Orca Hardware 4" x 4" x 1/4" Radius Corner Plain Bearing Commercial Hinge

The Orca 4014 measures 4" x 4" with 1/4" radius corners, so it drops into an existing 4 x 4 mortise that was routed with a 1/4" radius corner bit. If the doors and frames in your building were prepped with 5/8" radius corners, or cut square by hand, the leaf will not seat cleanly. Pull one existing hinge and check the corner radius before you order a box.

Plain bearing is the right call on low to moderate traffic openings: closets, offices, storage rooms, unit interiors in a multi-family building. The 4014 is a medium duty, plain bearing hinge. On a high-traffic opening, a door with a closer on it, or anything heavy, go to a bearing hinge instead. The Ives 3CB1 is a medium duty concealed bearing full mortise hinge, and the Don-Jo HWBB74545 is a heavy weight ball bearing hinge at 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" if you also need the larger leaf.

Not on an ADA opening. The 4014 is recorded as not ADA compliant, so keep it off barrier-free doors that have to meet accessibility requirements. For those openings, and for any door carrying a closer, specify a bearing hinge instead: the Hager BB1168 is a heavy duty full mortise ball bearing hinge, available with a non-removable pin.

The Orca 4014 is a 4 inch by 4 inch full mortise hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners, so it drops into a frame routed for a radiused pocket. If the existing prep is square cornered, the Delaney CH401X is a 4 inch by 4 inch commercial ball bearing hinge with square corners and matches the same leaf size. Corner style has to follow the mortise already cut in the frame and door, so confirm the prep before choosing between them.

No. The Orca 4014 is a plain bearing full mortise hinge with no wire path through the knuckle. For power transfer to an electrified lock or exit device, the Command Access ETH-CB70 is a 3 knuckle standard weight energy transfer hinge on a steel base rated medium duty, and the BEST CECB179-12C is a steel full mortise concealed bearing electrified hinge with a 12 wire quick connect, also medium duty. If the opening also needs door position monitoring, the Command Access ETM-CB70 adds door position sensing on a 3 knuckle steel base.

The Orca 4014 is a plain bearing commercial hinge and is not offered as a security hinge. Where the pin has to stay captive on an outswinging door, the Hager BB1168 is a non-removable pin full mortise ball bearing hinge rated heavy duty, and the Deltana CSB45N is a 4-1/2 inch by 4-1/2 inch square hinge pair with a non-removable pin. The Deltana DE44R5TA is a 4 inch by 4 inch security hinge pair in steel with 5/8 inch radius corners, which keeps the 4 inch leaf size but uses a larger corner radius than the 1/4 inch radius of the Orca 4014.

They are both 4 inch by 4 inch hinges but they are not interchangeable. The Orca 4014 is a commercial hinge with 1/4 inch radius corners and a medium duty rating. The Delaney RH40xx is a residential hinge pair for Castlegate with 5/8 inch radius by square corners, and the Delaney RH45xx is a bulk residential exterior hinge at 4 inch by 4 inch with 5/8 inch radius. A 5/8 inch radius leaf will not seat correctly in a mortise cut for a 1/4 inch radius, so the corner radius decides the swap, not the leaf size.

No handing to specify. The 4014 is a full mortise butt hinge, symmetrical leaf to leaf, so the same hinge works on a left hand or right hand door. You pick size, corner style and finish, nothing else. That is the practical difference from something like the Stanley CECB1900R54L, an electrified concealed bearing hinge that is ordered left-handed because the wire exit has to be on a specific side.

The Orca 4014 is sold as individual hinges by finish, not bagged in pairs, so you order the exact count the job needs. A typical interior door takes three hinges. Note the contrast with much of the residential hinge market, where the Deltana DSB35 and the Emtek 91013 ship as pairs and the Schlage S3P1010 comes in packs of three, which forces you to buy in their increments.

The Orca 4014 is built at 4 inch by 4 inch and will not fit a 3-1/2 inch pocket. For that smaller prep, the Emtek 91013 is a residential plain bearing hinge pair at 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch with square corners in plated steel, and the Schlage Residential S3P1010 is a 3.5 inch by 3.5 inch square corner plain bearing mortise hinge sold in packs of three and rated medium duty. Both are square corner, so a radiused prep would need to be squared off.

The Orca 4014 is a medium duty plain bearing hinge. Staying with plain bearing but moving up in weight, the Emtek 92013 is a heavy duty plain bearing hinge pair at 3-1/2 inch by 3-1/2 inch with square corners in plated steel, and the Hager 1129 is a plain bearing commercial hinge at 4-1/2 inch standard weight steel rated heavy duty. The Hager 1129 is half mortise rather than full mortise, which changes how it fastens to the frame.

The Orca 4014 is a medium duty commercial full mortise hinge in a plain bearing configuration, offered in Oil-Rubbed Bronze, Satin Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, Polished Brass, and Painted Black. If a facility standard calls for bearing hinges at the same duty level, the Ives 3CB1 is a steel 3 knuckle concealed bearing full mortise hinge rated medium duty, and the Hager 920 is a full mortise concealed plain bearing hinge with 2 knuckle steel construction, also medium duty. The McKinney MP79 MacPro is a 5 knuckle standard weight full mortise hinge if the standard is written around a 5 knuckle profile.

No. The Orca 4014 is a medium duty plain bearing hinge intended for commercial doors, not for detention service. Those openings use purpose-built hinges: the BEST BB855 is a heavy duty steel double weight concealed ball bearing prison hinge, the Stanley Security BB855 is a double weight prison hinge at 5 inch by 6 inch furnished with no holes and not swaged, and the Hager 990 STEEL is a full surface prison hinge at 3 inch by 4 inch with a welded tip, rated heavy duty. Full surface and unswaged hinges mount differently from a full mortise hinge like the 4014.

Six finishes on the 4014: oil-rubbed bronze, satin nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, polished brass and painted black. If you are standardizing a building, that spread covers both the bright and dark trim schemes without having to change hinge series between floors.

It is a commercial hinge, sold as a commercial medium duty product with a standard duty rating. Practically, that puts it in apartment interiors, offices and light institutional doors rather than on a main entrance or a stairwell door with a closer on it.

Zinc alloy, per the manufacturer's material spec. That is worth knowing if the opening is exterior or in a coastal or wash-down environment, where a steel base hinge like the Don-Jo HWBB75045 or the Stanley FBB191 is the more common commercial specification.

Orca publishes a template drawing for the 4014, linked from the product information as a downloadable PDF. Hand that to whoever is routing the jambs so the 1/4" radius corner mortise and screw pattern are cut right the first time.

The Orca 4014 is a full mortise hinge and mortises into the door edge and frame rebate. A double acting opening that swings both ways is not a hinge application at all: the BEST DAP-3 is a heavy duty double acting pivot for commercial interior doors. Pivots carry the door at the top and bottom instead of along the hinge edge, so the door and frame preparation is entirely different from a mortise hinge.

The Orca 4014 is a zinc alloy commercial hinge in a medium duty plain bearing configuration. Where a non-ferrous base metal is called for, the McKinney T2314 is a non-ferrous hinge in standard weight with 5 knuckles, rated medium duty, which sits at the same duty level as the 4014 but changes the base material.