Paramount 72" Hanging Rail 1/2", Aluminum, 1058-6M

Aluminum Hanging Rail Stock for Custom File Drawer Builds

This 72-inch Pendaflex hanger rail from Paramount Extrusions Company is the aluminum rail stock that hanging folder hooks ride on inside a file drawer. Cut it to your drawer's interior length, set it on matching side-mount or top-fastening brackets, and the drawer is ready for letter-size hanging folders.

Key Features

• Aluminum construction keeps the rail light without sacrificing the stiffness needed to carry a loaded drawer of folders.
• 72-inch stock length gives you enough material to cut down for multiple drawers from a single piece.
• 1/2-inch height profile matches the 1/2-inch Kinetron bracket family designed for this rail height.
• 1/8-inch thickness produces a slim, low-profile rail that sits inside the drawer box without reducing usable depth.
• Natural aluminum finish blends cleanly into light-finished or painted drawer interiors.

How This Rail Gets a File Drawer Running

This is the bare rail — the profile that spans the drawer and carries the folder hooks. It is not a complete kit. To build a working file drawer, you also need a pair of matching brackets (side-mount, top-fastening, or cross-bar style) that hold the rail at the correct height in your drawer box. The bracket height must match the 1/2-inch profile of this rail so the folder hooks seat properly. Cut the 72-inch length to your drawer's interior dimension, mount the brackets, drop the rail in, and the drawer is ready for standard letter-size hanging folders. If your project calls for legal-size folders, measure the folder width before ordering — legal and letter rails are not interchangeable.

Material and Profile

The rail is extruded aluminum, which keeps weight low and resists the corrosion that bare steel stock can develop in a humid shop or finished interior. The natural aluminum finish works well against light-colored drawer liners, Baltic birch box interiors, and painted melamine. The 1/8-inch wall thickness keeps the profile trim while giving the rail enough rigidity to carry a full complement of hanging folders without flex across a standard drawer span.

Where This Rail Fits Best

Cabinet shops building custom office casework, desk pedestals, or lateral file cabinets use this stock rail to deliver file-drawer functionality at a lower material cost than pre-kitted systems. It also suits renovation work where an existing drawer box needs a file rail added and the bracket mounting positions are already set. Because the rail sells as a single 72-inch piece, shops running multiple file drawers can cut efficiently from stock rather than ordering individual pre-cut rails per drawer. Pair it with Kinetron 1/2-inch brackets in the mounting style your drawer box calls for.

Common Questions

One Piece of Stock, Multiple File Drawers

A single 72-inch aluminum rail cuts down into the side rails for two or more standard-depth drawers, making it an efficient choice for shops building several file drawers at once. Pair it with the right 1/2-inch brackets and the job moves without waiting on kitted hardware.