Metal Casket Handles
The largest category in the catalogue
Metal casket handles account for 94 of the 313 catalogue items, making them the largest single category. Most metal handles are Zamak #3 die castings, hand polished and plated, with steel, stainless steel 304 and 316, aluminium alloy and brass used for some models. The category is divided into three families: handles with a steel bar, movable handles, and fixed handles, with 33, 46 and 15 items respectively.
A steel-bar handle uses a long bar, commonly 19 to 25 millimetre steel tube or round bar, between two cast fittings. A movable handle, sometimes called a bail handle, swings on its fittings and is the most numerous family, with 46 items. A fixed handle is mounted rigidly and is the smallest family, with 15 items. The three families are described on their own pages, and this page is the category overview that links to them.
Buyers usually choose a family first and a finish second. The finish changes the production run and the appearance, but not the family: the same casting can appear in gold, nickel, antique brass, antique copper or chrome plating, and the finish guide explains how to match a finish against a physical sample rather than a screen.
Load ratings at category level
At category level, metal handles most commonly carry 120 to 150 kilograms per piece, within the company's published bands of 100 kilograms per piece for standard cast handles and 200 to 300 kilograms per piece for heavy cast handles and swing-bar hardware. Those bands describe the family, not any single model. A single model's rating comes from its own product page, and the sampled Reference 1001, a Zamak #3 handle, is rated at 150 kilograms per piece.
The older trade-listing statement that metal handles carry more than 120 kilograms per piece is a category-level statement. It must not be applied to every metal handle, because individual models vary and the only authoritative rating for a model is its own product page. This site therefore states the band on this page and leaves the model rating to the model, rather than stamping one figure on the whole category.
Handles in this category are load-bearing parts, unlike ornaments and plain plastic pieces, which are decorative. A buyer specifying a handle for a casket should therefore confirm the model rating, the bar length and the finish together, because a handle that fits the casket but is rated below the casket's loaded weight is not a safe specification.
Finishes, bars and ordering
Metal plating colours are gold, nickel, antique brass, antique copper and chrome. Antique finishes are sometimes described as antique casket handles or antique coffin handles; those terms map to the finish guide, not to a separate product family, because the finish is applied to the same castings. The bar is commonly steel tube or round bar of 19 to 25 millimetres, and the handle set page explains how bar length is matched to casket size.
The minimum order quantity varies by product and is shown on each product page. The sampled Reference 1001 has a minimum of 1000 pieces and a lead time of 30 days, but that is one model, not a category rule. Payment is by telegraphic transfer or letter of credit, and shipments leave Wenzhou by full or less than container load.
For repeat orders, confirm the finish and the stated load rating again. The company profile identifies consistency of colour and rating across repeat orders as a buyer concern, and the repeat-order guide gives the wording to use. Certificates are available upon request, with no certificate name, number or issuing body published.
Before payment, confirm the model number, material, finish, quantity, lead time and any load-test record for your order with the sales team.