Hydraulic Hinge or Door Closer: Which Self-Closing Door Hardware?

Updated 2026-11-09 · RAYEN 雷茵

What are the three options?

• Hydraulic hinge: the closing unit sits in the hinge itself. Visible barrel or fully concealed.
• Overhead closer: a long body fitted at the top of the door, with a pivot or a slide arm. See floor spring or overhead closer.
• Floor spring: the body carries the door from below, with a top pivot above.

What should you decide first?

• Door weight, height and width.
• Door type: timber, metal or frameless glass.
• Swing: one way against a stop, or both ways.
• What may show with the door closed.
• Whether the door must stay open, and at what angle.

Hydraulic hinges: up to 100kg

The load always depends on the set.

• RY8006: 75kg on two, 100kg on three, door up to 2400mm high and 1200mm wide on three.
• RY8005: 55kg on two, 75kg on three.
• RY8001: 60kg, 80kg or 90kg by set, hidden in the door edge.
• The JL series: 50kg to 80kg by model and grade, on two hydraulic or 2+1, doors 40–60mm.

Hydraulic hinges also hold open over a range, not at one angle. RY8001 stays anywhere from 90° to 180°. That suits a room door that should stand open against a wall.

Overhead closers: up to 200kg

These take heavier timber and metal doors, from 60kg to 200kg, and all hold open at 90° with a two-stage closing valve. T-1078 and T-1079 are single action, for a door that closes against a frame stop. The others are double action.

Floor springs: heavy doors and glass

Floor springs run from 50kg to 600kg, and they are the only option here for frameless glass. If the door is past 200kg, or made of glass, go straight to the floor spring size chart.

How do you choose, step by step?

• Frameless glass: floor spring.
• Over 200kg: floor spring.
• 100kg to 200kg: overhead closer or floor spring.
• Up to 100kg, timber or metal: a hydraulic hinge, unless the door must swing both ways or the hinge edge cannot take one.
• Must swing both ways: a double-action closer or floor spring.
• Must close against a stop, out of sight: T-1078 or T-1079, or a concealed hydraulic hinge.

Three worked examples

A hotel room door

45mm timber, 2100mm high, 850mm wide, 70kg, one way, to stay open at about 150°. Hydraulic hinge: RY8001 with two hydraulic and one plain leaf, 80kg, holds anywhere from 90° to 180°. A closer would hold only at 90°.

A restaurant kitchen door

45mm timber, 80kg, swings both ways, 950mm from spindle to edge. Floor spring: D-5062.100, 100kg, ≤1000mm, EN4. A hydraulic hinge cannot give the double swing.

A meeting-room door

50mm timber, 150kg, one way against a stop, 900mm from spindle to edge. That is past every hydraulic hinge. T-1079.120 stops at 120kg, so it is too light. A double-action closer such as T-1077.150 carries the weight, but the door would then lose its stop. Send us this door, because the right answer depends on whether the frame stop can go.

Anything else to check?

If the door is a fire door, check your local rules on hold-open before choosing any of these. If the frame is aluminium or thin steel, check that it can take a concealed hinge pocket or a closer fixing before you settle on one.

What is the next step?

Send the door's weight, size, swing and type to [email protected], and we suggest the hinge, closer or floor spring with drawings. The floor spring selector and the door hinge selector each filter their part of the range. For a quick answer on one door, WhatsApp the factory owner. The number is on the contact page.

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