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News Release from: Industrial Gas Springs | Subject: IGS custom gas springs
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial Team on 07 February 2008

Custom gas spring meets prepress needs

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The gas strut is required to provide a push and pull effect, so that the lid will remain secure in the open position with the spring at full extension.

HighWater Designs is using a bespoke gas strut solution from Industrial Gas Springs (IGS) for safe operation of its latest computer to plate (CtP) imaging system HighWater uses gas springs in the design of its digital integration and creative imaging products for the prepress and related graphic arts industries

Product Manager Tony Lambert said "Although relatively simple in operation, the gas struts are a safety-critical element in the very high tech systems we develop, which are usually required to meet stringent global compliance regulations".

IGS supplied samples for the company to prove out on the lid of its new Cobra 8 manual load/unload engine.

The 150mm stroke size 6 gas spring features metal eye end fittings.

The gas strut is required to provide a push and pull effect, so that the lid will remain secure in the open position with the spring at full extension.

The application demands minimal operator closing force, relying on the weight of the lid to ensure that it shuts firmly.

"It is very important that the lid closes in this way", says Lambert.

"Weighing around 18kg, it needs to stay put when fully raised and not slam down when closing".

"The correct damping effect of the springs is therefore vital to ensure operator safety, so this was a major factor in our going back to IGS for a solution we were confident would give us the quality and reliability that our equipment is known for".

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