Aosite, kuba 1993
Imithombo yerhasi, ekwabizwa ngokuba yimibhobho yerhasi okanye izothuso zerhasi, zizixhobo ezisebenzisa irhasi ecinezelweyo ukwenza amandla okunyusa, ukwehlisa, okanye ukukhusela into endaweni. Bafumana ukusetyenziswa ngokubanzi kwizicelo ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanya iihood zemoto kunye neetranki, ifenitshala, izixhobo ze-aerospace, kunye nezixhobo zonyango.
Isebenza kumgaqo olula, imithombo yegesi isebenzisa uxinzelelo lwegesi olucinezelekileyo ukuhambisa ipiston ngaphakathi kwecylinder. Irhasi ecinezelekileyo isebenzisa amandla kwipiston, iyiqhubela kwicala loxinzelelo. La mandla anokubotshelelwa ukuphakamisa into, ukugcina indawo ekuyo, okanye ukulawula intshukumo yayo.
Ngokuqhelekileyo ibandakanya ipiston, isilinda, kunye nevalve, ukwakhiwa kwemithombo yegesi yomelele. I-cylinder, ngokuqhelekileyo yenziwe ngentsimbi okanye i-aluminium, igcina igesi ecinezelekileyo, ngelixa i-piston, exhunywe kwinto eqhutywe, ihamba ngaphakathi kwe-cylinder. Ukulawula ukuhamba kwegesi ngaphakathi nangaphandle kwe-cylinder, i-valve ifakwe.
Kwimeko yokungasebenzisi, i-gas spring igcina igesi ixinzelelwe kwaye iqulethwe ngaphakathi kwe-cylinder ngokusebenzisa i-valve. Nangona kunjalo, xa kusetyenziswe amandla angaphandle kwipiston, ivalve iyavula, ivumela igesi ukuba ihambe kwi-cylinder, ivelise amandla afunekayo ukuhambisa ipiston. Ukulungelelanisa i-valve okanye ukuhluka kobuninzi begesi ngaphakathi kwe-cylinder kunokuguqula amandla aqhutywe yi-gas spring.
Imithombo yegesi inika uncedo olubandakanya ukubonelela ngesindululo esigudileyo nesilawulwayo. Oku kufezekiswa ngokudityaniswa kwenkqubo yokudambisa ethoba intshukumo yepiston njengoko isondela esiphelweni sokuhamba kwayo. Inkqubo enjalo inqanda ukunyakaza okukhawulezileyo okanye okuchukumisayo, ukuhambisa umsebenzi olawulwayo nokhuselekileyo.
Ukuguquguquka kwemithombo yegesi yenye inzuzo ephawulekayo. Ziyakwazi ukulungelelaniswa ukuba zisebenze ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo, nokuba zithe tye, zithe nkqo, okanye kwi-engile. Ngaphezu koko, ziyakwazi ukusebenza ngokufanelekileyo kumaqondo obushushu agqithisileyo okanye imekobume erhabaxa, ezenza zifaneleke kuluhlu olubanzi lwezicelo.
Ngaphaya koko, imithombo yegesi iqhayisa ubomi obude kwaye ifuna ukulungiswa okuncinci. Eyakhelwe ukunyamezela ukusetyenziswa ngokuphindaphindiweyo, inokuhlala iminyaka emininzi ngokugcinwa okuncinci. Nangona kunjalo, uhlolo oluthe gqolo lubalulekile ukuqinisekisa ukusebenza kakuhle kwazo, kwaye naziphi na iimpawu zokuguga okanye zokonakala zinokufuna ukutshintshwa kwazo.
Ukuqukumbela, imithombo yerhasi ibonisa itekhnoloji esebenza kakhulu kwaye eguquguqukayo, ibonelela ngendlela egudileyo nelawulwayo yokunyusa, ukwehlisa, okanye ukukhusela izinto endaweni. Ukuziqhelanisa nokuqhelaniswa neemeko ezahlukeneyo kubabona beyinxalenye ebalulekileyo kumashishini amaninzi. Ukuqonda imigaqo yabo yokusebenza kunceda ekukhetheni i-gas spring efanelekileyo kwizicelo ezithile kunye nokugcina ukusebenza kwazo kwixesha elide.