Gas springs ensure an easy-to-operate basement hatch cover
Gas springs always at your service: they keep the cellar hatch cover closed or open
It can be so easy to gain space! The basement stairs took up valuable space on this terrace. Therefore, the company Hubert Reier GmbH in Bad Soden (Germany) presented the customer with an easy and clever solution: covering the entire staircase with sturdy, wood-covered flaps. When closed they can be walked on, making the terrace area considerably larger and more attractive.
A well thought-out gas spring solution is required
The basement door should be accessible at all times without great effort and complicated ‘opening or closing manoeuvres’. The solution were DICTATOR gas springs and the corresponding – free of charge – DICTATOR advisory service. The requirements were quite ‘tricky’: The individual elements should be kept closed as well as open only by means of the gas springs. If the elements were mechanically locked in the closed position, it wouldn’t be possible to open the cover from the outside, only from the basement. And that was not desired.
A gas spring was used for every covering element, each of which weighs about 50 kg. The gas springs were calculated so that the flaps could be opend and closed with little manual force. The flaps remain reliably open but can be easily closed by hand as well. The dampened closing prevents the flaps from falling down and possibly causing injury.
DICTATOR customer service responds to individual requirements on site
In order for the gas springs to function optimally, the correct fixing points are of crucial importance, as each millimeter of difference can influence the function. In this case, one dimension changed on site as the plates of the cover were being installed. However, the gas springs had already been delivered. True to the DICTATOR slogan “The DICTATOR family – we’re here to help”, there was no question for our technical customer advisor at DICTATOR Neusäß: the calculation of the correct fixing points was adjusted to the new requirements in such a way that the delivered gas springs could function exactly as desired. Both the company Reier and the end customer were very happy – and DICTATOR as well, because also we are just as happy about every succussfully fulfilled customer inquiry.
The staircase to the basement before
The gas springs assist with the opening and keep the cover opened – the basement door can be accessed just as easily as before.
Not easy to believe that basement stairs are beneath the wooden panels which are always accessible thanks to the correspondingly calculated gas springs.
Products used
Push-type gas springs
The application possibilities of DICTATOR gas springs are as varied as our model variants. That is why DICTATOR does not have fixed type tables and only a few stock types. We manufacture our gas spring for your application according to your wishes – from a single unit to large quantities. In addition to high quality, DICTATOR gas springs also offer numerous possible additional features such as a valve, oil chamber, protective tube, compression spring or bio-oil, which considerably extends the range of possible applications.
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