GSF (www.gsfslides.com), the UK’s leading supplier of purpose-engineered high strength drawer slides, is launching its range of cold-drawn steel drawer professional slides in the US market at the FDIC show in Indianapolis (April 7th- 12th). These slides are purpose-engineered to be resistant to damage caused over time from vehicle vibration and movement, and models are available that will carry a phenomenal 1,300 lbs at 78” 100% extension.

It matters whether a slide is produced from cold-rolled steel sheet or cold-drawn industrial steel bar. The cold-drawing process has a more permanent re-forming effect on the crystalline structure of the steel, resulting in a better “shape memory”. This is why increasingly ball bearing supplier slides constructed from cold-drawn steel bar are the specification of choice for slides used on vehicle based applications.

GSF’s launch at Indianapolis’s FDIC show follows hard on the heels of the launch of GSF’s new website (www.gsfslides.com) which looks set to become one of the most authoritative sources of information on drawer slides and all thing related to linear movement. The site provides comprehensive details on the company’s products and what slides should be specified for different applications.