Stainless steel protection given to gas springs

A SKF UK product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team Oct 9, 2003

Stainless steel gas springs offer compact design, a high level of functional comfort, and high operational safety, combined with the special material properties of stainless steel.

The Stabilus Lift-O-Mat INOX-line of stainless steel gas springs is now available from SKF Engineering Products Limited.

A compact design, a high level of functional comfort, and high operational safety, combined with the special material properties of stainless steel, open up many new applications.

The special corrosion-resistant characteristics of the stainless steel used in the INOX-line also ensure a high level of protection against acid or lye stress and gives protection in harsh environments, such as at sea or in industrial processing applications.

This same resistance, and the use of biodegradable oils, is also of special importance for water and environmental technology.

For instance, the gas springs easily and safely open and close maintenance flaps and manholes without any danger of pollution to the water supply.

Careful material selection of the components used in the gas springs has resulted in an almost iron-free product, with almost no effect on magnetic fields.

This makes the INOX-line especially important for use in medical devices such as hospital beds and operating tables, where non-magnetic properties are required in addition to total cleanliness.

This is in addition to applications in the pharmaceutical and food industry.

The INOX-line meets international quality standards such as DIN EN ISO 9001, as well as the new world standard ISOITS 16949 with the regulatory requirements of QS 9000, VDA 6.1, EAQF, and AVSQ.

The INOX-line offers lengths from 205 - 885mm with strokes from 60 - 400mm and forces from 100 to 1000N.

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