Hettich Sensys Concealed Hinge in Nickel for Half Overlay Doors

This Hettich Sensys hinge brings Silent System soft-close and a 165 degree opening to half overlay doors on face-frame and frameless cabinets, finished in nickel and mounted with standard wood screws.

Key Features

• Silent System soft-close damps the door through the final closing arc so it settles quietly without slamming.
• 165 degree wide-angle opening swings the door back nearly flat for unobstructed access to the cabinet interior.
• Half overlay, half crank arm positions the door for a partial-overlay install, including two doors sharing a center partition.
• Screw-on mounting fastens the hinge directly to the cabinet without a separate base plate system.
• Broad door thickness range accepts doors from 15mm to 32mm, covering thin overlays through solid thick-panel doors.
• Nickel finish on steel coordinates cleanly with other visible hardware in the same finish family.

Wide Opening Where a Half Overlay Layout Demands It

The 165 degree swing is what separates this hinge from a standard 110 degree install. On a base cabinet where the door needs to clear a drawer pull, an adjacent appliance, or a corner run, the near-flat opening angle removes that obstacle. The half crank arm is built for doors that overlap the cabinet side by a partial amount rather than covering it fully, the geometry that keeps two doors from colliding on a shared partition. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door in the usual way, and the hinge screws directly to the cabinet side or stile with no clip-on plate step in between. A matching Hettich base plate is still required and sold separately; use a Hettich plate matched to this series for correct arm engagement.

Steel, Nickel, and the Sensys Build Standard

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a warm neutral on face-frame cabinets and pairs well with brushed or satin metal pulls and knobs in the same family. The Sensys platform is Hettich's premium concealed line, and the Silent System soft-close is integrated into the hinge rather than added on, which keeps the mechanism consistent across every door on a run. The screw-on connection is the most mechanically direct mount in the concealed-hinge category: no clip engagement to wear or loosen, just a fastened steel hinge against the cabinet.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Designers and cabinet shops specifying a partial-overlay layout with wide clearance will find the 165 degree angle solves real access problems that a standard hinge cannot. It suits face-frame and frameless cabinets alike, and the 15mm to 32mm door thickness window covers a wide range of panel stock, from thinner overlay doors to heavier solid-wood or thick-panel construction. Contractors finishing a kitchen where the door swing is hemmed in by an adjacent run or an island corner will get the clearance they need without switching to a surface-mounted swing-clear hinge. This hinge is for indoor cabinetry.

Common Questions

Full Clearance, Quiet Close, on Every Half Overlay Door

Specify this Sensys hinge when the layout calls for a partial overlay with a wide swing and a damped close, and the nickel finish needs to hold its own alongside the rest of the hardware on the job.