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Salice Wind Lift Systems for Upper Cabinet Doors and Wall Cabinet Programs

For cabinet makers, furniture manufacturers, and commercial woodworkers building upper cabinet doors, wall cabinets, and tall handle-less designs, Salice's Wind lift systems open the upper door upward with smooth motion and integrated soft-close on the higher-tier configurations. The Wind range covers small single-door upper cabinets through large bi-fold installs, giving trade buyers a Salice-spec'd alternative to other manufacturers' lift system lineups. McFadden's catalog covers the Wind lineup for trade buyers across Canada, with trade account ordering and regular delivery keeping spec consistency across multi-unit residential and commercial casework programs.

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Salice-spec'd lift systems for upper cabinet doors

The Wind lineup for upper-cabinet motion hardware

Upper cabinets and tall wall cabinets benefit from doors that lift up and out of the way rather than swing across an adjacent surface. Salice's Wind lift systems engineer the spring mechanism, the friction stay, and the soft-close motion into a single assembly that mounts to the cabinet interior and lifts the door cleanly. The Wind range gives trade buyers running Salice-spec'd cabinet programs an integrated motion-hardware path from concealed hinge through upper-door lift, with the visual design and finish options coordinated across the Salice catalog. Trade buyers select the Wind configuration, mechanism strength, and finish in the catalog and order through the customer account.

Wind Configurations and Application Range

Upper-Door Lift Configurations and Soft-Close Options

The Salice Wind lift system family covers the upper-cabinet door motion application across multiple cabinet sizes and door styles. The smaller configurations handle standard kitchen upper cabinets with single-piece doors that swing up and forward, with mechanism strengths matched to the door weight at the install. Larger configurations handle taller upper cabinets where the door lifts straight upward in a parallel motion, suited for pantry-style uppers and above-counter cabinets in residential and commercial casework. Bi-fold variants handle the largest upper cabinets, where the door splits horizontally into two panels that fold in half as the assembly lifts upward. Soft-close motion is integrated on the higher-tier Wind configurations, easing the door into the closed position at the end of travel; the lower-tier configurations may run without soft-close in budget-tier installs. The mechanism sits inside the cabinet and attaches to the door via Salice-specific door fittings, with the visible arm finished to coordinate with the cabinet interior palette. Trade buyers spec the configuration to the cabinet height and door weight, then select the matching mechanism kit, soft-close option, and finish from McFadden's Wind category.

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Mechanism, Soft-Close, and Salice Catalog Integration

Spec Coordination Across the Salice Hardware Range

The Wind lift system integrates with the broader Salice cabinet hardware catalog, which makes it the natural lift-system spec for trade buyers running Salice-spec'd builds across concealed hinges, mounting plates, and drawer slides. The Wind mechanism strengths are matched to door weight ranges across the Salice spec sheet; trade buyers reference these charts to spec the right strength for the specific door at the install. Soft-close on the higher-tier Wind configurations uses Salice's hydraulic damper technology, which is tuned to the same closing feel as Salice's soft-close concealed hinge range, giving a consistent feel across upper-cabinet lifts and lower-cabinet swing doors in the same build. The visible mechanism arm comes in coordinated finishes (typically including light and dark options) that pair with the cabinet interior palette across residential and commercial builds. Cover caps and trim pieces complete the visual finish where the mechanism is partially visible inside the cabinet. Salice's overall catalog approach prioritizes consistency across the hardware range, which is the spec advantage when a trade buyer wants the upper-door lift to feel matched to the lower-door close motion within the same cabinet program.

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Buying Considerations

What Drives the Wind Spec for Upper Cabinet Lifts

Cabinet height and door style are the leading considerations, since the Wind configuration has to match the way the door needs to clear the cabinet face at full open. Small upper cabinets with single-piece doors pair with the swing-up Wind configurations; tall single-door upper cabinets pair with the parallel-lift configurations; the very largest upper cabinets with bi-fold doors pair with the bi-fold Wind variants. Door weight is the next decision, since each Wind configuration offers multiple mechanism strengths matched to the door's weight at the install. Underspeccing the mechanism causes the door to drop or fail to stay open; overspeccing causes the door to be hard to pull down. Soft-close consistency across the cabinet program drives the third consideration, particularly in residential production and commercial casework where the upper-cabinet lift should feel matched to the lower-cabinet swing-door close. Finish coordination rounds out the spec, with the visible mechanism arm available in finishes that pair with the broader cabinet interior palette. The Wind range covers the full upper-cabinet lift application for trade buyers running Salice-spec'd builds and gives consistent integration with the rest of the Salice hardware catalog.

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Salice Wind Lift Systems: Common Buyer Questions

Questions trade buyers ask most often when speccing Wind lift systems for upper cabinet doors and wall cabinet programs; current configurations, mechanism strengths, and pricing surface through the McFadden's customer account.

Wind is Salice's lift system for upper cabinet doors, designed to integrate with the broader Salice cabinet hardware catalog (concealed hinges, mounting plates, drawer slides). The mechanism, soft-close behavior, and finish options are tuned for consistency across the Salice spec range, which is the main spec advantage when a trade buyer is running Salice-spec'd cabinet builds. Other manufacturers' lift systems serve similar applications but use different mounting interfaces, door fittings, and closing-motion tuning; cross-brand swapping between lift system brands within the same cabinet usually doesn't work because the mounting brackets and door fittings are proprietary. The choice between Wind and other lift system options usually follows the broader cabinet hardware spec for the build.

Each Wind configuration comes in multiple mechanism strengths, with the right strength determined by the door weight and the cabinet height. Salice publishes selection charts that map door weight to the appropriate Wind mechanism strength; trade buyers reference these during the cabinet build phase to match the mechanism to the door spec. Underspeccing the mechanism causes the door to drop or fail to stay at the open position; overspeccing causes the door to be hard to pull down. McFadden's catalog lists the mechanism strength options within each Wind product listing, and trade buyers can confirm the correct spec by referencing the Salice selection chart against their door spec.

Soft-close is integrated on the higher-tier Wind configurations, easing the door into the closed position at the end of travel using Salice's hydraulic damper technology. On the lower-tier Wind configurations, soft-close may be available as an add-on or may not be included by default; the spec sheet for each Wind model specifies whether soft-close is integrated, add-on capable, or not available. Trade buyers spec'ing soft-close as a program standard typically order the higher-tier Wind configurations across the build to keep the feel consistent.

Wind lift systems are designed as a self-contained mechanism that mounts inside the cabinet on its own brackets and attaches to the cabinet door via Salice's proprietary door fittings. The mechanism doesn't depend on standard concealed hinges (the door lifts rather than swings), so Wind works in a cabinet that uses non-Salice hinges elsewhere in the build. The door fittings, mounting brackets, and cover caps are Salice-specific and aren't cross-compatible with other manufacturer's lift systems. Trade buyers running mixed-program builds often spec Wind for the lift positions and a different brand's hinges for the swing-door positions without compatibility issues.

Yes. Trade buyers register for a McFadden's customer account, log in, and add Wind lift systems to the same PO alongside Salice concealed hinges, Cast Steel mounting plates, drawer slides, and the rest of the cabinet hardware catalog from any supplier. Pricing and availability surface within the account; order history and active POs are managed in the same interface. Regular delivery across Canada keeps the supply line predictable once the order is placed through the catalog.