Nickel Concealed Hinge for Half Overlay Doors With a Wide Swing

This Hettich Sensys hinge brings half overlay doors to a 165-degree opening with Silent System soft-close built in, on both face-frame and frameless cabinets. The dowel mount seats the hinge in pre-bored door holes for a fast, precise install on CNC-ready stock.

Key Features

• Silent System soft-close damps the door over the final closing arc so it settles quietly without slamming.
• 165-degree opening angle swings the door nearly flat for wide, unobstructed access to the cabinet interior.
• Half overlay, half crank arm positions the door to cover roughly half the cabinet side, the standard geometry for two doors sharing one partition.
• Dowel mount presses the hinge into pre-bored 8mm dowel holes for tool-free, screw-free cup attachment on the door side.
• 35mm cup, 45mm bore pattern fits the standard production boring used across frameless and face-frame casework.
• Nickel finish on steel coordinates with pulls, slides, and other visible hardware in a nickel palette.

A Wide-Swing Half Overlay Hinge for Shared Partitions and Open Access

Half overlay is the geometry for doors that share a center partition, where each door covers roughly half the cabinet side rather than the full width. This hinge carries that half-crank arm geometry and pairs it with a 165-degree swing, which is the right choice when a door needs to clear a full-width opening or sit nearly flush with the adjacent surface. At 165 degrees, the door swings far enough to stay out of the way during heavy use, making it a practical fit for pantry-style doors, tall upper cabinets, and any run where interior access matters as much as the close. The 35mm cup bores into the door and the arm connects to a Hettich base plate on the cabinet, which is sold separately. This hinge does not include a mounting plate.

Steel Construction and a Finish Built for the Visible Line

The Sensys hinge is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel is a practical choice on jobs where the hinges are visible during the open swing and need to coordinate with drawer slides, pulls, or knobs in the same finish family. The Silent System soft-close is integrated directly into the hinge body, so the damping is consistent across every door in the run without separate add-on hardware. Hettich's Sensys series is built for a broad door thickness range, from 15mm up to 32mm, which covers thin overlay panels and solid wood doors alike without switching to a thick-door hinge.

Where This Hinge Fits the Job

This is a strong pick for production shops and installers running CNC-bored doors, since the dowel mount drops into the pre-bored holes without cup screws and keeps the line moving. It works on face-frame and frameless boxes, so a single SKU covers both cabinet types on a mixed job. The 165-degree swing suits runs where doors need to open fully and stay clear, and the half overlay position is what keeps two doors on a shared partition from colliding. For installers upgrading an existing Hettich Intermat or Optimat installation, Hettich cross plates are compatible with both lines, which means the Sensys can often drop into the existing plate without a full cabinet-side change.

Common Questions

Wide Access, Quiet Close, One Finish Across the Run

Specify this hinge when a half overlay job calls for a 165-degree swing, Silent System soft-close, and a nickel finish that holds its place in a coordinated hardware palette.