Deltana SBIH2510 Intermediate Hinge, Solid Brass (Pair)

Mounting is wood screws only, #12 x 1-1/4 inch. There is no machine screw pack with it. On a hollow metal frame or a metal-edged door you will need to supply your own machine screws and tap the prep, because nothing in the box threads into metal.

The SBIH2510 is not supplied with a non-removable pin feature. On an out-swinging exterior door, that means the hinge itself does not defeat pin removal, so you need security elsewhere in the opening, a security stud, a set screw, or a door with a security hinge at the primary points. On in-swinging doors it is a non-issue.

They solve the same position in the opening but not the same problem. The SBIH2510 is a solid brass intermediate hinge supplied as a pair, plain bearing, with no electrical path through it. The ACSI EM19 is an electrified intermediate pivot with concealed electric through-wire, handed, with a 3/4 inch offset, and it runs on a ball bearing. If the door needs power transferred to an electrified lock or exit device through the pivot point, the EM19 is the part that carries the wire; if the intermediate point only needs to share the load of a heavy door, the SBIH2510 covers it in brass to match the rest of the trim.

No. On an opening where power has to reach a lock, strike or exit device mounted in the door leaf, the transfer point is part of the hardware, and a part like the ACSI EM19 Rixson electrified intermediate pivot is built for that with a concealed electric through-wire. The Deltana SBIH2510 is a mechanical solid brass intermediate hinge with a plain bearing and no wire path. Substituting it onto an access-controlled leaf leaves the door with no way to power the lock. Use the SBIH2510 on mechanical openings, or where the electrified transfer is handled at a separate point.

They should not be treated as a drop-in swap for one another. The SBIH2510 belongs to Deltana's SBP Series and is a wood-screw-mounted intermediate hinge using #12 x 1-1/4 inch wood screws, 0.306 thick, with no machine screw pack. The ACSI EM19 is part of the 1100 Series and is an offset pivot with a 3/4 inch offset that also has to accommodate a concealed wire run. The mounting and the door prep differ, so on a retrofit the existing prep needs to be confirmed against whichever part is being ordered rather than assumed to carry over.

Nine finishes: polished brass, PVD polished brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and paint black. If you are matching existing brass hardware across a building, PVD polished brass holds its color far better than standard polished brass, which is lacquered and will patina. Spec the same one on the pivots so the whole opening reads as one set.

It depends on the part. The ACSI EM19 Rixson electrified intermediate pivot is handed with a 3/4 inch offset, so the hand of the door has to be confirmed before it is ordered. The Deltana SBIH2510 solid brass intermediate hinge ships as a pair and is specified by finish rather than by hand, across PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome and Paint Black. For a property manager ordering intermediate points across several doors of differing hand, that removes a line item that commonly gets ordered wrong.

That is the main mechanical distinction between the two. The ACSI EM19 Rixson intermediate pivot runs a ball bearing, which is the usual choice where the intermediate point carries cycling load. The Deltana SBIH2510 is a plain bearing solid brass intermediate hinge, rated commercial, and it is designed to work alongside pivot hinges on large doors rather than to take the door on its own. On a heavy entrance the pivot set still carries the door and the SBIH2510 complements it; where the intermediate point itself is doing bearing work under constant cycling, the ball bearing construction of the EM19 is the relevant difference.

The Deltana SBIH2510 is the one specified by finish. It is solid brass and comes in PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome and Paint Black, so the intermediate point can be matched to the levers, pulls and pivot hardware already on the opening. The ACSI EM19 Rixson intermediate pivot is defined by its function instead, as an electrified concealed through-wire pivot with a 3/4 inch offset. On a storefront or lobby door where the intermediate hardware is visible, finish selection is the deciding factor and the SBIH2510 carries the range.