Hinge Hole Avoidance Device For Edge Banding Machine

Need to band a cabinet door that is already drilled for hinges, without the tape sinking into the bore? The HHA1229 hinge hole avoidance device fits KDT and HOLD edgebanders and lifts or bypasses the pressure over each hinge hole, so the edge tape bridges the bore instead of collapsing into it. It measures 138 x 205 mm, mounts in 2 orientations - facing upward or facing downward - and needs 0 machine modification to install. Tape collapse, glue overflow and weak bonding at the hinge position are handled on the banding pass itself.

A line that bands panels with pre-drilled hinge holes hits the same 3 faults: edge tape drops into the bore and wrinkles along the edge, glue squeezes out at the hinge position and sets on the visible face, and the bond at the bore is the weakest point on the panel. Each ends in a rework stop, a scrapped door, a delivery date that moves.

The HHA1229 is an auxiliary unit that mounts on a KDT or HOLD edgebander and works at the hinge position itself. A standard edgebander presses the tape down along the panel length; this device lifts or bypasses that pressure over the bore, so the 138 x 205 mm zone around the hole stays unpressured and the tape bridges it.

2 mounting orientations - upward or downward - cover the hinge hole positions used on cabinet doors, and the orientation follows where the bore sits, not the machine model. A stable mechanical structure holds the working position through continuous operation.

It mounts without modification: 0 holes to drill in the frame, no panel program to rewrite, no adjustment sequence at changeover. 138 x 205 mm, origin China, supplied for KDT and HOLD edgebanders and adaptable to similar models. Price on request.

What the unit changes on the edgebander, item by item:

• Pressure bypass at the bore - over the hinge hole it lifts or bypasses the pressure, so the 138 x 205 mm zone around the bore is not pressed while the rest of the edge is.
• Two mounting orientations - the body installs facing up or down, and the choice follows the hinge hole position on the panel, not the machine.
• KDT and HOLD fitment - built for KDT and HOLD edgebanders, and adaptable to similar models with the same hinge-hole layout.
• No machine modification - it goes on without drilling: 0 holes in the machine frame, no change to the panel program.
• No complex adjustment - installation is mount and position, with no adjustment sequence to repeat at changeover.
• Stable mechanical structure - the structure holds the working position through continuous operation, so the bypass point does not drift panel to panel.
• Compact body - 138 x 205 mm, small enough to stay on the machine between jobs.
• Clean hinge position - tape collapse, glue overflow and weak bonding at the bore are addressed at the source, on the banding pass itself.
• Cabinet door coverage - suits the hinge hole layouts on cabinet and furniture doors, including doors banded after drilling.

The usual choice is to band first and drill afterwards, or to drill first and absorb the hinge-edge rework. This device removes that choice:

• Drill first, band second. Hinge holes can be bored before the panel reaches the edgebander, so drilling and banding stop competing for the same slot.
• No re-taping at the hinge. The tape bridges the bore instead of collapsing into it, removing the stop where a hinge edge is stripped and re-run.
• Glue stays off the face. With the pressure bypassed at the bore, overflow at the hinge position is stopped before it reaches the visible face.
• One device, two orientations. Upward or downward mounting covers both hinge hole positions, so 1 part number serves the door range instead of two.
• Fits the machines already on the floor. KDT and HOLD edgebanders take it directly and similar models can be adapted, so the unit is not tied to a new machine purchase.
• Mount and run. No frame drilling and no panel program change, so the device goes onto an existing machine without a rebuild.
• Compact enough to leave on. 138 x 205 mm, so the device can stay mounted between jobs instead of being taken off.
• Fewer scrapped doors. A door that would be scrapped for a collapsed hinge edge stays in the order.

Yes, if the machine is a KDT or HOLD edgebander. The unit is built for those two machine families and mounts without drilling; similar models can be adapted, so send the machine model with the enquiry.

Yes - that is exactly what the device is for. Pre-drilled hinge holes are the reason the pressure has to be lifted at the bore, and this unit does it on the banding pass.

No. The device mounts with 0 holes drilled in the machine frame, and the panel program does not change.

Yes, both. The body installs in either orientation, and the correct one is decided by where the hinge hole sits on the panel rather than by the machine model.

It lifts or bypasses the pressure over the bore. With the pressure off that spot, the edge tape bridges the hole instead of being pushed down into it.

138 x 205 mm - a compact body, so it takes little room on the machine and is not in the way of the working area.

Yes, at the hinge position. Overflow there is caused by the tape being pressed into the bore, and with the pressure lifted the tape stays flat and the glue stays in the joint.

Price is quoted per order - send the machine model, the quantity and the panel hinge layout, and the quote comes back against that specification.