Wide-Swing Nickel Hinge for Half Overlay Doors

This Blum CLIP top hinge opens to 170 degrees and hangs half overlay doors on face-frame or frameless cabinets, with INSERTA tool-free plate mounting and a self-close spring that draws the door shut on its own.

Key Features

• 170 degree opening swings the door nearly flat with the cabinet side for unobstructed access to the full box interior.
• Half overlay, half crank arm sets the door to a partial overlay, the geometry used where two doors share one center partition.
• Self-close spring pulls the door shut automatically over the last few degrees of travel.
• INSERTA tool-free plate mounting presses the base plate into pre-drilled 5mm system holes without screws.
• Clip-on arm with three-way adjustment lets doors be tuned for height, side, and depth after the cabinet is set.
• Nickel finish on plated steel coordinates with nickel pulls, knobs, and other visible hardware throughout the run.

Where 170 Degrees Makes the Difference

Most concealed hinges stop at 110 degrees, which suits everyday cabinet access just fine. The 170 degree opening is for the situations where that standard swing falls short: base cabinets on an island where someone standing alongside needs full side access, tall pantry doors that should fold back out of a walkway, or corner-adjacent cabinets where a wider swing keeps the door from blocking the room. At 170 degrees the door sits nearly parallel to the cabinet side, clearing the interior completely. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door, and the arm clips to a Blum base plate on the cabinet, which is ordered separately. This hinge does not include built-in soft-close. The 170 degree geometry is a self-close configuration, meaning a spring draws the door shut, without a damper. For a cushioned close at this application, a separate soft-close adapter can be added later.

Finish, Steel, and INSERTA Mounting

The hinge body is plated steel in a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a warm, mid-tone neutral that sits comfortably alongside both cool stainless and warmer brass tones, making it a reliable match when other hardware in the room is already specified in nickel. INSERTA is the plate-to-cabinet method: pre-mounted system screws press straight into the cabinet's 5mm line-bore holes and the plate locks in place, no plate screws required. The clip-on arm is a separate connection, engaging the plate without tools. Three-way adjustment handles height, side, and depth independently, so the reveal between doors can be dialed in after the install.

For Shops and Installers Running Mixed Cabinet Types

This hinge suits cabinet shops and contractors whose work spans both frameless boxes and face-frame construction. Because the CLIP top system accepts both frameless wing plates and face-frame plates, the same hinge body carries across both cabinet types without a separate SKU for each. INSERTA mounting depends on the cabinet having pre-drilled 5mm system holes at the correct spacing. For cabinets without those holes, the screw-on plate version is the practical alternative. Standard doors in the 16 to 22mm range are the right fit here. Doors thicker than 22mm need a dedicated thick-door hinge instead.

Common Questions

Full Interior Access, Clean Nickel Finish

Specify this hinge where 170 degrees of swing is the spec and nickel is the finish family, on half overlay doors that need a self-closing wide-angle hinge ready for fast, tool-free plate mounting.