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Gas Strut Design
GAS STRUT DESIGN AND TESTING
Gas Strut Design Capabilities
We engineer our gas struts for a broad range of industries, delivering motion-control solutions designed around the customer and their application. The design process begins with understanding the functional requirements, operating environment, and performance expectations. Solutions can range from a simple, custom-sized gas strut to highly advanced designs that integrate specialised features to meet precise performance, durability, and operational demands
Gas Strut Selection and Fixing Positions
We offer a comprehensive customer application design service, where gas strut selection, geometry, and fixing positions are calculated and specified. This provides customers with a clear, reliable, and straightforward path to purchasing and integrating the correct gas strut solution into their product.
Features of a Metrol gas strut
Our design capability extends well beyond geometry and force profiling. With the ability to engineer and manufacture gas struts incorporating a wide range of features, we draw on extensive experience and proven solutions to select the most suitable configuration for each application.
For extreme environments, the Metrol Pro-Line gas struts perform where corrosion, contamination, or temperature fluctuations can significantly reduce the service life of a gas strut. Utilise technology from our NitroSpring range of heavy-duty gas springs, this enables us to provide gas struts engineered for extended life and reliable performance, even under the toughest conditions.
Design features include:
- 316 Stainless and alternative stainless materials
- Corrosion resistant surface treatments
- NitroSpring sealing technology
- Range of wipers to prevent debris ingress
- Adjustable force
- Enhanced guidance to reduce side load effects
- Protection tubes
- Damping profiles
Design Validation and Testing
With in-house rapid prototyping and small-batch production, we accelerate the development process by validating force curves, damping characteristics, and mounting configurations. Our testing equipment also enables durability and lifecycle assessments, giving customers confidence that the gas strut design is fully proven before integration into their application.