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The Hettich Actro YOU is a left-hand, full-extension undermount drawer slide in a 500mm nominal length, built for frameless cabinet installations where a clean, hardware-free drawer profile matters. Soft-close action is integrated, ball bearings carry the load, and the zinc-finish steel construction keeps the slide protected through years of indoor use.
Full extension at the 500mm length suits drawer boxes built for medium-to-deep cabinet runs — think kitchen base cabinets, bath vanities, and office credenzas where accessing the back of the drawer matters as much as the front. The Actro YOU's 88 lb capacity covers the drawer loads that push economy slides past their limit: cast iron cookware, dense file folders, or a fully stocked utensil pull-out. Because the soft-close is built into the slide rather than added on, there is nothing extra to order or align to get damped closing from day one.
This slide is designed for frameless cabinet construction, where the slide mounts directly to the flat interior side panel. It is not configured for face-frame cabinets, which require rear mounting brackets to support the back of the slide.
Steel members with a zinc finish give the Actro YOU durable corrosion resistance suited to indoor cabinetry. The ball bearing system runs in formed raceways, keeping travel smooth and controlled regardless of how the load shifts inside the drawer. The integrated soft-close damper is part of the slide mechanism itself, so closing behavior stays consistent without relying on a separate retrofit device.
Drawer side thickness for this slide runs from 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch — build the drawer box to the Actro YOU's published specification, including the required rear notch and any locking-device drilling, before installation. The drawer box must be sized to the slide's 500mm nominal length.
Cabinet shops running production frameless kitchens reach for the Actro YOU when the spec calls for a concealed runner with integrated soft-close and a capacity that covers the full range of residential drawer loads. Designers specifying handle-less or inset-look cabinetry appreciate the clean undermount profile — nothing visible on the drawer sides when the box is open. Contractors finishing out a multi-unit project value the consistent closing behavior that arrives pre-engineered rather than requiring field adjustment of a separate damper. This is the left-hand member of the pair; order one of each hand per drawer.
Undermount slide members are handed: this is the left-hand cabinet member. You need one left-hand and one right-hand unit to complete a single drawer installation. Two left-hand units will not make a working pair.
The soft-close is integrated into the Actro YOU slide mechanism — no separate damper or adapter is needed. The damped closing action is part of this slide as delivered.
This Actro YOU version is designed for frameless cabinet construction. Face-frame installations require rear mounting brackets to support the back of the slide; those brackets are series-specific and must be ordered separately if that is your application.
This slide accommodates drawer sides from 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch thick. Build the drawer box to Hettich's published specification for the Actro YOU — including rear notch depth and locking-device drilling — before installation.
Locking devices for Hettich undermount slides are series-specific. Use Actro YOU-compatible locking devices only; parts from other brands or other Hettich series are not interchangeable with this runner.
Pair the left-hand and right-hand Actro YOU slides, build the box to spec, and the drawer runs full extension with a silent, damped close — the kind of result that holds up through a full production run or a demanding residential remodel.
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