What Are Types Of Gas Springs?

Have you any idea, what are types of gas springs? Let us discuss types of gas struts. There are various types of gas springs according to application and requirements.

Lift gas spring

Lift gas spring is the most widely used gas spring. It mainly plays a supporting role, with only the shortest and longest positions, and cannot stop by itself during the stroke. Lift gas springs have been widely used in automobiles, construction machinery, printing machinery, textile equipment and other industries due to their lightness, stable operation, convenient operation and favorable price.

Self locking gas spring 

The self-locking gas spring is the most used in medical equipment. This kind of gas spring can be stopped at any position in the stroke with the help of some release mechanisms, and has a large locking force (can reach more than 10000N) after stopping.

lockable gas spring

The lockable gas spring can be widely used in the office equipment, vehicles, mechanical

equipment, medical facilities, height-adjustment chairs and tables and the like.Achieve the functionsof automatic lifting, suspending, closing and the like.Its lifting force is basically constant during thewhole working stroke.It has the cushion property, thereby avoiding the impact when objects areclosed, and its moving stroke can be stayed at any places. When in operation, it requires no outsidemotive power, thereby saving the energy. It has the advantages of simple structure, small shape,convenient and quick installation and no need of maintenance.

The lockable gas spring have two items: flexible and rigid.The flexible lockable gas spring havethe function of support and locking while the rigid lockable gas spring plays a better performance inlocking.

Friction gas spring 

Friction gas springs are mainly used in kitchen furniture, medical equipment and other fields. Its characteristics are intermediate between lift gas springs and self-locking gas springs. It does not require any external structure and can be stopped at any position in the stroke, but there is no additional locking force, mainly through the controller (handle or cable) to achieve the effect. It can also be achieved by the expansion and contraction of the piston rod. When stopped at the desired position with the controller, the valve will close independently and the piston rod will lock in the desired position. When locking occurs, locking can be achieved. However, if the locking force is exceeded, the locking function will no longer be effective.

Gas traction springs

Gas traction springs are a special kind of gas springs. Other gas springs are in the longest position when they are in a free state, but the free state of the traction gas spring is in the shortest position, and runs from the shortest to the longest when it is pulled.

Damper

Damper is widely used in automobiles and medical equipment, and its characteristic is that the resistance changes with the speed of operation. It can significantly dampen the speed of the connected mechanism. The damper is mainly used for buffering, and its biggest feature is that the force of the gas spring changes with the change of the movement speed. When the action point of the force guiding the gas spring moves relatively fast, the resistance of the spring increases significantly, and when the action point moves very slowly, there is almost no resistance. Dampers are mainly used in washing machines, refrigerators and other industries.

In addition, there are ordinary steel gas springs and stainless steel gas springs in terms of material. The use amount of ordinary steel gas springs is the largest, and stainless steel gas springs are mostly used in places with harsh environmental requirements, such as food machinery, medical equipment, military industry, high temperature applications.

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