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Re: Gas springs and Q&A #Q695

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Originally Posted by Hadi379 View Post
To me the oil is there to only keep the seal lubricated. It doesn't seem like there is a lot of oil. Its only about an 1/8 of the way filled from what I can tell.

The way the question was worded,
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...that contains oil within its sealed housing...
Is pretty clear. All gas springs "contain oil within their sealed housing". The GDC did not define "a minuscule amount", but I would say that if there is a pool of liquid oil in the housing, there is more than a minuscule amount, and therefore this answer makes pneumatic springs in general illegal.

I don't believe that is the intent of the GDC, I just believe that there is a lack of understanding of the construction of a gas spring.
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