Nickel 3D Adjustable Soft Close Cup Cabinet Hinge F920

F920 Nickel 3D Adjustable Soft Close Cup Cabinet Hinge In Six Photographed Positions

This listing is written from the six photographs on this page, and what they show is a cup cabinet hinge in bright nickel: the front view standing upright with the T-wing plate at the top, the arm and the straight base at the foot, a three quarter view with the hinge opened and the arm running out to the right, a horizontal profile with the straight arm across the frame, the hinge laid flat and opened to show the joint and the parts, the hinge shown as a two piece set with the blue damper visible in each cup, and the same upright front view from the opposite side with the base plate at the bottom. The model is designated by the folder as a three dimension adjustable, cup head, hydraulic hinge with a straight base, and the blue damper is the part that makes it a soft close hinge, so this page carries each of those points and is honest about which of them the photographs prove.

Two positions are stated plainly rather than implied. First, the blue section inside the cup is visible in the two piece frame and reads as the damper in the front views, and that is the closing mechanism on a hydraulic hinge of this class, but what a photograph proves is the part being there, not the closing feeling, so the soft close behaviour is confirmed from the drawing and felt on a sample before the production order is cut. Second, the cup bore, the overlay, the door load and the cycle count are not numbers a photograph can give, and the specification table says they come from the drawing rather than from any figure on this page.

The Soft Close Damper The Photographs Can See

A soft close hinge of this class carries its closing mechanism inside the cup, and the two piece frame shows it directly: a small blue section seated in each cup, the part that takes the door's energy in the last degrees of the swing so the door comes to rest against the case instead of striking it. The front views show the same position from the other side, with the dark section at the base of the cup where the blue part sits. The photographs put that part in view rather than hiding it, which is the difference between a damper that is drawn on the drawing and one that is in the hinge you are looking at, and it is the part a buyer is actually purchasing when they specify the soft close on a cup hinge.

What the photographs do not prove is the closing feel. A hinge can carry the damper and still close hard if the case is built wrong, the door is heavy for the hinge, or the hinge is fixed crooked, so the soft close behaviour is confirmed two ways before an order: the drawing states the closing class, and the sample is worked through its full swing in the buyer's own board, where the last degrees of the swing are what a buyer actually buys. The damper is visible in the frames; the closing is something the sample proves.

The 3D Adjustment, Shown Screw By Screw

One of the staged frames is the three quarter view with the hinge opened, and it is the clearest way to read a 3D adjustable hinge: the T-wing plate and the cup at one end, the arm running out to the other, and the adjustment screws along the arm with the adjustment slot between them. Three dimension adjustable is the trade name for a hinge that can be moved in three directions after it is fixed: the door edge in and out, the door side to side, and the door up and down, each by its own screw rather than by shimming the plate. The profile frame shows the same screws from the side, and the slot is the part the screw reaches through to move the door edge a few millimetres.

A 3D adjustable hinge is bought for the fitting time it saves and the service it keeps: a door that was hung true can be brought back true after a season of board movement, a gap that was slightly wrong at fitting time can be corrected without taking the hinge off the case, and a door that settles over a year can be pulled back in line at the screw instead of at the carcass. The slot travel is the figure a buyer should hold the sample against, because a hinge that does not adjust through its full slot is a hinge that cannot be set on a case that has moved, and that is the failure a fitter blames first.

What The Photographs In This Listing Prove

Every structural claim on this page can be pointed at in one of the six frames: the cup, the T-wing mounting plate and its fixing holes, the arm with its adjustment screws and its adjustment slot, the straight base plate at the foot of the hinge, the blue damper in the cup in the two piece frame, the opened joint in the flat frame, and the hinge as a two piece set. What no photograph on this page proves is the cup bore, the overlay, the door load limit or the cycle count, so none of those figures is carried as a photograph fact. 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. 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 front and profile frames are the clearest way to read a hinge of this kind: the cup at the top where the door is bored, the T-wing plate behind it where the case fixing sits, the arm between them carrying the adjustment screws, and the straight base plate at the foot. Three things about this construction are worth a buyer knowing before the drawing arrives. First, the arm carries the adjustment screws and the slot, and that is what makes the hinge a 3D adjustable hinge rather than a fixed hinge, because the door position is set at the screw instead of being fixed at the plate. Second, the T-wing plate is a flat stamped part with its fixing holes spread across the wings, and the spread is what holds a door flat while it is working through the swing. Third, the blue damper sits in the cup where the two piece frame shows it, and the cup is the part that drops into its recess in the door.

• Cup in bright nickel, the part that drops into its recess in the door.
• Blue hydraulic damper seated in the cup, visible in the two piece frame.
• T-wing flat mounting plate carrying the case fixing holes.
• Arm with its adjustment screws and its adjustment slot, the 3D adjustment.
• Straight base plate at the foot of the hinge, the straight base of the designation.
• Knuckle at the joint where the body pivots, shown opened in the flat frame.
• The hinge shown as a two piece set in one staged frame.

The Cup And The Straight Base

The cup is the part of a cup hinge that the door is bored for, and the front views show it at the top of the upright hinge, with the damper seated inside it. The bore diameter itself is not a photograph measurement, it is the drawing figure, and a boring jig set to the drawing figure is what cuts the recess, with the hinge then dropped in against it, so the drawing number, not the photograph, is the number the workshop works from, and this page says so because a hinge ordered against the wrong cup bore is a door that never hangs true. The straight base is the plate at the foot of the hinge, the flat part that the designation names, and the front views show it with its fixing screws at the base of the assembly.

The overlay is the companion figure: how far the closed door stands over the case, and it is set by the arm and the plate together, which is why the drawing carries the overlay for this plate and the case geometry has to allow it. The adjustment slot on the arm covers the small end of the tolerance, the door edge moving a few millimetres, while the overlay figure covers the design intent, and both come from the drawing rather than from any figure on this page.

The Two Hinge Set, And How Many A Door Needs

One of the staged frames is the two piece shot, the same hinge shown twice, and it is the frame that puts the damper in view in each cup, because the two positions catch the blue section from two angles at once. The frame also shows what a pair looks like as it ships, and that is the unit a door order runs in, because a door is hung on two hinges at minimum and the set frame is the count the packing works from. Hinge count follows door height and door mass, not preference: two hinges up to a modest height, three above it, 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 soft close door is one case where the count argument leans up rather than down: the damped closing loads the fixings through the last few degrees of every swing, which a free swinging door does not do, and a tall door that could manage two standard hinges often wants three of a hydraulic hinge, with the mid fixing holding the line while the closing runs. The count also changes the fitting sequence, because each hinge is fixed at its own position, and a three hinge door means three cup recesses bored and three plates fixed before any door is lifted.

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

A nickel finished 3D adjustable soft close cup hinge with a T-wing plate and a straight base belongs inside furniture that needs the door to close gently and the fitting to stay true: wardrobe doors, tall cabinet doors, kitchen doors where a striking door is out of the question, bedroom furniture, office casework, and any casework where the door weight and the swing have to be carried by a hinge a fitter can set in an afternoon and re set in an evening. With the door closed the hinge sits inside the rail and the cup recess, and nothing shows but the door line. 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 cup hinge is usually choosing between the closing, the adjustment and the plate, in that order. The closing sets how the door comes to rest; the adjustment sets how the door gap is held after the case has moved; and the plate sets how the hinge meets the case. This hinge is specified by all three: the hydraulic soft close closing with the blue damper visible in the cup, the 3D adjustment with the screws and the slot on the arm, and the T-wing plate with the straight base at the foot. A buyer comparing it against our standard opening cup hinges should compare the same three, because the difference is the closing behaviour and the adjustment, and both are things a white background photograph shows only partly.

It also sits against the heavier duty hinges we supply for doors that carry more mass than a soft close hinge of this class should, and the honest position is the one on the specification table: the cup bore is the drawing figure, the closing is the model designation, and the adjustment is what the screws on the arm show, each confirmed on the drawing and the sample rather than read off the frames. A buyer who needs the soft close on a heavier door, or the adjustment without the damping, should say so on the order, because the family is built around those 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 cup, the arm, the plate, the base and the damper section are checked to be present and seated, the knuckle is checked to sit square rather than cross loaded, and the adjustment screws are checked to run through their slots with the full travel rather than binding at one end. 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, opened and closed, so a binding joint or a closing that strikes instead of damping shows up before the carton closes, and the adjustment is checked by turning each screw through its travel and confirming the door edge moves rather than the screw slipping. 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, the base 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

• Soft close hinge: a hinge whose closing is damped so the door comes to rest against the case instead of striking it; the blue damper section is visible in the cup in the staged two piece frame, and the closing behaviour is confirmed from the drawing and the sample.
• 3D adjustable hinge: a hinge that can be moved in three directions after it is fixed, the door edge in and out, the door side to side and the door up and down, each by its own screw; the adjustment screws and the slot are shown on the arm in the staged frames.
• Cup hinge: a hinge that hangs from a cup bored into the door, the cup being the part that drops into its recess; the cup is visible at the top of the upright hinge in the front views, and the bore is the drawing figure.
• Straight base: the flat base plate at the foot of the hinge, named by the folder designation and shown at the base of the assembly in the front views.
• T-wing plate: the flat stamped mounting plate with its fixing holes spread across the wings, the part that holds a door flat through the swing.
• Adjustment slot: the slot in the arm that takes the adjustment screw and lets the door edge be trimmed after fitting; the full slot travel is what the sample is checked against.
• Plate: the half of the hinge fixed to the case; the T-wing plate and its holes are part of the hinge specification.
• Overlay: how far a closed door sits over the case; the drawing shows it for this plate and arm, and the case geometry has to allow it.
• Fixing holes: the holes that carry the case screws on the plate and the door screws on the hinge; 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 cup bore and the overlay 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 cup hinge the symptom can look like the hinge working loose in its recess, because the hinge carries the door load through the cup, and the answer is still the fixing, not a heavier hinge.

A door that will not square up is usually an adjustment question on a hinge of this class: the screws set the door edge, and a slot that is at the end of its travel means the hinge is being asked to correct a gap the case does not have, which is a case geometry problem wearing a hinge costume. 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 hydraulic hinge a closing that feels hard or uneven at the last degrees is an alignment or a door load 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 cup, the plate and the arm: a cup that does not seat in its recess because the boring is wrong for it, 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 soft close cup 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 the F920 a soft close hinge? Yes: the F920 is designated the hydraulic, soft close, cup hinge, and the blue damper section is visible in the cup in the staged two piece frame, reading as the damper position in the front views. The photograph proves the part is in the hinge; the closing feel 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 it really 3D adjustable? The designation is three dimension adjustable, and the staged frames show the adjustment screws on the arm with the adjustment slot between them, the part that lets the door edge be moved in and out after fitting. The side to side and up and down travel are carried by the screw set on the arm, and the drawing names the travel for each direction so the sample can be checked against it.
• What is the cup bore? The cup bore 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 measure. The frames show the cup in several positions, and the boring jig is set to the drawing figure against your door material before you cut anything.
• What is the straight base? The flat base plate at the foot of the hinge, named by the folder designation and shown at the base of the assembly in the front views. It is the part that sits at the bottom of the hinge in the upright position, and the drawing lists its fixing centres so the case agrees with the hinge before the cutting is done.
• 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 the damped closing loads the fixings through the last degrees of every swing and the mid fixing is what keeps a tall door flat.
• What is the finish and is it wet area rated? A bright nickel finish, the same colour on cup, arm, plate and base. 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 and the hinge.

Sign-Off Checklist Before You Order This Hinge

• Door material confirmed as a panel material that can be bored to the drawing for this hinge.
• Cup recess bored to the drawing figure, not to a photograph, with the depth checked for the cup seating.
• Door height and mass confirmed against the hinge count, with an added hinge at mid height on tall doors.
• Hydraulic closing requirement confirmed in writing against the drawing, and felt on a sample in the buyer's own board, since the closing behaviour is the point of buying the soft close hinge.
• Adjustment travel confirmed on the sample, each screw turned through its slot so the door edge, the side and the height can all be set after fitting.
• Plate and base 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, within the slot travel.
• 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, closing felt through the last degrees.

Ordering

Send the model number F920 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 closing felt through the full swing and the adjustment set through its travel, which is the fastest way for both sides to agree that the cup seating, the damper and the soft close 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.