Confirmates are furniture, elements for fastening structural parts

Confirmate is one of the varieties of furniture screws, it is also called a screw coupler, Euroscrew and Euroscrew. Elements such as furniture confirmations are in great demand due to the incredible accuracy of their fit and ease of use. To install it, you will need a hex key or drill with a special nozzle. Its device allows you to drill the necessary holes directly when assembling the design of the product. A drill for confirmations is produced special and it is quite problematic to find it in construction stores.

Features and Benefits

Confirmates allow you to fasten together several parts made of natural wood. Often used in the assembly of furniture, as well as building and joinery. Features of these elements:

It belongs to the category of high-end hardware. It is made in the factory;
exclusively high-quality carbon steel is used for its production. Has a corrosion-resistant coating based on zinc, nickel or brass;
full coincidence of the diameter of the rod and smooth surface. This feature made it possible to fasten the material as efficiently as possible due to close contact. To align the parts used, you can use an ordinary mallet;
furniture confirmations have a large rod and threaded surface, so that the load on the fastened material is small. Such designs have excellent resistance to impact;
have a massive thread that protrudes significantly above the base of the rod. Below are notches and turns;
outwardly resembles a small rod. Its head is slightly flattened, but the bottom is a blunt end.

The advantages of such accessories are as follows:

able to tightly tighten any parts;
quite easy to mount;
when using such a fastener, the design will acquire a higher level of coupling;
such parts can be connected with each other;
the use of confirmations will allow the design to withstand significant loads for a long time. But for mounting the bookshelf it is recommended to use dowel and confirm.

Disadvantages are also available:

Once the product is assembled, it will no longer be possible to disassemble it. Such structures will not stand up to regular assembly and disassembly;
such fasteners are not classified as hidden, so they need additional masking with plastic plugs, which are selected according to the color of the product.

Dimensions

In order to maximally facilitate the drilling process, special drills should be used, which are produced exclusively under the Euroscrew. They consist of a conventional drill and milling cutter, used to make holes with diameters of 0.7 cm. This size is ideally suited both for countersinking and under the neck of a confirm.

There are such screws:

in which the head is semicircular;
their head is countersunk;
with tetrahedral slot;
with hexagonal slot.

Round head

Countersunk head

Finding such equipment for sale is not easy. However, even he has a number of minor flaws. For starters, during prolonged use, in the space between the skirt and the drill, wood shavings begin to clog. If you do not conduct timely cleaning, over time, the drill will become worthless. The clamping screw should be clamped frequently, as it loosens due to vibration.

Dimensions may be as follows:

7 * 70 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 21 kg;
7 * 60 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 14 kg;
7 * 50 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 9 kg;
7 * 40 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 7.2 kg;
6.3 * 50 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 8.3 kg;
6.3 * 40 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 7 kg;
5 * 50 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 5.49 kg;
5 * 40 - the weight of 1,000 products will be 4.4 kg.

If we are talking about drilling a blind hole at the end of the plate, then it is necessary to maintain strict perpendicularity. This is to ensure that the drill does not accidentally catch on the wall.

The most popular sizes are 7 * 50. The screw tie is tightened with a hexagonal bit, with a special key, screwdriver or drill. Do not use products that are made with a Phillips screwdriver. Such technology will not allow tightly pulling together existing parts. As a result, such a product is shaken.

Scheme

Standard sizes

size table

Materials of manufacture

To work with this material requires a certain skill. To do this, you need to understand the main features of European screws and be sure of the quality of the fastened material.

Used for the following materials:

fastenings of wooden sheets;
Chipboard;
Plywood
Chipboard;
Fiberboard.

It is also convenient to use confirmations because there is no need to set accurate marking to fix them. The installation process does not take much time. To do this, you need several holes (for the non-threaded part and for the threaded part). For example, you can take a 6 mm confirm. At the same time, for a non-threaded part, a 6 mm drill should be used, and for a threaded 4 mm drill. For greater confidence in the strength of the connection, it is recommended to use a dowel. This type of fixture is used for furniture (its manufacture and assembly). When carrying out installation work, it is recommended to use a hex key. Steel is used to make confirmates, while zinc is used as an additional coating.

Nuances of fasteners

Even despite the ease of use of this type of fasteners, for proper work with them certain skills are required regarding working with the main types of materials. For the manufacture of holes, drills with a diameter of 4 mm to 6 mm are used. Under the hat you must use a stepped cutter, which is mounted on the drill. It is recommended that you use the latter method, since it allows you to correctly make one hole at a time.

In order to make the correct hole it is necessary to use tools that can operate at high speeds. When using low revs, the drill will tighten the wood chips, thereby not completely cleaning the prepared hole. Using a cutter, you can achieve the perfect hole.

It should be noted that at the time of its extraction, chips can form along the edges, which in our case are not critical, since the wide screw head will hide them perfectly. Using this type of fasteners allows you to achieve maximum efficiency due to the strongly protruding thread, which cuts firmly into the furniture material. For the first time working with confirmations, all the necessary actions are best done manually.

Euroscrew Installation Sequence

Confirmation plugs

This type of plug allows you to completely close the hats that remain on the surface of furniture parts. Used to give the furniture a finished look or for decorative purposes. It can also be used to hide existing holes, and in case of detection of minor defects on the surface of the furniture.

Types of stubs are:

self-adhesive;
plastic.

Color variations of plugs are selected based on the basic colors of the chipboard. Self-adhesive plugs are more popular than plastic. They are completely faceless, but extremely convenient to use. Their cost is almost the same. For the manufacture of plastic plugs, plastic is used. The product has a diameter of 1.2 cm and a rounded shape. They are mounted on a small ledge (hexagon), which reserves the confirmation. Self-adhesive elements are considered more universal and are made from melamine. They also have a rounded shape. Another advantage of the plugs is their thickness, which does not exceed 0.4 mm and makes them practically invisible against the general background.