Nickel Finish and Half Overlay Fit for Face-Frame and Frameless Cabinets

The Salice 200 Series Rapido hinge brings a nickel-finished self-close concealed hinge to half overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with an expanding dowel mount for a secure, production-ready connection.

Key Features

• Self-close spring pulls the door shut automatically over the last few degrees of travel.
• Half overlay, half crank arm positions the door at a partial overlay, the geometry two doors use on a shared center partition.
• 110 degree opening delivers standard everyday swing for straightforward cabinet access.
• Expanding dowel mount anchors the base plate firmly into bored dowel holes for a strong mechanical connection.
• Nickel finish on plated steel coordinates with brushed and satin hardware across the cabinet run.
• Side and height adjustment fine-tunes the door position after the cabinet is set.

Where Half Overlay Hinge Geometry Does Its Work

Half overlay is the hinge choice when two doors share a single center partition, each covering roughly half of the partition edge, or wherever a door overlaps the cabinet by a partial amount rather than covering the full side. The half crank arm spaces the door correctly so two doors on the same partition swing clear of each other without collision. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the arm mounts to a Salice base plate on the cabinet, ordered separately. Plate compatibility is Salice-specific, so pair this hinge with the matching plate in the Salice range.

Nickel Steel Build and Expanding Dowel Anchoring

The hinge body is plated steel in a nickel finish, a neutral tone that sits alongside satin pulls, brushed hardware, and other nickel-toned fixtures without competing for attention. The expanding dowel mount sets this version apart from screw-on and toolless variants: the plate anchors into bored dowel holes in the cabinet side, giving a firm mechanical hold suited to production environments where repeatability matters. Side adjustment runs plus 4.5mm and minus 1.5mm; height adjusts plus or minus 2mm, so doors can be brought square after installation without pulling the plate.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops running production lines will recognize the expanding dowel mount as a CNC-friendly connection that goes in fast and holds consistently across a long run. Contractors and remodelers working on either frameless boxes or face-frame cabinets can use the same SKU across both construction types, which simplifies ordering. For homeowners and designers specifying hardware, the nickel finish makes this hinge a natural match with satin nickel pulls and knobs already on the job. This is a self-close hinge: the spring brings the door shut on its own, but without the cushioned, damped landing of a soft-close mechanism. For a quieter close, the Silentia+ soft-close version of this series is the alternative to specify.

Common Questions

A Consistent Nickel Close Across Every Door Pair

Specify this hinge when the job calls for half overlay doors that close on their own, mount solidly, and finish in a nickel that holds its tone across the full run of cabinet hardware.