Nickel Sensys Silent System Hinge for Half Overlay Doors

The Hettich Sensys is a concealed soft-close hinge for half overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, mounted via press-in dowels for CNC-ready production installs, finished in nickel.

Key Features

• Integrated Silent System soft-close damps the door through its final closing arc so it settles quietly without slamming.
• Half overlay, half crank arm sets the door to a partial overlay, the geometry for two doors sharing a single center partition.
• 110 degree opening angle delivers standard everyday cabinet access.
• Dowel press-in mount drives directly into pre-bored dowel holes, built for CNC and production workflows.
• Works on face-frame and frameless cabinets when paired with the appropriate matching base plate, sold separately.
• Depth and side adjustment dials in alignment after installation for an even reveal across door runs.

Where Half Overlay Geometry Does Its Work

Half overlay is the configuration where two doors share one center partition and each door covers roughly half that partition. The half crank arm built into this hinge carries the geometry that makes that work: the door sits at a partial overlay rather than covering the full cabinet side, so paired doors close to a consistent reveal without their edges colliding. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door and the arm clips to a Hettich base plate mounted to the cabinet. That plate is a separate purchase, matched to your cabinet construction, and Hettich cross plates are not interchangeable with plates from other brands.

Steel Build and a Nickel Finish Built for Visible Work

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. Nickel reads as a clean, neutral tone that coordinates readily with brushed pulls, bar handles, and other satin-metal hardware on the same cabinet run. The Silent System soft-close is integrated directly into the hinge, so no add-on damper is needed, and the mechanism works the same on door after door across a full kitchen or bath. Depth and side adjustment are available after mounting to bring the reveal into spec without removing the door.

The Installer and the Application It Fits

This hinge is the right choice for cabinet shops running CNC lines where dowel boring is already built into the workflow. Dowel mounting drives straight into the bored holes and eliminates cup screws, which keeps the install consistent and fast across a run of identical doors. It also suits remodelers and contractors who source hardware for face-frame kitchens and want an integrated soft-close without a separate damper clip. The door thickness window runs from 10mm to 19mm, which spans thinner frame-and-panel doors as well as standard 16mm to 18mm slab fronts. For doors over 19mm, a thick-door hinge is the correct pick.

Common Questions

Soft-Close Performance, CNC-Ready Mounting, Nickel Finish

Specify this hinge when the project calls for half overlay doors with integrated quiet-close performance and a press-in install that fits right into a dowel-bored production line, finished in nickel to coordinate with the rest of the hardware on the job.