Using liquids in Airpot Air Dashpots
Occasionally we get asked if liquids can be used in place of air in our dashpots. Let’s talk about some of the issues. Because liquids are essentially incompressible, a liquid-filled dashpot wouldn’t suffer from the “air spring” effect that all air-filled dashpots have. This “air spring” is usually undesirable as it reduces the damping at [...]