Can You Keep a Secret? Concealed Hinges Just Got Even Easier

Want to know what the secret to beautiful doors is? Ok, so the choice of materials and craft that goes into making the door are all important.

But do you want to know what else? Concealed hinges. There, we said it. Why? Well, let’s turn that question around. If you have a beautiful, attractive, lovingly made door, why would you want to take anything away from it with visible hinges?

We’re not just talking cabinet hinges here, either. 30 years ago, Sugatsune introduced a genuine game-changer in hinge technology. The HES3D was the first concealed hinge developed to be able to hold the weight of full-length interior doors. The most heavy-duty hinge in the range can handle doors up to 125kg in weight.

To achieve that, we reimagined the concealed hinge concept altogether. The pivot-arm mechanisms that are standard issue on most concealed cabinet hinges don’t lend themselves well to high loads. So we went back to the drawing board completely, reengineering the classic butt hinge so the central barrel tucks away in recesses within the footprint of the hinge itself.

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