Nickel 165 Degree Buffered Straight Arm Cabinet Hinge F901

F901 Nickel Buffered 165 Degree Straight Arm Cabinet Hinge In Six Photographed Positions

This listing is written from the six photographs on this page, and what they show is a flat cabinet hinge in bright nickel with a straight arm and a T-wing mounting plate: the front view with the hinge standing upright, the hinge laid flat with the arm fully open across the frame, an oblique view with the arm angled away from the plate, the whole assembly with the plate shown beside it, a view of the hinge worked out to the wide position, and a close view of the hinge end where the arm meets the knuckle. The arm is straight along its whole length rather than curved, the plate is a flat stamped part with T-shaped wings, and the model is designated by the factory as the buffered, soft close, member of the 165 degree wide opening line, so this page carries both of those designations and is honest about which ones the photographs prove.

Two points are stated plainly rather than implied. First, the 165 degree opening is the model specification from the drawing: the frames show the hinge photographed in several positions of its swing, including one worked out wide, but the maximum opening is not something a photograph can certify, and the specification table says so. Second, the buffered closing is a specification feature of this model, and the staged photographs do not show the damper cartridge, because the closing mechanism sits inside the hinge where these white background views do not reach. A buyer who needs soft close behaviour on a wide opening door gets it confirmed in writing from the drawing and proven on a sample in the buyer's own board before the production order is cut, and the boring, the overlay, the door load and the cycle count are all carried on the drawing and the test report, issued on request against the exact hinge you are ordering.

The Buffered Closing, And What The Photographs Do Not Show

The model designation makes this a buffered cabinet hinge: the F901 is the soft close member of the 165 degree wide opening line, and the practical effect for the fitter is the last part of the swing. On a wide opening door the door mass swings further from its support line than on a standard hinge, and an unbuffered wide swing carries more energy into the shut position, which is exactly where the soft close mechanism earns its keep, damping the last degrees so the door comes to rest against the case instead of striking it. That is the behaviour the designation specifies.

The honest position, stated because a buyer should not have to guess: the six staged photographs do not show the damper cartridge. The photographs are the shared white background set of the 165 degree line, and the closing mechanism sits inside the hinge, out of reach of these views, so this page does not describe a damper shape, a piston or a spring that the photographs cannot show. What the photographs do show is the hinge this mechanism is fitted to, which is a flat body, a straight arm and a T-wing plate in bright nickel. The closing behaviour itself is confirmed from the drawing and demonstrated on the sample, and we will confirm it in writing, because on a buffered hinge the sample in the buyer's own board is the only proof that matters.

What The Photographs In This Listing Do And Do Not Prove

Every structural claim on this page can be pointed at in one of the six frames: the flat hinge body, the straight arm, the knuckle, the T-wing plate and its fixing holes, the hinge laid flat with the arm fully open, the whole assembly with the plate beside it, the hinge worked out to the wide position, and the end of the hinge where the arm meets the knuckle. What no photograph can show is the 165 degree maximum opening, the damper cartridge, the overlay, a door load limit or a cycle count, so this page carries none of those figures as photographs would prove them. They come from the hinge drawing and the test report, and a figure borrowed from a similar hinge is the most expensive kind of typo in a workshop, so they are issued against this model rather than assumed.

The staged set also omits, on purpose, the remaining photographs of this folder that repeat the same positions at slightly different angles, plus the video file that ships in the folder. What remains is six different views of the hinge, and each of the six is used once in the image gallery on this page.

How The Hinge Is Built

The flat view is the clearest way to read a hinge of this kind: the flat body at the knuckle, the straight arm running out, and the T-wing plate where the case fixing sits. Three things about this construction are worth a buyer knowing before the drawing arrives. First, the arm is straight along its full length, which is the defining feature of this hinge and the reason the model is sold as a straight arm hinge rather than a curved arm one, because a straight arm keeps the door on a longer straight path as it swings wide instead of dropping onto a curved one. Second, the plate is a flat stamped part with T-shaped wings, and the wings carry the fixing holes for the case. Third, the hinge is thin in the closed position, which is what lets a wide opening hinge sit inside a normal door rail without the case being built deeper to hide it.

• Flat hinge body in bright nickel across the whole assembly.
• Straight arm along its full length rather than a curved arm.
• T-wing flat mounting plate carrying the case fixing holes.
• Knuckle at the joint where the arm pivots on the plate.
• Buffered closing as the model specification, damper cartridge not visible in the staged frames.
• Wide opening as the drawing figure, confirmed on the sample.

The Wide Opening And The Straight Arm

A wide opening cabinet hinge is bought for one job: to let a door swing further than a standard 90 degree hinge allows, so a tall door can clear a wider case edge, a corner unit can be reached from the front, or a door that works against a wider gap can still close flush. The 165 degree figure on this model is the specification from the drawing, and the photographs show the hinge photographed in several swing positions, including one worked out wide, and each position the hinge takes is visible in its own frame, which is the point at which a straight arm earns its name: with the door moving on a straight path out to the wide position, the arm does not have to bend or fold to keep the door on its line, and the door edge tracks a straight arc instead of being lifted by a curved one. A 165 degree straight arm hinge is the tool for a corner wardrobe unit or a display cabinet that opens past 90 degrees for reach.

The practical consequence for the fitter is the gap at the case. A door that opens to 165 degrees needs the case edge and the door edge to clear each other through the whole swing, and the wide position is where interference shows first, at the bottom corner of the door against the top edge of the case or at the hinge side against the case face. That clearance is checked with the door on the case before the hinge is screwed down, and the hinge itself is then fixed so the door sits at the drawing overlay in the closed position. The opening angle is confirmed from the drawing against the case geometry, because the photograph shows the hinge and not the case it is going into.

The T-Wing Plate And Its Fixings

The oblique view is the one that shows the whole hinge in a single line: the body at the knuckle, the straight arm running out, and the T-wing plate at the end. The plate is the half of the hinge fixed to the case, and the T-shaped wings give the fitter two fixing points on either side of the arm line rather than a single screw position, which is what holds a wide opening hinge flat while the door is working through the full swing. A wide swing puts more of the door mass into the plate fixing than a standard hinge does, because the door travels further from its support line, and the two wing holes are what spread that load across the case face.

The plate holes carry the case fixing screws, and the countersink and the pilot hole matter as much as on any hinge: a plate that has been screwed and unscrewed repeatedly while a fitter chases the line loses grip in chipboard, which shows up later as the plate pulling away from the carcass while the hinge itself is still sound, so the drawing lists the fixing specification we would ship with this plate. One of the staged photographs shows the assembly with the plate beside it, and that is the half to check against the case construction, because which plate a given order ships with is fixed on the order, and the plate the buyer's case needs is the plate to specify.

How Many Hinges A Door Needs

Hinge count follows door height and door mass, not preference. A tall door hung on two hinges works the upper fixing into a groove over a season, and the first symptom is never the hinge: it is the screw holes. On a wardrobe or cabinet door of this class the practical rule we work to is two hinges up to a modest height, three above that, and an extra hinge at mid height on a tall or heavy door so the middle of the rail is not carrying the twist. The break points depend on the door and the board, so they are agreed against the drawing rather than assumed on a page.

A wide opening door is one case where the count argument leans up rather than down: the door is working further from its support line through the swing, so a tall door that could manage two standard hinges often wants three of this hinge, and the extra fixing at mid height is what keeps the wide position stable, because a hinge working at the edge of its range wants that mid support. On a buffered hinge the count matters a little more, because the damped closing loads the fixings through the last few degrees of every swing, which is another reason the sample comes first on a new case.

Where This Hinge Is The Right Call, And Where It Is Not

A nickel finished buffered wide opening hinge with a straight arm and a flat T-wing plate belongs inside furniture that needs the door to swing further than a standard hinge allows and to close gently when it comes back: corner wardrobe units, tall doors with a wide case edge, display cabinets that open past 90 degrees for reach, bedroom furniture where a striking door is out of the question, and any casework where the door and the case have to clear each other through a wide swing. With the door closed the hinge sits thin inside the rail. It is the wrong call for a marine locker, a hosing down area, a food processing room or an unventilated external cabinet in a coastal position: the finish is a decorative interior finish rather than a marine barrier, and bright plating always has pinholes at the knuckle where salt and chlorine start. For wet or coastal work we quote a stainless hinge instead, even though it costs more per fitting, because a hinge that corrodes through in one season costs more than the hinge ever did.

How This Hinge Sits In Our Range

Within our own hinge range, a buyer choosing a wide opening hinge is usually choosing between the arm, the plate and the closing, in that order. The arm sets the path the door takes through the swing; the plate sets how the case holds it; and the closing sets how the door comes to rest at the shut position. This hinge is specified by all three: a straight arm for the long straight path, a flat T-wing plate for the case fixing, and the buffered closing as the model designation, with the 165 degree opening as the drawing figure. A buyer comparing it against the undamped member of the same 165 degree line should compare the same three, because the difference between the two is the closing behaviour, and that is a specification difference, not one the white background photographs show.

It also sits against the standard opening hinges we supply, and the honest position is the one on the specification table: the 165 degree figure is the drawing specification, and the buffered closing is the model designation, and both are confirmed on the drawing and the sample rather than read off the frames. A buyer who needs the wide opening without the soft close, or the soft close on a standard opening, should say so on the order, because the family is built around those two choices and the drawing is what ties the choice to the part number.

Specification Summary

How Each Hinge Batch Is Checked Before Packing

Every hinge batch is sampled on four points before packing. Assembly: the body screws, the arm and the plate fixing holes are checked to be present, driven and unstripped, and the knuckle is checked to sit square rather than cross loaded. Appearance: the nickel surface is checked for passivation marks, handling scratches and any plating that has pulled at the knuckle radius, which is the part of the hinge that shows first in a lit wardrobe. Function: each sampled hinge is worked through its full swing by hand to the wide position and back, so a binding joint or a plate that rubs the arm shows up before the carton closes, and on a buffered batch the closing is felt through the last degrees of the swing so a damper that binds or a hinge that still strikes shows up at the bench rather than in the buyer's workshop. Packing: carton quantity, inner bag, marking and the model number on the label are checked against the order rather than the previous job, and the documents a buyer needs at their own customs are issued with the proforma.

Who Supplies This Hinge

This hinge is supplied by Guangzhou Gorgeous Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a furniture and architectural hardware business whose range covers hinges, drawer slides, handles, stays, legs, castors, locks and the fitting sets that go with them. The company works to export orders: quantities, carton marking, barcodes and shipping documents are agreed before production rather than after it, and a buyer who specifies the plate and the screw type on the order gets those things made, because that is the only specification the factory works from.

Terms Worth Agreeing Before Two Hinges Are Compared

• Buffered cabinet hinge: a hinge whose closing is damped by an internal mechanism so the door comes to rest against the case; this model carries the designation, and the staged photographs do not show the damper cartridge, so the behaviour is confirmed from the drawing and the sample.
• Soft close wide opening hinge: a hinge that opens to the wide position and then closes on a damped path rather than a free swing; the wide position is the drawing figure and the damping is the model designation.
• Straight arm hinge: a hinge whose arm runs straight from the body to the knuckle; the straight arm is visible along its full length in the staged frames and it is the defining feature of this hinge.
• 165 degree: the maximum opening as the model specification from the drawing; the frames show the hinge in several swing positions, and the case edge clearance is what actually has to fit.
• Plate: the half of the hinge fixed to the case; the plate and its holes are part of the hinge specification, and one staged frame shows the assembly with the plate beside it.
• Overlay: how far a closed door sits over the case; the drawing shows it for this plate, and the case geometry has to allow it through the wide swing.
• Closing behaviour: how the door comes to rest at the shut position; on this model it is the buffered designation, confirmed on the sample because it is the point of buying the buffered variant.
• Fixing holes: the holes that carry the case screws; the T-wing plate carries them in the wings, and the pilot hole and screw gauge are part of the holding, not just the hinge.
• Drawing: the document that turns a hinge photograph into a hinge specification; without it the case edge clearance and the closing behaviour cannot be checked, and we send it with the quotation.

Common Hinge Faults And What They Actually Mean

A door that drops over time is almost always a fixing problem rather than a hinge problem. The hinge is the strongest part of that joint; the board it is screwed into is not. In chipboard and MDF the holding power depends on the pilot hole and the screw gauge, and a plate that has been screwed and unscrewed repeatedly while a fitter chases the line loses grip, which shows up later as the plate pulling away from the carcass while the hinge itself is still sound. On a wide opening hinge the symptom can look like the door sagging at the wide position, because the door mass is furthest from its support line there, and the answer is still the fixing, not a heavier hinge.

A door that will not square up at the wide position is usually a clearance question: the case edge and the door edge are meeting before the hinge wants to, and the hinge is being asked to hold a door in a position the geometry does not allow. The answer is checking the case edge against the drawing and the sample, not forcing the door or swapping the hinge for one nobody has specified. On a buffered hinge a closing that feels hard or uneven at the last degrees is an alignment or a sample question, and both are fixed at the bench with the sample door, which is why the sample comes first on a new case: the buyer feels the closing in their own board before the production order is cut.

The faults that actually do come from the hinge are the plate and the arm: a plate that was fixed crooked, an arm that was bent during fitting, and screws that were driven over the top instead of home. None of those is a hinge defect, but they all show up as one, and the way to keep a buffered wide opening hinge working is the same as the way to keep any hinge working, which is to fix it true the first time with the right screws in the right holes.

Questions Buyers Ask About This Hinge

• Is F901 a soft close hinge? Yes, as the model designation: the F901 is the buffered member of the 165 degree wide opening line. The six staged photographs do not show the damper cartridge, because the closing mechanism sits inside the hinge where these views do not reach, so the closing behaviour is confirmed from the drawing and demonstrated on a sample in your own board, and we will confirm it in writing before you order.
• Is the opening really 165 degrees? 165 degrees is the model specification on the drawing for this hinge, and it is stated as such on this page rather than as something the photographs prove. One frame shows the hinge worked out wide, and the drawing and the sample confirm the maximum against your case edge before you cut anything.
• Is the arm straight or curved? Straight, along its full length. That is visible in the staged photographs and it is the defining feature of this hinge: the straight arm keeps the door on a straight path through the wide swing instead of lifting it on a curved one.
• What plate comes with the hinge? A flat stamped T-wing plate carrying the case fixing holes, shown across the frames, and one staged photograph shows the assembly with the plate beside it. The drawing lists the plate and its hole centres, and the plate your case needs is the one to specify on the order.
• How many do I need on a tall door? Two up to a modest door height, three above it, and an extra hinge at mid height on a tall or heavy door, because a wide swing works the door further from its support line than a standard hinge does and the mid fixing is what keeps the wide position stable.
• What is the finish and is it wet area rated? A bright nickel finish, the same colour on body, arm and plate. It is an interior finish; for wet, hosed or coastal applications we quote a stainless hinge instead.
• Are the fixing screws included? Fixing screws are not supplied as standard unless agreed on the order; the drawing lists the specification we would ship so the screws match the holes in the plate.

Sign-Off Checklist Before You Order This Hinge

• Door material confirmed as a panel material that can be fixed to the drawing for this hinge.
• Door height and mass confirmed against the hinge count, with an added hinge at mid height on tall doors.
• Case edge clearance confirmed for the wide position against the drawing figure, checked with the door on the case before fixing.
• Buffered closing requirement confirmed in writing against the drawing, and felt on a sample in the buyer's own board, since the damper is not visible in the photographs.
• Plate confirmed against the case construction and the fixing method, with the wing holes on the drawing centres.
• Overlay requirement confirmed so the closed door sits at the drawing position over the case.
• Screw specification agreed separately, since fixings are not supplied as standard.
• Environment confirmed as dry or moderately humid; wet, hosed and coastal work is outside this finish.
• Sample worked through the full swing in the buyer's own board before the production order is cut.

Ordering

Send the model number F901 with the quantity, the destination port and the carton marking you need. Samples are available before a production order so the hinge can be fixed and hung in your own board, the hinge closing felt through the full swing, which is the fastest way for both sides to agree that the wide position, the plate and the buffered closing are right. The drawing, the fixing sheet and whatever test documentation we hold for this hinge model are issued on request, and delivery and payment terms are agreed order by order on the proforma rather than assumed from a previous order.