When do you need gas springs ?

Wherever a weight has to be lifted up, pushed down, pivoted, rotated, counter balanced or manoeuvred in any way, at a controlled rate and force, with a controlled movement, and between two limit points, you need a gas spring.

The wide range of applications of gas springs :

There is no industry which has remained untouched by the « Gas Spring revolution ».

Car manufacturers were the first users of gas springs in the early 70’s : they were and still are applied to the tailgates of each and every hatch.

Since then, gas springs have been progressively used for many different applications in commercial vehicles and trucks, travelling shops and vans, luggage lockers of buses and so on.

Nowadays, engineers have found gas springs to be extremely useful in applications as diverse as the following :

• conveyors,
• garage doors,
• escape hatches,
• delicatessen counters,
• sunbeds,
• hospital beds,
• computer furniture,
• drawing tables,