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This Hettich Sensys hinge is built specifically for thick doors hung at an inset position, where the door sits flush inside the opening rather than over it. It covers both face-frame and frameless cabinets and mounts via pre-installed dowels for fast, screwless door-side installation.
An inset door demands tight tolerances: the door sits inside the cabinet opening with a small, even gap framing it on all sides. Add a thick door, and a standard concealed hinge simply cannot provide the clearance needed for the door to swing without contacting the cabinet front. The Sensys thick door geometry solves that problem. The 35mm cup bores into the door at a depth suited to thick stock, and the full crank arm positions the door for a flush inset result. The 95 degree opening is intentional, not a compromise; it is the angle that gives a thick inset door the room it needs to swing cleanly.
The hinge clips to a Hettich base plate mounted to the cabinet. That plate is sold separately and should be matched to your cabinet construction, whether frameless panel or face-frame stile. Plates are Hettich-specific, so use a Hettich plate from the same series.
The Sensys platform is Hettich's premium concealed line, and the steel construction here is finished in nickel. The dowel mounting at the door side means the cup carries pre-installed dowels that press into bored holes rather than screw into the door face, which is a real advantage in production environments where cup screws add time and small alignment variables. Three-way adjustment is available through the base plate once the door is hung, letting you dial depth and side position to a consistent reveal across a run of doors.
Reach for this hinge when the design calls for flush inset doors on thick stock, in either frameless or face-frame construction. It suits custom cabinet shops producing furniture-quality pieces where the flush door face is a defining detail, and finish carpenters fitting inset doors on thicker painted or veneered panels. If your doors are within the standard 16 to 22mm window, a standard Sensys hinge is the right call instead. For this thick-door application, the 95 degree swing is the spec to specify, not work around.
The 95 degree angle is the correct engineering for a thick door hung inset. The extra door mass and geometry need a tighter swing arc to clear the cabinet front cleanly. It is not a limitation; it is the spec that makes the application work.
Yes. The hinge body mounts to a base plate fastened to the cabinet, and the plate is sold separately. Use a Hettich plate matched to your cabinet type. Plates from other brands will not connect to this hinge.
The cup carries pre-installed dowels that press into bored holes on the door side, so no cup screws are needed at the door. The cabinet-side plate still fastens with screws or Euro fasteners in the standard way.
Self-close. A spring pulls the door shut over the last few degrees of travel. It does not cushion or slow the close the way a soft-close damper does. If a damped, quiet close is needed, look at the Sensys soft-close variants in this series.
When the job demands a flush inset door on thick stock, this Sensys hinge delivers the geometry, the swing clearance, and the production-friendly dowel mount to get it right the first time.
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