Nickel Concealed Hinge for Production CNC and Dowelled Door Installations

This Hettich Sensys self-close hinge brings full overlay performance to both face-frame and frameless cabinets, using a dowel-mount cup that presses directly into bored dowel holes for fast, screw-free door-side installation.

Key Features

• Dowel-mount cup presses into pre-bored dowel holes in the door with no cup screws, suited to CNC and production environments.
• Self-close spring pulls the door shut over the last few degrees of travel automatically.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• 110 degree opening angle delivers the standard swing for everyday cabinet access.
• Fits both face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the appropriate Hettich mounting plate, sold separately.
• Nickel finish on steel coordinates with brushed-metal pulls, slides, and other nickel-finished hardware across the cabinet run.

Where the Dowel Mount Earns Its Keep

The dowel-mount cup is the reason production shops and CNC-equipped cabinet makers reach for this hinge. The door leaves the machine with its cup hole and dowel holes already bored; the Sensys cup presses into those holes and locks without cup screws, cutting hinge installation time on a large run. The 35mm cup seats at 12.8mm depth, and the 45mm boring pattern matches the standard line-bore spacing so it drops straight into production setups without a separate jig step.

The hinge works on either cabinet construction. On a frameless box it pairs with a Hettich cross plate or wing plate fastened to the side panel. On a face-frame cabinet it uses a face-frame mounting plate attached to the stile. Either way the plate is ordered separately and must be a Hettich plate: plates are brand-specific and a plate from another brand will not connect to a Sensys arm.

Steel Build in a Nickel Finish

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel is the practical hardware-coordination choice when a kitchen or casework run is specified with brushed-nickel drawer slides, pulls, and knobs. Consistent finish across the visible and semi-visible hardware reads as intentional detailing, and the Sensys nickel sits in the same register as most catalog nickel finishes. Depth adjustment of plus 3mm and minus 2mm, and side adjustment of plus or minus 2mm, give enough range to bring doors to a clean, even reveal after install.

Right Application, Right Door Thickness

This hinge is sized for doors from 15mm to 24mm thick, a slightly wider window than the standard 16 to 22mm range, which means it accommodates both standard cabinet doors and slightly thicker custom panels without moving to a specialty thick-door hinge. It is built for standard interior cabinetry, not exterior or high-humidity applications.

Production cabinet shops running CNC boring and volume door hanging will get the most from the dowel mount. Custom builders and finish carpenters who bore by hand can use it too, as long as the dowel holes are laid out to the 45mm spacing. Designers specifying hardware for a nickel-coordinated project can call it alongside matching Hettich nickel plates without a finish break.

Common Questions

Production-Ready Nickel Hardware for the Full Cabinet Run

Specify this hinge when the workflow calls for dowel-bore installation, the finish plan is nickel, and the doors need to close on their own every time.