Concealed cabinet hinges are hidden from view, allowing you to appreciate the sleek finish of furniture without any visual distractions. Besides the streamlined appearance, cabinet doors with invisible hinges are functional and robust. Sugatsune offers alternatives that are fitted with soft-close dumping for the smooth operation of your cabinet doors. Our selection includes:
- Inset Cabinet Hinges: These provide a clean, flush fit, allowing cabinet doors to sit perfectly within the frame for a minimalist look.
- 3-Way Adjustable Concealed Hinges: These offer precise alignment and easy adjustments in three directions, ensuring that your cabinet doors close perfectly every time.
- Mortise Cabinet Hinges: These are designed for superior strength and stability, seamlessly integrating into the cabinet for a concealed and secure finish.
- Concealed Hinges with Removable Pins: These invisible cabinet hinges allow for effortless removal and reattachment of cabinet doors, providing convenience for maintenance and cleaning without compromising the sleek, hidden aesthetic.
- Accessories: We also have accessories like jigs and glass door brackets that ensure seamless hinge installation and secure attachment of glass panels, providing precision and modern elegance to cabinetry projects.
Why You Need Sugatsune’s Concealed Hinges
- They give your furniture a continuous modern look.
- Many can be adjusted after hanging the cabinet doors for increased stability.
- They are secured firmly inside your cabinet.
- Some allow you to remove cabinet doors without removing or displacing the hinge.
- We have options available for wood or glass swinging doors.
How to Choose Invisible Cabinet Hinges
The kind of concealed cabinet hinges you need depends on your door’s size, weight, type of overlay and its application. From concealed European cup hinges with various overlay specs to heavy-duty hinges that can support cabinet doors up to 35-½” wide to our sleek lineup of invisible hinges, we can help you find the right solution for your application.
Due to their design, invisible cabinet hinges will modernize your cabinet, furniture, 3D printer, or analytical equipment and will ensure that it functions for a long time.
Get Sugatsune’s Concealed Cabinet Hinges
Since 1930, Sugatsune has been a trusted source worldwide for industry-leading original hardware solutions. From residential and commercial architectural and furniture hardware to industrial components for food, medical equipment, transportation, and aerospace, you can find the right and unique solution to help build and show off your creations. Sugatsune America is AS9120 B and ISO 9001:2015 certified. It distributes exceptional products that deliver unparalleled satisfaction and convenience, ensuring that every solution is expertly crafted to meet your specific needs while providing ease of use and reliable performance.
Explore our full line of over 6,000 products in the United States, including invisible cabinet hinges, inset cabinet hinges, and mortise cabinet hinges, by visiting our digital resources, featuring extensive product literature and downloadable CAD files. You may also contact our experts to find solutions to your creative challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a concealed or invisible cabinet hinge?
A concealed cabinet hinge is a hinge designed to connect cabinet doors in a way where the hinge is not visible from the outside of the cabinet when the door is closed. Most commonly today are what are known as European cup hinges in which a cup is designed to be mortised into the backside of the door and a moving arm attaches to a mounting plate that is affixed to the inside of the cabinet. This allows the hinge to facilitate movement of the door from the inside of the cabinet hence keeping it concealed.
Other types of concealed hinges include hidden hinges like Sugatsune's HES3D-70 are designed for inset applications where you want tight reveals that almost make the cabinet appear hidden. They are mortised into the inside edge of the door and also on the cabinet gable hiding the hinge even more than the European cup hinges. There are also pivot hinges that can be mounted on the top and bottom of the cabinet hence concealing them from the outside of the cabinet as well.
How do I choose the right concealed hinge?
Selecting a hinge can seem overwhelming as there are many factors that must be considered before selecting the appropriate hinge. The Size and weight of your doors are important to ensure that you select a hinge that will support and function properly. And of course, the aesthetics you desire may dictate the type of concealed hinge you want to use.
You also will need to know if your cabinets are designed with a face frame or if they are frameless. Traditionally, U.S. cabinets were constructed with a face frame in which a solid wood frame is attached to the front of the cabinet box. More recently, many cabinet makers are following the European designs of a frameless cabinet which have a sleeker, more modern look and more efficient usage of space. Concealed hinges are generally designed to work with frameless cabinets however, face-frame brackets for some hinges are available.
Most critical is determining what hinge overlay you need. The overlay is how much the door covers the cabinet side or frame. Hinges have various measurements but generally you need to know if you want a full overlay which covers the entire side panel thickness (16 to 19 mm), half overlay which is common when two doors close on a shared middle panel (8 to 9.5 mm) or inset which is used when the door closes within the sides of the cabinet.
Are concealed or hidden cabinet hinges adjustable?
Most of our concealed hinges are adjustable, with many offering 3-way adjustability as well as adjustability in the mounting plate to ensure that cabinet doors all align and function properly. We also have soft-closing versions which the 360 Olympia hinge (360-D26) features a 5-speed adjustable soft-close that not only eliminates doors from slamming, but can be dialed in to ensure that doors of different sizes and weights can close at the same speed.
