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The Sugatsune ESR-6-24 is a 24 inch, full-extension side-mount ball-bearing drawer slide in 304 stainless steel, designed for installations where moisture, cleaning chemicals, or salt air make plated steel a liability. This is the material itself, not a finish or a coating over carbon steel.
Stainless steel is specified here for a reason, not as a style choice. Commercial kitchens and food prep areas face daily washdown cycles with cleaning agents that pit plated steel quickly. Marine and outdoor casework deals with salt air and condensation year-round. Healthcare carts and laboratory millwork are wiped down with disinfectants repeatedly. In all of these settings, a 304 stainless slide keeps working long after a zinc-plated alternative has started to corrode. The 24 inch length suits standard-depth base cabinets and equipment drawers where full extension matters: if you need to reach the back of the drawer one-handed while managing a tray, pot, or specimen, full travel is not a convenience — it is a requirement.
The ESR-6 series runs ball bearings between formed stainless steel raceways, so the travel is precise and consistent rather than drifting under load as a roller system can. Standard motion means the slide has no closing mechanism: the drawer stays wherever it is placed. That behavior suits equipment and work drawers that need to stay open hands-free, and it keeps the slide mechanically simple in environments where a damper or spring mechanism would be exposed to the same washdown conditions as the slide itself. For applications that need a hold-in detent or soft-close in a stainless slide, Sugatsune's broader ESR program includes those options as separate series.
Commercial kitchen fabricators and millworkers reach for a stainless side-mount slide when the drawings call for NSF-adjacent environments or when the end user's cleaning protocol rules out plated hardware. Marine cabinet builders and yacht interior shops choose stainless over anything plated for below-deck cabinetry. Lab and healthcare furniture manufacturers use it in casework that must be sanitized regularly. The non-handed design is a practical advantage in high-volume shops: one SKU covers both sides of every drawer, which simplifies purchasing and eliminates the cost of a misorder.
This is 304 stainless steel construction — the corrosion-resistant alloy through and through, not a plated or coated finish over carbon steel.
304 stainless resists corrosion far better than plated steel in marine settings. For continuous direct saltwater exposure, verify whether your application requires 316 grade — the source data confirms 304 on this series, not 316.
No. Standard motion means there is no closing mechanism of any kind. The drawer stays at whatever position you leave it, open or closed.
Build the drawer box to leave the clearance specified in the Sugatsune ESR-6 installation guide. The standard side-mount ball-bearing convention is 1/2 inch per side, but confirm against the manufacturer's dimension sheet before cutting the box.
Confirm the sold-as unit on the product page before ordering for multiple drawers — check the listing's quantity field to ensure you are pricing a pair, not a single member.
When the installation will be hosed down, disinfected, or exposed to corrosive air, specifying stainless from the start avoids the cost of replacing hardware that was never suited to the environment. The ESR-6-24 puts full-extension, ball-bearing performance in a material that belongs in those conditions.
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