Metal Door Handle
SKU: FL-HO-013
SUS 304 stainless steel door handle. Modern minimalist design.
| Material | SUS 304 stainless steel tube (25mm OD × 1.2mm) |
|---|---|
| Manufacturing Process | Tube cutting + bending + polishing |
| Surface Finish | Brushed / polished stainless |
| Tolerance | ±0.3mm |
| Length | 600mm standard |
| Tube OD | 25mm |
| Mounting | M5 screws |
| Load | 80kg |
| MOQ | 300 units |
| Lead Time | Quoted after drawing review and process confirmation |
| Sample Time | Quoted after drawing review and process confirmation |
| Sample Fee | USD 80 |
| Price Range | USD 15-30/unit |
| Applications | Doors, gates, cabinets |
| Compliance | EN 1906 |
| Export Markets | USA, Germany, UK, Japan |
How This Metal Door Handle Is Fabricated and Checked
A stainless door handle is a bent tube, and bending tube without deforming it is the whole technical problem. The section has to stay round and the wall has to stay thick enough on the outside of the bend. Everything a customer notices – the feel, the finish, whether it stays tight on the door – follows from that.
The bend is made over a mandrel rather than freehand, which is standard practice for tube bending in this shop.| Stage | What happens | What is verified before the job moves on |
|---|---|---|
| Tube cutting | 25 mm outside diameter stainless tube at 1.2 mm wall is cut to length, with the ends prepared for the fixings. | Cut length and end squareness are checked. An out-of-square end will not sit flat against a rose or a door face, and the gap shows. |
| Mandrel bending | The tube is bent over a mandrel, which supports the inside of the section through the bend. | Ovality at the bend and wall thickness on the outside of the bend are checked against a sample. Bending without a mandrel flattens the section and thins the outside wall, and both happen where the handle takes its load. |
| Bend inspection | Every bend is inspected for cracking and for the surface condition on the outside of the radius. | The tightest bend on the part is checked against what that material batch will actually take, on a test piece before the batch runs. A crack from an over-tight bend cannot be polished out, so finding it on part fifty means the batch is scrap. |
| Fixings and end preparation | Ends are drilled or tapped for the mounting screws, or fitted with through-bolt fixings. | The fixing hole position relative to the bend is checked, because it sets the stand-off from the door and therefore the clearance for fingers. |
| Polishing or brushing | The part is polished to a mirror finish or brushed, depending on the specification. | The transition between the straight and the bent section is checked for a change in grain or a polishing shadow. This is where a bent handle gives itself away. |
| Cleaning and passivation | Polishing compound is removed and the passive layer restored. | Residue is checked at the bend and at the fixing holes, which are the two places compound collects. |
| Final check and packing | Handles are checked against the sample and packed individually. | Straightness of the centre section and the presence of the drilled holes are confirmed before packing. Handles are packed so that they cannot knock against each other. |
Adjusting Metal Door Handle Metal Without New Tooling
The handle is cut and bent rather than cast, so length and bend geometry are open. The fixing interface is the part that has to be agreed.
| What can be changed | What it affects | What it does not affect |
|---|---|---|
| Length and the bend geometry | Tube cut length and the bending setup | The tube diameter and wall |
| Tube diameter and wall thickness | Load capacity and the weight of the part | The mounting interface, if the fixings are unchanged |
| Fixing type – through bolt or screw-in ends | The end preparation and the door thickness it suits | The handle itself |
| Polished or brushed | Surface treatment route | Any dimension |
| Stand-off from the door | Fixing length and finger clearance | The bend radius |
Questions Buyers Ask About Metal Door Handle Metal
Is the load figure a hanging load or a pull?
It is a pull, which is the load a handle actually sees. Nobody hangs weight from a door handle; they grab it and pull, and the load arrives suddenly at the fixing and at the bend. The test figure should be read as the load the handle and its fixings carry without permanent deformation, and on a handle the weakest point is normally the fixing through the door, not the tube. If you need the handle assessed against a specific standard for your market, tell us which one at quotation.
How do you bend the tube without flattening it?
The bend is made over a mandrel, which is a shaped insert that supports the inside of the tube through the bend and stops the section collapsing. Bending freehand, or over a former with no internal support, produces an oval section and, worse, it thins the wall on the outside of the bend – exactly where a pulled handle concentrates stress. The bend radius also has to be reasonable in relation to the tube diameter; a very tight radius on a 25 mm tube will not be achieved on any equipment without accepting some distortion, and we will say so rather than quote for it.
Which finish stands up better in daily use?
A brushed finish shows less than a mirror polish in normal use. Polished stainless looks better in a photograph and shows every fingerprint, every water mark and every fine scratch, and a handle is touched constantly. Brushed has the further advantage that a light scratch can be blended locally because the grain gives the repair somewhere to hide. If the project calls for polished because the rest of the ironmongery is polished, that is a legitimate choice – it just needs to be a choice rather than an assumption.
Send the length, the door thickness and the fixing you intend to use, and say whether the finish should be polished or brushed. Bend radius and fixing position are what the quotation turns on. Send the details for a quotation.
Handles are checked individually before packing, including straightness and hole positions, as part of the normal inspection routine.
A Door Handle Is Loaded by Someone Falling, Not by Someone Opening
A handle is specified for the weight of the door and sized for the hand, and both of those understate the real load case. The case that matters is a person losing balance and putting their full weight onto the handle on the way down, which is a sideways and downward pull applied at the furthest point from the fixing. Handles on a door used by the public, or by anyone unsteady, should be specified for that, and the fixing should be specified for the door rather than for the handle.
- Tube at 25 mm OD with a 1.2 mm wall is comfortable to grip and light. On a lever handle the same section is a lever arm, and the fixing takes the moment, not the weight.
- The standoff between the handle and the door surface decides whether knuckles clear it. It is a dimension people notice immediately and cannot articulate, and it belongs on the drawing.
- Brushed and polished are not just finishes here – a polished handle on a door used with wet hands is a grip question, and brushed is the safer default on an exterior door.
Bent Tube: Where the Wall Thins and Why It Matters
Bending a tube thins the wall on the outside of the bend and thickens it on the inside. On a handle, the outside of the bend is also the part that faces the user and takes the knocks, so the thinnest material on the part is in the place most likely to be damaged. The radius decides how much thinning happens: a tight radius on a thin wall can thin the outer side enough to show, and on a decorative part a visible flat or wrinkle on the outside of a bend is a reject.
We specify the bend radius against the wall thickness for that reason, and we check the first piece at the bend rather than at the straight. If your handle has a tight return – a short leg back towards the door – send the dimension, because there is a minimum leg length the tooling can hold and a shorter one has to be made differently. Lead time is quoted after drawing review and process confirmation.
Payment Terms
How a project is paid for is agreed before production starts, and the structure that applies to your order is stated on the quotation and on the order confirmation, so there is no ambiguity later.
- 30% advance payment with the order and the 70% balance before shipment — our standard structure.
- 70% advance payment with the order and the 30% balance before shipment — used for some projects.
- 100% payment in advance before production starts — used for some projects.
If your finance team works to a fixed structure, say so in the first enquiry and we will confirm what applies to your order before you commit. Request a quotation.
Questions buyers ask before sending drawings
The questions that come up most often before a project starts, answered the way we answer them by email.
What do you need from me to quote Metal Door Handle-Metal?
2D drawings as PDF, DWG or DXF, or 3D files as STEP, IGES or SolidWorks, together with material grade, sheet thickness, surface finish, quantity and destination country. If the drawing is not finished yet, send a photo, a sketch or the existing part instead — we review what can be measured from it and reply with the questions that still need answering.
How long does a quotation take?
Enquiries are answered within one business day. Simple laser-cut and bent parts are quoted within 24 hours. Welded frames, assembled units and multi-part structures are quoted after the drawing review and process confirmation, and the date is confirmed in our reply.
Is there a minimum order quantity?
Prototypes are made from a single piece and small batches of 10–50 pieces are routine. Prototype, first batch and repeat volume are quoted together so the numbers stay consistent as the project scales.
Can you work from a sample or a photo if I have no drawing?
Yes. Send the part itself, clear photographs with a rule or caliper in frame, or a dimensioned sketch. We measure what can be measured, list what is still undefined, and confirm it with you before production.
Need a Similar Part?
Most enquiries that start on a page like this are not an order for Metal Door Handle-Metal — they are a search for a factory that can make something like it. Send us your drawing, 3D model or sample and we will review the manufacturing process and the quotation requirements, then come back with a process plan, a price and a lead time.
We work from 2D drawings, STEP / DWG / DXF / PDF files, or a physical sample if that is all you have.
No complete drawings yet? Describe the part, send photos or a sketch, or send a sample — we can start from there. Discuss your project.
Trade Terms and Delivery
We quote under the standard Incoterms your logistics team already works with, and build the packing and documentation around the one you choose.
- EXW — you collect from our Ningbo facility and run export clearance through your own forwarder.
- FOB Ningbo — we deliver to the vessel at Ningbo port and handle export clearance.
- CIF — we cover carriage and insurance to your named destination port.
- DDP — we handle carriage, insurance, import clearance and duties through to your door.
Send your destination country, target delivery date and preferred trade term together with the drawing. Request a quotation.
Quotation Time
We quote from your drawings. How long that takes depends on what the part asks for:
- Simple parts — quoted within 24 hours. Laser-cut blanks and bent components, supplied with complete 2D or 3D drawings. Mon–Fri, GMT+8.
- Complex assemblies — quoted after the drawing review. Payment kiosks, multi-part welded frames, enclosures with purchased hardware, or anything needing a coating or assembly trial. We confirm a quotation date once the scope is clear.
Production lead time is quoted separately, after drawing review and process confirmation. Send your drawings.
What stands behind this quotation
- Manufacturing since 20162,500 m² Ningbo plant — 3 laser cutting machines (including newer TRUMPF), 4 CNC press brakes and 10 welding stations.
- Shipped to more than 30 export marketsEnclosures, cabinets and formed parts supplied to OEM buyers across Europe, North America and Asia.
- 123 documented product casesMedical device housings, HVAC and heat pump enclosures, agricultural and livestock equipment, industrial hydraulics, material handling trolleys and EV charging cabinets.
- Factory evidence you can checkTUV Rheinland audit reference MIC-ASI243729 and Bureau Veritas reference MIC-ASR263630 available for buyer review under NDA.
Before you send drawings: an NDA is signed on request · first-article inspection is carried out before a batch continues · pricing is staged from prototype quantity to repeat volume · pre-shipment photos and packing records are prepared when the project needs them.