Torque limiters or overload clutches are special industrial machinery components that are specifically designed to protect either the equipment itself or the equipment’s load from excessive torque. Usually they will shut down a machine when excessive torque is detected and dissipate the unnecessary rotational energy so as not to cause damage to the load or …
Torque limiters are required to protect loads or the equipment itself from the damage caused by excessive torque during a mechanical overload. Sometimes referred to as ‘overload clutches’, they are devices that shut down a machine in order to dissipate the rotational energy being generated by the machine’s operations. Machinery systems that operate at relatively …
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