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The Sugatsune ESR-8 series is a 16 inch, 3/4-extension side-mount ball bearing drawer slide machined from 304 stainless steel and rated 94 lb per pair. Where zinc-finished slides fall short — washdown kitchens, marine cabinets, lab casework, and outdoor storage — the ESR-8's stainless construction holds up without surface degradation.
Most side-mount ball bearing slides are zinc-finished steel — the right choice for dry indoor cabinetry. But zinc plating is not rated for persistent moisture, salt air, washdown cycles, or chemical exposure. The ESR-8's 304 stainless steel construction makes it the correct specification for commercial kitchen drawers, marine and boat cabin storage, laboratory and cleanroom casework, outdoor bar cabinets, and food-service equipment. The 3/4-extension travel is well matched to drawers in these settings where the rear contents are accessible enough and a lighter mechanism is preferable to a more complex one.
The ESR-8 slides are formed from 304 stainless steel, one of the most broadly specified corrosion-resistant alloys in cabinet and equipment hardware. The finish is the alloy itself — there is no plating to chip, peel, or undercut at cut edges. In side-mount position the slides sit beside the open drawer box; the stainless surface is visible in service, which also suits specifiers who want the hardware to read clean and professional in an exposed interior.
The ESR-8 fits cabinet shops and contractors specifying hardware for environments that eliminate standard zinc slides from consideration. Commercial kitchen installers, marine cabinetmakers, lab furniture builders, and outdoor living contractors all run into the same problem: a slide that looks correct on paper but corrodes in the field. Specifying 304 stainless from the start avoids a callback. At 16 inches, this slide pairs with drawer boxes in the 14 to 16 inch depth range — typical for base cabinet utility drawers, equipment drawers, and marine berthing storage. The 94 lb per pair rating handles most production-use loads in these applications.
304 stainless steel offers strong corrosion resistance and handles coastal and marine conditions better than zinc-plated steel. For direct saltwater immersion or aggressive marine exposure, confirm with your project engineer whether 316 stainless is required — the ESR-8 is specified as 304.
At full open, the drawer travels approximately three-quarters of the 16 inch slide length. The rearmost portion of the drawer box stays inside the cabinet. If you need the entire drawer to clear the cabinet face, specify a full-extension slide instead.
A mechanical catch holds the drawer in the closed position and stops it from bouncing back open after being pushed shut firmly. There is no spring assist and no damping — the drawer stays put until you pull it open.
Side clearance for the ESR-8 is not stated in the available specification data. Contact Sugatsune or reference the ESR-8 installation sheet before sizing your drawer box.
No. The ESR-8 is non-handed — both slides in the pair are identical and fit either side of the drawer.
Specifying 304 stainless steel drawer slides at the front end of a project costs less than replacing corroded hardware after the install — and the ESR-8 gives you the ball bearing performance and hold-in security the application needs, in a material built to last in it.
