Aosite, kusukela 1993
Imithombo yegesi yokusekela ingasetshenziswa emakhabetheni, emibhedeni yodonga, ezinhlakeni zemibhede kanye nenye ifenisha edinga ukusekelwa kanye ne-cushioning, okuyiziphethu zegesi yekhabhinethi.
Kunezinhlobo eziningi zemithombo yegesi. Izinhlobo ezahlukene zemithombo yegesi zisetshenziswa ezicini ezahlukene: Uhlobo lwamahhala lwe-gas spring (uhlobo lwamahhala lwe-gas spring lusesikhundleni eside kunazo zonke endaweni yamahhala, i.e. isuka endaweni ende iye endaweni emfushane kakhulu ngemva kokuthola amandla angaphandle) Misa isiphethu segesi ngokuthanda kwakho (yima kunoma iyiphi indawo ku-stroke ngaphandle kwanoma yisiphi isakhiwo sangaphandle)
Imithombo yegesi isetshenziswa kwezinye izinti zepiston. Kukhona namakhono okusebenzisa imithombo yegesi. Yimaphi amakhono okusebenzisa iziphethu zegesi?
Ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthembeka kophawu, isiphethu segesi ngeke sonakalise ubuso benduku ye-piston, futhi kuvinjelwe ngokuqinile ukusebenzisa upende namakhemikhali ku-piston rod. Akuvunyelwe futhi ukufafaza noma ukudweba isiphethu segesi ngemva kokufakwa endaweni edingekayo.
Ubukhulu bomthombo wegesi kufanele bube nengqondo, amandla omthombo wegesi kufanele afaneleke, futhi ubukhulu be-stroke ye-piston rod kufanele buhlukaniswe ukuze bungakwazi ukukhiywa, ngakho-ke ukugcinwa kuyinkinga kakhulu esikhathini esizayo.