COMPRESSION: A GAS SPRING IN COMPRESSION IS SIMILAR TO A COIL-SPRING
BUT NORMALLY MUCH ‘FLATTER’
TENSION:
TENSION PERFORMANCE IS RELATIVE TO INTERNAL OIL ZONE TOWARDS
END OF STROKE-TYPICAL CURVE SHOWN
FRICTION AND COMPRESSED FORCE VARIES WITH SEAL TYPE, VISCOSITY
AND QUANTITY OF OIL, ORIFICE F1 IS THE ‘STANDARD’
FORCE. F3-F1 & F4-F2 ARE THE FRICTION VALUES.
DAMPERS
DAMPERS ARE ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICES. CUSTOM
ORIFICING GAS PRESSURISATION AND FLUID VISCOSITY SELECTION ENSURE
OPTIMUM SPEED CONTROL.
