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Understanding the life expectancy of gas struts

20/10/2023

Gas struts are essential components in various industries, providing a reliable and smooth operation in applications such as aerospace, industrial machinery and specialist vehicles. However, determining the life expectancy of gas struts can be challenging due to various factors. In this blog, we will explore the expected gas strut life and the factors that can influence it.

How Camloc operates Our expert team have extensive experience within a wide range of sectors, working closely with industry leaders to successfully deliver a variety of projects. Whatever your project requirements, we’ll be with you every step of the way. Continuous investment in our staff and the latest hardware keeps us at the forefront of our industry, ensuring we continually adopt the latest manufacturing processes from our facility, and we successfully problem-solve for our customers. We continue to enhance and evolve our production processes using lean manufacturing methods, something we have been doing since 2001. We deliver high-quality products that cover a wide range of industry sectors, across the UK, USA, Europe and around the world. For guidance on installing, mounting or maintaining gas struts, please see the Help Centre section of our website. What to do now Get in touch with us today. We can help you with all your manufacturing and engineering needs. if you can’t see what you’re looking for on our website, don’t worry, we will still be able to do it. Just give us a call or send us an email with your brief or requirements, and we will get your project moving. Make sure you’re following us on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube so you never miss an update from us.

How gas struts can help prevent accidents and injuries

25/09/2023

Gas struts do so much more than allow a wide range of motion control across multiple applications. Their ability to provide movement, maintain durability and support various movements in machinery can help to keep individuals safe. For example, gas struts play a crucial role in preventing accidents and injuries by providing controlled and smooth movements in industrial equipment.

Enhancing safety and ergonomics with gas struts in industrial equipment

15/09/2023

At Camloc Motion Control, we design and manufacture a wide range of engineered gas springs, struts and damper solutions to fit your requirements. Whether your project involves the door of a specialist vehicle or the hidden mechanisms of an operating table, our solutions will help you achieve the range of motion for whatever your application requires.

Celebrating Camloc’s Very Own Ironman

25/08/2023

We enjoy nothing more than celebrating our team, whether that’s for the amazing work they do for us in their 9-5 or smashing personal goals and achieving great things out of office hours. Our team is what makes Camloc what it is today, and that means we’re celebrating on a regular basis!

Camloc factory showing our people at work

You give us a problem, we give you the solution

08/08/2023

At Camloc Motion Control, we’re passionate about what we do and how our innovative products keep so many industries moving, from gas struts in the medical and military to transport and specialist vehicles.

What is a self-centering damper?

07/07/2023

When your customers are looking for a motion control solution that just isn’t available, there is only one thing to do. Start making it. This happened to us recently, when a gap in the market opened up after a competitor discontinued their line of self-centering dampers, but the demand from customers for this specialist product was still there.

Hospital equipment including wheelechair, bed and trolley carrying machinery

How Gas Struts Keep the Medical Sector Moving

27/04/2023

We understand that it’s often small mechanisms that help keep vital lifesaving equipment moving and working to high standards. As a manufacturer of essential medical equipment, it’s key to make sure you have the gas struts, dampers and other motion control solutions you need to manufacture to high standards, and that’s where Camloc come in.

How do gas struts work?

16/03/2023

At Camloc Motion Control, we design and manufacture a wide range of engineered gas springs, struts and damper solutions to fit your requirements. Whether your project involves, for example, the door of a specialist vehicle or the hidden mechanisms of an operating table, our solutions will help you achieve the range of motion your application requires to work properly.

Camloc factory worker in black and white

How to get the most out of your gas strut

10/02/2023

At Camloc Motion Control, we’re proud to produce high-quality gas struts and dampers that contribute to manufacturing success in a variety of industries, from medical to aerospace. However, as a manufacturer, we’re heavily investing in the durability, strength and manoeuvrability of our products when they’ve left our factories, which is why we want to share how you can get the most out of your gas struts, improve their lifespan and quickly identify any warning signs that need attention.