Encapsulated opening aid
Applications
Clean room, hazardous environment, biotechnology, pharmaceutical industry, food industry
Advantages
- Internal spring (sealed)
- Spring available in different sizes, therefore adaptable to different torques
- Compact design
- Almost frictionless rotation
- Spring assembly easy to disassemble
- Replaceable without welding
- Hygienic design
- Approved for ATEX Zone 1
- Maximum torque: 190Nm
- Spring is designed for lifetime
- Spring force is only effective up to a cover opening angle of approx. 90°
- Stop for opening angle exchangeable (also for other opening angles)
- Locking bolt can be retrofitted in end position (screwed)
Problem cases of the conventional torsion spring opening aid
- Abrasion of metal particles due to friction between torsion spring and bearing or between the individual coils
- Difficult to clean
- Unhygienic design
- Only approved for ATEX Zone 2
- Lid could fall shut in case of spring breakage
- Maximum torque: approx. 100Nm