Nickel Concealed Hinge for Half Overlay Doors on Face-Frame and Frameless Cabinets

This Blum CLIP hinge is built for half overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, with self-close action, a dowel-mount cup, and a nickel finish. It suits the shared-partition setup where two doors split a single divider, and any single-door run specified at the half-overlay position.

Key Features

• Self-close spring pulls the door shut from a few degrees open, no damper or separate closer needed.
• Half overlay half crank arm positions the door at a partial overlay over the cabinet side or frame, the geometry two doors share on one partition.
• 100 degree opening angle delivers solid everyday access while keeping swing within tighter clearances.
• Dowel-mount cup presses the hinge into pre-bored dowel holes in the door, no cup screws required.
• Nickel finish on steel blends with standard cabinet hardware for a clean, low-profile look when open.
• Three-way adjustability brings doors to an even reveal after the cabinet is set, with independent height, side, and depth correction.

Built for the Half-Overlay Position

Half overlay is the hinge geometry for doors that cover part of the cabinet side rather than the full panel. It is most common where two doors share a single center partition, each door taking roughly half the partition width. The half crank arm carries the correct geometry for that position, so both doors can swing clear without the arms colliding inside the cabinet.

The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door and the hinge arm connects to a separate Blum base plate mounted on the cabinet. That plate is sold separately and matched to your cabinet construction. For production runs on CNC-bored doors, the dowel mount presses the cup into the door's pre-bored dowel holes without cup screws, keeping the loading station moving. Cabinet type does not limit the application here: this hinge runs on face-frame and frameless boxes alike.

Steel Construction in a Nickel Finish

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a neutral, slightly warm silver that coordinates with most standard cabinet hardware finishes without calling attention to itself when a door is open. The finish is consistent across the hinge cup and arm, so the hardware reads as a matched set in the opening.

Three-way adjustment keeps doors square after the cabinet settles into a space. Side, height, and depth corrections are independent, so dialing in a tight reveal on a shared partition does not disturb the depth setting already made.

Right for Production Shops and Framers Alike

The dowel mount is the door-side fastening method for CNC and production environments where cup screws slow the line. Doors come off the boring machine ready to receive the hinge, and the cup presses in without a screwdriver. That matters on a run of kitchen uppers where every shared partition takes two doors and every door needs two or more hinges.

The same hinge works for a remodeler fitting face-frame boxes, where the self-close spring handles daily closing without a damper to maintain. For a shop that wants a cushioned, silent close instead of a spring pull, the BLUMOTION soft-close version of this series is the right call. This one is a self-close hinge: the spring draws the door shut, but there is no damper to slow the contact.

Common Questions

Clean Hardware, Even Reveals, Fast Loading

Specify this hinge where half overlay geometry, a dowel-press install, and a self-close spring are the right combination for the job, finished in nickel that sits quietly in the opening.