Nickel Concealed Hinge for Wide-Swing Full Overlay Doors

The Hettich Sensys is a self-close concealed hinge built for full overlay doors on face-frame and frameless cabinets, delivering a 165-degree opening in a dowel-mount design with a nickel finish.

Key Features

• 165-degree opening angle swings the door nearly flat against the cabinet side for nearly unobstructed access to the interior.
• Self-close spring pulls the door shut automatically from the last few degrees of travel.
• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• Dowel mount presses the hinge cup into pre-bored 8mm dowel holes in the door for a fast, screw-free door-side connection.
• Fits both face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the matching Hettich base plate, sold separately.
• Works with doors from 15mm to 32mm thick, covering a wider thickness range than a standard concealed hinge.

Where the 165-Degree Opening Makes a Difference

A standard cabinet hinge tops out at 110 degrees. At 165 degrees, this Sensys hinge takes a door nearly parallel to the cabinet side, giving close-to-full access at corner cabinets, appliance garages, and any run where an adjacent wall or cabinet would normally block a door before it clears the opening. It is the opening angle to spec when full clearance matters and a standard swing simply does not reach far enough.

The 35mm cup bores into the door, and the arm connects to a Hettich base plate mounted to the cabinet side or face frame. That plate is sold separately. Use Hettich plates with this hinge: mounting plates are brand-specific, and a cross-brand plate will not connect correctly to the Sensys arm.

Steel Construction in a Nickel Finish

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish, a neutral tone that coordinates with brushed nickel pulls, slides, and other cabinet hardware without drawing attention. On projects where consistency across visible and concealed hardware matters to the designer or homeowner, keeping the hinge finish matched to the rest of the run is a straightforward way to deliver a clean result. The Sensys line is Hettich's premium concealed hinge series, built for repeated daily use and reliable self-close performance over the life of the cabinet.

Production Shops, Remodelers, and Precision Installs

The dowel-mount cup is the detail that distinguishes this hinge on a production floor. Rather than cup screws, the dowels press directly into the pre-bored holes in the door, which speeds door hanging on CNC-prepared stock and removes a step from the cycle on high-volume work. For remodelers and contractors, the broad door-thickness window from 15mm to 32mm means this hinge handles both standard doors and thicker custom stock without a separate SKU. Face-frame shops and frameless shops can both use it, provided the correct Hettich plate is on hand for each cabinet construction type.

Common Questions

Wide Access, Clean Finish, Fast Install

Specify this hinge when the job calls for full overlay doors that swing nearly flat, a nickel finish that stays consistent across the hardware package, and a dowel-mount connection that keeps production moving.