Nickel Concealed Hinge for Full Overlay Doors in Production and Custom Work

The Hettich Sensys with Silent System soft-close is a full overlay concealed hinge in a nickel finish, built for CNC-bored and dowel-mounted installs on both face-frame and frameless cabinets.

Key Features

• Silent System soft-close is Hettich's integrated damping that slows the door over the final closing arc so it settles without impact.
• Full overlay straight arm covers nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving only a narrow reveal between adjacent doors.
• 110 degree opening delivers standard everyday swing and clear interior access.
• Dowel mount cup presses into pre-bored dowel holes for fast, screw-free cup installation in production environments.
• Face-frame and frameless compatibility lets this hinge work across both cabinet construction types with the matching Hettich plate.
• Depth and side adjustment brings installed doors to an even reveal after the cabinet is set.

Where the Dowel Mount Earns Its Place

CNC shops and production runs benefit most from a dowel-mount hinge. Rather than driving cup screws at the machine or bench, the cup presses directly into pre-bored 8mm dowel holes in the door, locking the position and eliminating one fastening step per hinge. On a run of thirty doors, that adds up. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door at the standard 45mm pattern, and the arm connects to a Hettich base plate mounted to the cabinet. That plate is sold separately and matches your cabinet construction, frameless or face-frame.

The door thickness window here is 10 to 19mm, which covers thinner slab doors and standard-thickness panels. For doors over 19mm, a thick-door hinge is the right call.

Nickel Finish and Sensys Build Quality

Sensys is Hettich's premium concealed hinge platform, made from steel with a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a warm, slightly muted tone that sits well alongside brushed-metal pulls, stainless appliances, and lighter cabinet finishes without competing with them. The Silent System damper is built into the hinge body itself, so there is nothing to retrofit or add later. Depth adjustment of plus 3mm to minus 2mm and side adjustment of plus or minus 2mm give enough range to square up doors that shift slightly after installation.

Who Reaches for This Hinge

Cabinet shops running CNC equipment will get the most from the dowel mount, since the press-in cup fits naturally into a line-bored workflow. Custom builders and contractors working on higher-end residential kitchens and baths will value the Sensys name and the Silent System's consistent, quiet performance. Because the hinge works on both frameless and face-frame construction, it is a single SKU that covers most cabinet types on a mixed job. Pair it with a Hettich cross plate for the three-way adjustment that keeps a full run of doors dialed in.

Common Questions

Quiet Performance, Built Into Every Close

The Sensys dowel-mount hinge delivers full overlay doors that close quietly and hold square, with a nickel finish that blends cleanly into contemporary cabinet hardware schemes.