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HDS-30 Right-Hand Medium Duty Soft-Down Stay is a Sugatsune America lid support designed for top opening lids on cabinets, so it controls how an upward-opening door moves through its swing. The right-hand configuration directs the motion on the specified side of the cabinet, which matters when you are laying out hinge and stay locations. As a medium duty down stay, it is built for typical cabinet lid sizes and weights that fall within the torque rating guidelines, so it serves everyday furniture and casework rather than only light trim panels. The stay holds the door in a fully open position, so the lid stays up while you access the cabinet interior. It also holds at an 80 degree position, giving you a repeatable, partially open stop that can match nearby surfaces or clear obstructions.
This Sugatsune America down stay works with piano, concealed and drop hinges, so the stay can share duty with the hinge system rather than replacing it. The torque rating is defined as lid height times lid weight times 1/2 per each stay, which directly ties the stay selection to measurable lid dimensions and mass. That relationship clarifies how a given lid size loads a single stay, so you can plan where this medium duty model belongs within a run of cabinets. Being tested up to 90,000 cycles means the mechanism has been operated through many open-and-close movements, which speaks to how it handles repeated daily use in a cabinet environment. The white color provides a neutral appearance that can blend into light cabinet interiors or coordinate with white casework when the lid is open.
The HDS-30 Right-Hand Medium Duty Soft-Down Stay is designed for top opening lids on cabinets, so it naturally fits upward-swinging doors on benches, chests, and wall cabinets built around that motion. Its role as a down stay means it manages the travel as the lid moves downward, working with piano, concealed and drop hinges that carry the pivot. Holding the door in the fully open position is valuable wherever the open lid acts like a cover or access panel, because the support helps keep the opening predictable. The additional ability to hold the door at an 80 degree position introduces a second stable setting, so a lid can stand partly open in installations where full travel would interfere with nearby doors, shelving, or finished walls.
This Sugatsune America stay is tested up to 90,000 cycles, so its operation has been proven through many repeated openings and closings that simulate long-term cabinet use. That cycle testing gives you a sense of how the internal mechanism stands up to the routine demands of a frequently used lid or work surface. The published torque rating formula - lid height times lid weight times 1/2 per each stay - converts basic lid measurements into a loading value, which links the physical door design directly to the stay choice. Using that relationship, a medium duty stay like the HDS-30 can be matched to lids that fall into its working range, which helps align product selection with cabinet size and expected use frequency. The right-hand specific version also simplifies repeatable installations on matching cabinets, because the handed designation keeps the stays consistent from unit to unit.
The HDS-30 Right-Hand Medium Duty Soft-Down Stay is designed for top opening lids on cabinets, so it works on upward-swinging doors that open from below and pivot upward.
This product is a right-hand stay, so it is intended for installation on the right side of the lid configuration, which matters when matching handed hardware on paired cabinets.
The stay holds the door in a fully open position and also at an 80 degree position, so the lid can remain stable either fully raised or partially open during cabinet use.
This Sugatsune America down stay can be used with piano, concealed and drop hinges, so it pairs with common hinge systems that already support the cabinet lid.
The torque rating is lid height times lid weight times 1/2 per each stay, which ties the stay's use to measurable lid dimensions and loading.
This stay is tested up to 90,000 cycles, so its mechanism has been cycled through many open-close operations that reflect long-term cabinet service.
The HDS-30 Right-Hand Medium Duty Soft-Down Stay from Sugatsune America brings soft-down control to top opening cabinet lids, combining medium duty support with defined holding positions at fully open and 80 degrees. Its ability to work with piano, concealed and drop hinges means it ties into familiar hardware setups, so you can keep a consistent hinge program across a project while adding controlled lid behavior. With testing up to 90,000 cycles and a clear torque rating formula that relates directly to lid height and weight per each stay, it connects measured door design to hardware selection. For white casework and cabinet interiors, its white color helps the hardware sit visually in the background while it manages everyday motion.
Quantity | Unit Price | Catalog | ||||
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Sold in: 1 Each | SLHDS30ML Mfr# HDS-30ML/WHT | HDS-30 left-hand soft-down stay, white medium duty | ||||
Sold in: 1 Each | SLHDS30KR Mfr# HDS-30KR/WHT | HDS-30 right-hand soft-down stay, white | ||||
Sold in: 1 Each | SLHDS30KL Mfr# HDS-30KL/WHT | HDS-30 left-hand soft-down stay, white | ||||
Sold in: 1 Each | SLHDS30HR Mfr# HDS-30HR/WHT | HDS-30 Right-Hand Heavy Duty Soft-Down Stay | ||||
Sold in: 1 Each | SLHDS30HL Mfr# HDS-30HL/WHT | HDS-30 left-hand soft-down stay white |