How Versoflip One handles it
The desktop is a two-faced panel. Face A is the everyday work surface — ash veneer or graphite high-pressure laminate, chosen per SKU. Face B is a matte dry-erase laminate in light grey, standard on every reversible configuration.
Turning it over is a user operation, not a service operation: turn the locking collar on the right-hand hub a quarter turn, swing the panel over about its long centreline until the detent clicks at level, turn the collar back. The panel pivots on a steel hub at each end and never leaves the desk. Nothing is unscrewed, nothing is lifted, and no tool is needed.
Parameters
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| Parameter | Specification | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pivot | Steel trunnion hub at the centre of each short end, 20 mm stub axle | The panel turns in place and never detaches |
| Axis | On the panel's long centreline, through the centre of mass | Balanced; a half-turned panel stays put |
| Lock | Spring detents at 0° and 180°; locking collar on the right hub | Quarter turn to release; tied into the control lock |
| Turn time | 30 seconds, one person, no lifting | No tool; the panel is never off the frame |
| Clearance | No crossbeam; nothing within 350 mm below the axle | The panel sweeps a 700 mm cylinder |
| Panel mass | 18.9 kg (1400 mm), 21.4 kg (1600 mm) | ~1.5 kg over a single-faced panel |
| Core | Balanced 13-ply birch, 25 mm | Symmetric layup so unequal faces do not cup |
| Edge | 3 mm radius, all four edges | Identical on both faces; no designated underside |
| Cable channel | 1150 × 60 mm, machined on both faces | Routing survives the flip |
| Keypad | Hinged bracket, swings to the user-facing long edge | Controls never face the wall |
| Load cells | Four, in the two hub housings, two per hub | Measure hub reactions; never inverted |
| Tare | Re-tares when the detent re-engages at level | Face B is marginally heavier |
| Under-desk mounting | None possible | Trays, CPU holders and drawers sit inside the swept arc |
| Markers | Dry-erase only | Permanent and wet-erase are outside intended use |
Why it is built this way
A pivot rather than fasteners because the number that matters is not whether a flip is possible but whether you would do it. A top you unbolt needs two people, a clear floor and a place to put 19 kg down; the first design of this desk used six quarter-turn cams and four locating pins, and a two-minute, two-person target. The turn is now thirty seconds for one person, and the price of that is a frame with no crossbeam and nothing mountable under the desk. We think that trade is right for a desk whose point is the second face.
The axle on the centre of mass because a pivot that misses it makes the panel fall one way. A balanced panel rests in any position, so a half-turn is safe to pause.
A balanced core because two different finishes on one panel is the classic recipe for cupping. The plies are symmetric about the centre line specifically so Face A and Face B can differ.
The load cells sit in the hub housings rather than in the panel for the same reason the frame carries the electronics: anything mounted in the desktop has to be duplicated or inverted when the desktop turns over. The hubs carry everything the panel carries, so measuring them measures the load.
Limits
Face B takes dry-erase markers only; permanent and wet-erase ink are outside the intended use. Markers, eraser and cleaning fluid are not included.
Common questions
Can the Versoflip One desktop really be used on both sides?
Yes. Face A is ash veneer or graphite high-pressure laminate and Face B is a matte dry-erase laminate; both are specified as work surfaces rather than one being a sealed underside. The edge radius, cable channel and keypad bracket all work in either orientation.
How long does flipping the desktop take?
Thirty seconds for one person: turn the locking collar on the right hub a quarter turn, swing the panel over about its long centreline until the detent clicks at level, turn the collar back. Nothing is lifted, because the panel pivots on a hub at each end and never leaves the desk.
Does the desk still measure load correctly after a flip?
Yes. The four load cells sit in the two hub housings, two per hub, and measure the reaction at each end of the panel, so orientation does not change what they read. Because Face B is marginally heavier, the controller re-tares when the detent re-engages at level rather than reporting a phantom load.
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