Aosite, kusukela 1993
Iziphethu zegesi ziyingxenye eguquguqukayo futhi ebalulekile esetshenziswa ezinhlobonhlobo zezinhlelo zokusebenza, kusukela kumahhodi ezimoto kuya emishinini yezokwelapha. Uma kuziwa ekuthengeni iziphethu zegesi, omunye wemibuzo evame kakhulu umayelana nempilo yazo. Ngeshwa, ayikho impendulo eqondile, njengoba incike ezintweni ezihlukahlukene ezifana nokusetshenziswa, indawo ezungezile, nokugcinwa. Kulesi sihloko, sizocubungula izici ezithonya impilo ende yemithombo yegesi futhi sinikeze amathiphu awusizo okuthi singanweba kanjani impilo yazo.
Ake siqale ngokuqonda ukuthi iyini ngempela imithombo yegesi. Eyaziwa nangokuthi i-gas struts, lezi ziphethu ezisebenza ngomshini zisebenzisa igesi ecindezelwe kanye nepiston ukunikeza ukunyakaza okulawulwayo nokungaguquguquki. Iziphethu zegesi zithandwa ngokuthembeka kwazo, ukusebenziseka kalula kwazo, namandla angamandla alungisekayo, okuzenza zibe ukukhetha okudumile kuzo zonke izimboni ezahlukene.
Ubude besikhathi sokuphila kwesiphethu segesi ngokuyinhloko buncike kuhlelo oluthile olusetshenziselwa lona. Iphethini yokusetshenziswa ngokuvamile iyisinqumo esibalulekile sokuphila kwayo isikhathi eside. Iziphethu zegesi ezisetshenziswa ezimotweni njengama-hood kanye neziqu ngokuvamile zihlala phakathi kweminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyisishiyagalombili. Kodwa-ke, iziphethu zegesi ezisetshenziswa ezimbonini, ezifana nemishini yefekthri noma izisetshenziswa zezokwelapha, zingaphila isikhathi eside uma zingaphansi kokushaqeka okuncane, ukudlidliza, nokuguga.
Indawo okusebenza kuyo isiphethu segesi nayo idlala indima ebalulekile esikhathini sayo sokuphila. Imithombo yegesi echayeke emazingeni okushisa aphezulu, umswakama owedlulele, noma amakhemikhali abolayo avame ukuguga ngokushesha ngenxa yokuwohloka kwempahla yokuvala yangaphandle. Ukwengeza, imithombo yegesi endaweni enomswakama ophezulu noma emanzini anosawoti ijwayele ukugqwala, ukugqwala, kanye ne-oxidation, okuholela ekuphileni okufushane uma kuqhathaniswa naleyo esetshenziswa ezindaweni ezomile.
Ukugcinwa nokunakekelwa okufanele kubalulekile ukuze kwandiswe isikhathi sokuphila kweziphethu zegesi. Ukuhlanza njalo, ukuhlola, nokugcoba kuyizinqubo ezibalulekile zokunakekela. Ngemithombo yegesi esetshenziswa kakhulu, ukuhlolwa okubukwayo kuyadingeka ukuze kubonakale izimpawu zokuguga noma ukulimala. Ukunakekela okusebenzayo kunciphisa ingcuphe yokwehluleka okungalindelekile, kwandisa isikhathi sempilo yesiphethu segesi, futhi kuthuthukisa ukusebenza kwayo kukonke.
Ngaphandle kwalezi zici, umenzi naye udlala indima ebalulekile ekunqumeni ubude bempilo yemithombo yegesi. Ukukhethwa kwezinto ezisetshenziselwa ukukhiqiza isilinda sangaphandle, i-piston, induku, nezimpawu kuthinta ngqo ukuqina nokuhlala isikhathi eside kweziphethu zegesi. Kubalulekile ukukhetha umkhiqizi ohloniphekile ohlangabezana nezidingo ezithile zohlelo oluhlosiwe.
Kafushane, isikhathi sokuphila kweziphethu zegesi siyahlukahluka kuye ngezinto ezihlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa ukunakekelwa, indawo ezungezile, ukusetshenziswa, kanye nekhwalithi yokukhiqiza. Ngokuvamile, iziphethu zegesi ezisetshenziswa ekufakweni kwezimoto zihlala phakathi kweminyaka emihlanu kuya kweyisishiyagalombili. Nokho, lokhu kungaba kufushane kakhulu noma kube kude kuye ngezimo ezithile. Ngokukhetha umkhiqizo ofanele we-gas spring, ukwenza ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile, nokuqinisekisa izimo ezifanele zemvelo, isikhathi sokuphila seziphethu zegesi singanwetshwa, okuholela ekusebenzeni okuthuthukisiwe, ukuphepha okuthuthukisiwe, kanye nokuncipha kwezindleko zokushintshwa.
Sengiphetha, iziphethu zegesi ziyizinto ezidingekayo ezinhlelweni eziningi. Ukuqonda izici ezinomthelela ekuphileni kwabo nokuthatha izinyathelo ezifanele kungalula kakhulu impilo yabo yokusebenza. Ngokucabangela izinqubo zokunakekela, izimo zemvelo, amaphethini okusetshenziswa, kanye nokukhetha komkhiqizi, abasebenzisi bangakwazi ukukhulisa izinzuzo zeziphethu zegesi, baqinisekise ukusebenza okuphelele, ukuphepha, kanye nokusebenza ngempumelelo kwezindleko.