Applications
Find the solution by application
A damping solution is chosen by mechanism, not by product alone. These are the three sectors we ship to most — each has its own mechanism, duty cycle and feel, and therefore its own selection logic.
Soft-close for doors and drawers
Cabinets, wardrobes and office furniture are the most mature application. A customer judging a piece of furniture often just closes a door once — which is why consistency of feel matters more here than anywhere else.
Typical mechanisms
- Flap, lift-up and folding door mechanisms
- Hinges with built-in damping
- Soft-close modules at the end of drawer slides
- Buffered stops for sliding doors
What we look at
- Whether the final deceleration curve is linear, without a jerk
- Feel consistency from batch to batch — what furniture clients care about most
- Oil leakage and staining risk on light or white carcasses
- Assembly takt — can it go straight onto the line without extra steps
Door buffering and vibration damping
Damping in appliances splits two ways: closing buffering for doors, and vibration damping for moving parts. The failure modes differ completely — the first suffers from feel degradation, the second from insufficient endurance.
Typical mechanisms
- Door closing buffering for washing machines and dishwashers
- Damping for refrigerator doors and drawers
- Reciprocating vibration damping for moving parts
- Buffered stops for panels and other moving parts
What we look at
- Duty cycle and design life — daily cycles set the endurance class
- Damping force drift across the operating temperature range
- Noise — tolerance for rattle on moving parts is very low
- Fit with appliance safety and material compliance (RoHS / REACH documents available)
Harsher duty cycles need clearer parameter limits
The customers here are engineers. They do not ask whether the feel is nice — they ask how much the damping force drops at −20 °C over eight continuous hours. That is why parameter limits matter more than adjectives here.
Typical mechanisms
- Automotive interior moving parts (armrests, cup holders, storage lids)
- Covers and guards on construction machinery (including gas springs)
- Reciprocating buffering and end-stops on automation equipment
- Lift mechanisms that must hold a position
What we look at
- Operating temperature window and damping-force drift curve
- Load mass, impact velocity and impacts per hour
- How mounting orientation affects the internal oil path
- Whether material certificates and inspection records must ship with the order
Send us your mechanism
A drawing, a photo of the current part, or just “it slams / it rattles / it goes slack after three months”. Our engineers will work out whether it is a damping-spec problem or a mechanism problem, and come back with a proposal and sample.