Jerry Beck, president of Ameritool Manufacturing, announced recently that the company has added tension gas springs to its product line of adjustable gas springs, fixed force gas springs, extension-compression and dual-rate dampers.
Constructed from 316 stainless steel, Ameritool tension gas springs, also known as reverse-acting gas springs, are used on doors, lids, hatches and hoods that need to stay closed.
Tension gas springs work by keeping the piston rod in the closed position, operating in the opposite direction of other gas springs. Since a tension gas spring is compressed in its relaxed state, it always returns to its relaxed state once extension is stopped.
Boat builders, aerospace, industrial, food service and farm-equipment manufacturers worldwide use Ameritool products as original parts in their product lines.