Advantages
THE NITROSPRINGS ADVANTAGE
Features and Major Advantages
NitroSprings are the next generation in spring technology for industrial applications, providing a number of significant advantages over the traditional methods of generating spring force. NitroSprings are ideal replacements for Belville Washer or disc spring stacks, wire springs (both compressions and tension), die springs, urethane springs, hydraulic and pneumatic spring cylinders.
Force
Compared to other spring products, NitroSpring provide a much higher force in a more compact package. Reducing the space required for the spring element.
Major Advantage
- Provides engineers with greater flexibility when it comes to design of the application.
Depending on the spring type, NitroSprings have a force to size advantage over wire or coil springs, die springs, and disc springs.
NitroSprings provide a unique advantage over other spring products, no-load is required to reach a high force, it is generated on contact. The rating of the NitroSpring is the force required to compress (or extend) the spring.
Major Advantage
- Easier to install
- More compact as the spring does not need to be compressed to achieve the desired starting force
The force that the NitroSpring generates can easily be adjusted both up and down. This can be done by the customer and whilst on the application.
Major Advantage
- Unique ability to change the force a spring generates without having to have a new spring made, or change dimensions
- Force can be adjusted whilst on the application
- Ideal for prototyping when the required spring force is unknown.
NitroSprings have the ability to provide exactly the same force across a number of spring units. By linking the NitroSprings in series, every spring has the same exact same force.
Major Advantage
- Unique ability to ensure that all springs in the series produce exactly the same force.
- Force can also be adjusted from a single point for all the springs in series.
- Vital when consistent force is required across multiple spring units.
NitroSprings have the advantage that the force can be monitored constantly, either hard wired or remotely. Essential when a specific force is critical to the application.
Major Advantages
- Unique ability to constantly monitor the force in a spring unit or series of spring units
- Change in force can trigger an alarm or physically stop a machine.
- Prevents scrappage
- Safety critical device
The force curves generated by a NitroSpring can vary from 10 to 500%. They can also be manipulated to suit the application, often within the same dimensional package.
Major Advantage
- NitroSprings can have a custom force curve to suit the application.
- Available with ultra low 10% force increase, to very high 500% increase.
- Ultra versatile.
Size
Ultra compact NitroSprings provide a revolutionary ultra compact spring solution.
Major Advantage
- Reduce the size of your spring unit
- Size for Size, a NitroSpring can produce
- 275% more force than a coil spring
- 120% more force than a yellow die spring
Long travel required, no problem.
NitroSprings have a stroke range from 5mm to 2000mm, if you require a spring with a long travel, then NitroSprings off the ideal solution. Long travel gas springs fall into the CE marking category and product must conform to PED 68/2014/EU.
Major Advantage
- Ideal for applications that require a long travel.
- Compact solution even with a long travel.
- Incorporated with a low force increase, then they are ideal for counterbalancing a vertical application.
- NitroSprings are CE marked and conform to PED68/2014/EU
Life
NitroSprings are designed to perform, even in the most demanding environments. Our gas springs are bench marked to 1 million cycles during testing.
We regularly undertake in house and field testing for gas spring durability and longevity.
Major Advantages
- Confidence that your NitroSpring will continue to operate at optimum performance over an extended length of time.
- Can provide a more durable solution compared to other wire, coil and disc spring products.
- Reduce downtime and maintenance costs in production environments.
The NitroSpring solution offers the ability to overhaul your spring by replacing key sealing elements and components, so that the spring unit is as good as new. The overhaul process can be carried out on site by trained staff or back at a local Metrol facility.
Major Advantage
- Increase the life of your NitroSpring
- Reduced downtime
- Reduced inventory
- Improved sustainability
The NitroSpring solution combines the latest technologies that allow gas springs to operate in challenging environments for extended periods of time without performance issues. Our combination of utilising the latest polymers and designs for sealing components, along with material and material finishes, ensures that NitroSpring products last.
Major Advantages
- Ability to perform in the most challenging environments
- Resistant to corrosion
- Increased durability in contaminated environments
- Resistant to issues from dirt, dust, and metallic debris
- Can be used when submerged in fluid
- Suitable for marine, offshore and subsea
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the heart of our NitroSpring products. Metrol, as part of the Lesjofors group are signed up to the SBCT and are a bronze ecovardis rated company. NitroSprings are a “green” spring solution.
Major Advantages
- 97% of a NitroSprings can be recycled
- With an overhaul, a NitroSpring can be re-used, increasing product lifespan and reducing emissions.
- A supplier who can help reduce scope 3 emissions
Versatility
Connecting a NitroSpring to the application should be simple, and it is! Our aim is to provide a solution to the customer that is easy and efficient to fit a NitroSpring. A huge range of different connection methods are available from standard flanges, eye ends, clevis forks, pucks, threaded studs to complete custom fittings.
Major Advantages
- NitroSprings can be retrofitted without modification
- Provides flexibility to the engineer when designing a NitroSpring into an application
- Provides a simple “plug and play” solution.
