Hettich Sensys Concealed Hinge For Full Overlay Doors in Nickel

The Hettich Sensys is a full overlay concealed hinge with integrated Silent System soft-close, dowel mounting, and a nickel finish, built for both face-frame and frameless cabinets in production and custom shop environments.

Key Features

• Silent System soft-close damps the door through the final degrees of closing so it settles quietly without impact.
• Full overlay geometry positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• 110 degree opening angle delivers the standard everyday swing for unobstructed cabinet access.
• Dowel mount cup presses into pre-bored dowel holes for fast, screw-free door-side installation on CNC-ready doors.
• Works on both face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the appropriate Hettich mounting plate, sold separately.
• Three-way cam adjustment brings doors to an even reveal after the cabinets are set, with depth and side movement built into the arm.

Where This Hinge Does Its Work

Full overlay is the most common door position in modern cabinetry: one door covers the cabinet side, and the reveal between adjacent doors is kept tight and even. This hinge is built for that application on both frameless box construction and face-frame cabinets. The 35mm cup bores into the door at a 12.8mm depth, and the arm connects to a Hettich base plate mounted to the cabinet side or face frame. That plate is a separate purchase and must be matched to this hinge within the Hettich system. Plates from other brands will not connect to a Sensys arm.

The dowel mount means the cup presses into pre-bored dowel holes in the door rather than fastening with screws at the cup. For shops running CNC-bored doors in volume, this is the detail that keeps the line moving: no cup screws to drive, just press and proceed to the next door.

Nickel Finish on Steel Construction

The hinge is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a warm, clean neutral that sits comfortably alongside brushed metal pulls, stainless appliances, and light wood tones without competing with any of them. Because the Sensys is a concealed hinge, the finish is only visible when the door is open, but it matters on glass-door cabinets and any installation where the open cabinet interior is part of the design. The Silent System soft-close is integrated directly into the hinge body, so no external adapter is needed and nothing is added to the visible hardware profile.

The Right Fit for This Hinge

This hinge fits doors from 15mm to 24mm thick, a range that covers standard cabinet doors and slightly thicker door stock without stepping up to a dedicated thick-door hinge. It suits cabinet shops that CNC-bore their doors and want a hinge that drops into the dowel holes without an extra fastening step. It also suits contractors and designers specifying premium hardware on frameless and face-frame jobs where a quiet, controlled close is part of the finished product. For doors outside the 15 to 24mm window, confirm door thickness against the hinge specification before ordering. Hinge count per door depends on door height and weight; consult the Hettich load table for the exact figure rather than using a fixed count.

Common Questions

Quiet, Even Doors From the First Install

Specify the Hettich Sensys when the job calls for full overlay doors that close quietly, sit square, and hold that alignment over time, in a nickel finish that works across cabinet styles.