Air Shock absorbers “Snubbers”

When controlled deceleration is required at the end of the stroke of your mechanism, the Airpot snubber configuration is particularly useful. It performs push damping only and the push rod is not connected to the work. Airpot snubbers cover a wide range of low to moderate energy applications in which accurate control of impact, damping or shock absorption is required. The devices accomplish this by using the piston to force ambient air through an adjustable orifice at a controlled rate to dissipate kinetic energy and reduce impact, noise and wear.

Airpot’s snubbers are specifically designed to provide unparalleled energy dissipation accuracy by eliminating friction from  their working elements. The materials used have built-in lubricity, high strength-to-weight ratio, excellent stability under temperature/humidity extremes, close coefficients of thermal expansion, and non-deteriorating performance due to age or non-use.
The result is a family of damping devices that operate with superior accuracy and little or no friction.

Airpot’s precision glass cylinder and graphite piston technology produces instrument-grade pneumatic devices that are uniquely designed and optimized for precise, repeatable force control.

Airpot snubbers are available in 4 bore sizes ranging from 16 to 45mm  and strokes lengths of 28 to 58mm