Häfele E-Drive - Electric Drive for Sliding Doors

(15/12/2011) Sliding furniture doors can now be moved easily at the tap of a finger – made possible by the new E-Drive electric drive from Häfele. The exclusive product to Slido range of sliding hardware, predestined for use in both residential and business areas.

E-drive is an electro-mechanical drive for one, two and three-leaf sliding doors running in front of the cabinet, e.g. in combination with the new Häfele Classic 50 VFP fitting. The doors open and close by tapping them gently – all the way. The drive can be retrofitted and operates without making a sound. The trick behind it: No cabinet door modifications are necessary, and installation is quick and easy.

Silent opening and closing
With two-leaf systems a door follower ensures that tapping one door causes the other door which is already open to be closed automatically – sliding convenience of the highest quality.
E-Drive is suitable for combining with Vorfront fittings of all kinds, and for sliding doors weighing between 20 and 100 kg. Cabinet widths of between 160 and 240 cm or between 240 and 400 cm are possible – meaning that doors that are large and/or heavy can be moved with ease.
E-Drive is ideal for use with all Slido sliding door fittings, but can also be adapted to other Vorfront sliding fittings – a customer-friendly solution that meets the requirements of the furniture industry. Häfele Engineering takes care of individual technical connections.

With safety shut-off
E-Drive has integrated obstacle detection with a safety shut-off: If an obstacle is detected, the door leaf stops automatically. Additional convenience feature: After an idle period of two minutes, the door closes automatically and keeps the cabinet interior free of dust.
E-drive is concealed mounted to the cabinet. Wall mounting (external or internal) is also possible. The set consists of the drive track with wear-free, silent-running DC motor, power supply unit and mains lead, control plus the connection to the sliding door fitting. Connection to the doors takes place using followers that are screwed to the respective doors. The individual modules are simply connected to each other via plug and play – a solution that makes life easier for processing companies. This also applies to the control of the TÜV and GS tested system, which automatically learns the end points so that the door leaves gently stop at the end position.
With E-Drive Häfele is increasing the functionality of suspended door cabinets in residential and commercial areas, and is providing tangible additional comfort. Sliding provides even more enjoyment in this way.