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The Fulterer FR 5001 ECD SMT is a 22 inch full-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide with an integrated soft-close damper, rated 100 lb per pair, and finished in zinc. It fits kitchen, office, and utility cabinet drawers where you want the entire drawer to come out to the cabinet face and close quietly every time.
A heavy pots-and-pans drawer that slams on the way home is the textbook case for this slide. Full extension pulls the back corner of the drawer completely clear of the cabinet so nothing gets trapped behind the face frame, and the damper takes over before the drawer picks up enough momentum to make noise. The same combination earns its place in a home office pedestal where file folders need to be reachable at the rear, or in a shop utility cabinet where a firm push is often followed by a loud close. The 22 inch length suits cabinet runs where a shallower slide would leave unused depth behind the box.
The slide members are cold-formed steel running ball bearings in full-length raceways. Zinc plating is the working standard for indoor side-mount slides: it resists the ambient humidity of a kitchen or shop environment without adding weight or bulk. The finish is a functional choice, not a decorative one — this slide rides alongside the drawer box and is visible only when the drawer is open. It is not a stainless or outdoor-rated finish; keep it on interior, dry installations.
Cabinet shops building production kitchen runs, contractors retrofitting a pedestal desk, and homeowners upgrading an existing drawer bank all land on the same decision point: a 22 inch slide closes the gap between shorter lengths and the next size up, and the soft-close damper removes the single most common kitchen hardware complaint without requiring a different mount position or clearance. For face-frame cabinets, the back end of the slide needs rear mounting support — add the appropriate rear brackets for your installation, sold separately. The slide is non-handed, so one SKU covers both sides of every drawer.
It is a true damper. The integrated mechanism catches the drawer near the closed position and slows it to a quiet finish — it does not rely on a spring to pull the drawer shut. The drawer will not self-close if left ajar; it only damps the last portion of a closing stroke.
The 22 inch measurement is the closed length of the slide. Full extension means the drawer member travels approximately its full slide length, bringing the entire drawer box out to the cabinet face — the rear of the drawer is fully accessible. Slide length and travel are related but not identical numbers.
Yes, but the back end of the slide needs support. Face-frame cabinets set the cabinet side back from the face, so a rear mounting bracket is required to carry the slide at the correct height. Rear brackets for this installation are sold separately and are series-specific.
Build the drawer box 1 inch narrower than the cabinet opening to leave 1/2 inch of side clearance for each slide — one slide per side.
Confirm the sold-as unit on the product page before ordering. A complete drawer installation requires one slide on each side.
When the drawer needs to come out all the way and close without announcement, a 22 inch zinc soft-close ball bearing slide with a 100 lb rating per pair handles the job cleanly — installation to installation, drawer to drawer.
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