how cabinetry can help with accessibility and inclusivity.

Improving building usability

Enhance building usability by incorporating Hettich's innovative solutions. The automated push-to-open functionality of the Easys system means no need to pull, less strength is needed, and opening via hip or knee height customisation for adaptability to cater to individual needs. The InnoTech Drawer System, offers full extension drawers with suitable load capacities, accommodating wheelchair users effectively. Additionally, there are comprehensive dividers and organisers, ensuring efficient storage and effortless retrieval, promoting accessibility for all users.

Supporting products:

Easys
InnoTech Atira Drawer system
Orgatray and Orgastore

Catering to diverse needs

Hettich recognises the importance of addressing diverse needs. The AvanTech YOU Drawer System features customisable front panels, and the optional addition of lighting on the profile or inlay, enabling the integration of materials suitable for various sensory needs. The Sensys Hinge System offers Silent System technology or simply put the ‘soft-close’, creating a quiet and comfortable environment for individuals with auditory sensitivities.

Supporting products:

AvanTech YOU Drawer System with Lighting
Sensys soft-closing hinge

Designing for the future

Hettich's products contribute to designing age-friendly environments. The easy-glide functionality of drawers provides effortless access to stored items, ensuring convenience and safety for elderly users. The integrated damping system of the Sensys Hinge System prevents slamming and guarantees a gentle closing action, reducing the risk of accidents. For even lower maintenance, corrosion-resistant hardware can be used to reduce the likelihood of rust with all the integrated luxuries of indoor hardware.

Supporting products:

Actro and Quadro runners
InnoTech Atira and AvanTech YOU drawer systems
Sensys soft-closing hinge
Corrorsion-resistant Veosys hinge and Quadro Compact runner

Inclusive design starts with the details

By incorporating Hettich's solutions, architects and interior designers can create spaces that are functional, user-friendly, and cater to the unique needs of individuals with disabilities and our ageing population.

Veosys Stainless Steel Hinge

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Veosys hinges are the ultimate choice for the outdoors.

Use it in high moisture and salt environments, high and low temperatures in coastal homes, outdoor kitchens, indoor pools and gyms.

Stainless Steel 304 EN 15570
Tried and tested for 120 hours, passing the Neutral Salt Spray (NSS) test ISO 9227

InnoTech Atira Drawer System

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The InnoTech Atira drawer system makes a feature of its edges and corners and in doing so offers individual potential for creativity.

4 rear panel heights 54mm-176mm
7 panel lengths 260mm-620mm
Runners in three load categories: 25kg, 30kg, 50kg
2 drawer side-profile heights
Colours: silver, white
Two different drawer side profile contours on one runner platform
Easy to change from railing to TopSide
Individual design with internal front panels and TopSides below the railing
Quadro runner systems: full extensions 30kg and 50kg
Silent System integrated as standard for 30kg and 50kg

DIN EN 1670, level 3
Runners in three load categories: 25kg, 30kg, 50kg

Quadro Compact Drawer Runner | InnoTech Atira

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Quadro Compact corrosion resistant drawer runners feature a second layer of zinc plating that will weather fluctuating climate conditions, for smooth running drawers and lower maintenance.

Ideal for:
- Outdoor kitchens
- Coastal homes
- Indoor pools and gyms/saunas
Compatible with InnoTech Atira Drawers

Outdoor kitchens
Coastal homes
Indoor pools and gyms/saunas

Double layered coated Quadro Compact runners are first dipped in molten zinc then electroplated in zinc to create a corrosion resistant drawer runner. Tried and tested to international and European standard:

ISO 9227 — 96 hour Neutral Salt Spray (NSS) test
DIN EN 15338 | 1670, level 2

Lighting for AvanTech YOU

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A lifestyle with Lighting.

Use Lighting for AvanTech YOU in kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms
Exclusive to the award-winning designer AvanTech YOU drawers
Installation — inlay press on or profile clip on
Retrofitting available on request
Charger type — micro USB lighting type

Recharge cycle — 4 hours approximate
Charging time — once per year approximate

AvanTech YOU Drawer System

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AvanTech YOU is a design-focused thin-walled drawer system.

Suitable for most types of interior storage, including kitchens, bathrooms, wardrobes and custom built furniture
4 weight load options (runner dependant), 10kg, 30kg, 40kg, and 70kg
Can also be used on timber drawers

Easys for Refrigerators

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Easys for Refrigerators is Hettich's electromechanical opening solution for built-in refrigerators and freezers.

For use in kitchens and all interiors where cabinetry requires push to open functionality and handleless design
Suitable for appliances with door on door slider, as well as for doors fixed in place to the unit front on left and right opening
The slim-line design allows retrofitting into existing cabinets and can be trimmed from 600mm down to 462mm
Suitable for installing in a refrigerator surround (500 - 600mm wide) with chipboard screws and comes as a kit including function unit, spacers, screws and drilling templates

iF Design Award 2017 for user friendly functions and slim profile of 22mm
Quality grades in line with EN 15570, Level 3

Sensys Concealed Hinges with Soft Close

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Sensys, the hinge system with integrated soft-closing mechanism for even more convenience in closing hinged doors.

Opening angle: 95° — 165°
Door thicknesses: 15 — 32 mm
Loading capacity: complies with the requirements of EN 15570 and satisfy the overload tests at the specified level.
Corrosion test: Hettich hinges satisfy the corrosion requirements under EN ISO 9227-2012 in accordance with the 48hr neutral salt spray test (NSS) as well as DIN EN ISO 6270-2-2012 in accordance with the 96hr alternating condensation water climate test with alternating humidity and air temperature (AHT).
Quality assurance: The processes for assuring the quality of Hettich hinges are certified under EN ISO 9001, Cert. No. DE8000209.

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