550mm Undermount Drawer Slide For Deep Kitchen and Bath Drawers

The Hettich Actro 5D is a right-hand, full-extension undermount drawer slide in the 550mm nominal length, carrying a 154 lb load rating per pair with integrated soft-close. Built for frameless cabinetry with 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch drawer sides, this runner belongs wherever depth and load capacity both matter.

Key Features

• 154 lb load rating per pair — handles deep pots-and-pans or file drawers without strain.
• Full extension — the entire drawer travels clear of the cabinet face for access to the back of the box.
• Integrated soft-close — a damper catches the drawer near the end of travel and settles it shut silently.
• 5D adjustment — fine-tune the installed drawer front in five directions after mounting.
• Ball bearing mechanism — steel ball bearings in formed raceways deliver a smooth, consistent pull under load.
• Right-hand orientation — order one left-hand and one right-hand runner to complete a drawer pair.

Where This Slide Earns Its Place

A 550mm nominal length suits the deeper cabinet runs common in kitchen base cabinets, bath vanities, and office credenzas — any application where drawer depth approaches or exceeds 20 inches and the contents are heavy enough to stress a lighter-rated slide. Full extension brings the entire drawer box out to the cabinet opening, so the back of a pot drawer or the rear of a filing drawer is fully in reach rather than buried in the case. The 154 lb rating per pair gives plenty of headroom for loaded kitchen drawers that a standard 100 lb slide would work hard to handle.

Construction and Finish

The Actro 5D runner is built from steel with a zinc finish — the standard corrosion-resistant surface for indoor drawer hardware. Ball bearings in full-length steel raceways carry the load smoothly through the full travel arc. The integrated soft-close damper is part of the runner's assembly, not a retrofit add-on, so the closing behavior is consistent from the first drawer cycle. The slide accepts drawer sides from 1/2 inch to 5/8 inch thick, covering the two most common drawer box thicknesses in production frameless cabinetry.

Who Should Specify This Runner

Cabinet shops building frameless kitchens or bath furniture with 550mm drawer depths will find this runner a direct fit — no rear brackets needed in a frameless case, and the 5D front adjustment means hanging drawer fronts is a dial-in rather than a rebuild. Designers specifying premium undermount hardware for heavy-duty kitchen drawers can call out the 154 lb capacity with confidence. Contractors retrofitting or upgrading existing frameless cabinets get the same story: slide to size, notch the box to Hettich's spec, and clip the front locking devices.

The Right Depth, the Right Capacity

When the drawer is deep, the load is real, and the finish needs to be silent, the Actro 5D in 550mm covers all three without compromise.