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CENTRIFUGAL CLUTCHES AND BRAKES

SUCO centrifugal clutches and brakes

TRANSMITTING POWER OR LIMITING SPEED REQUIRES EXPERIENCE

There are several standardized and “on the shelf” couplings on the market, which normally meet the simplest needs and require the application designer to carry out calculations, tests or trust the data in the catalogue or derive models from it.

At SUCO, every brake and centrifugal clutch is engineered and manufactured to provide the exact torque curve and engagement speed your application demands. This significantly minimizes project risks, reduces the need for extensive testing, and saves you the time required to develop a custom solution in-house.

In particular, when designing and using safety centrifugal brakes, you need to rely on a partner with the right expertise and who pays due attention to operating conditions such as speeds, torque, braking time and heat dissipation.

Since the 60s of the last century, SUCO has contributed to the success of countless partners in the most fields:

  • construction & building: vibratory plates, conveyor belts and platforms
  • agricultural machinery: sprayers, seeders, mulchers
  • safety and lifting: construction site lifts, mobile platforms, cranes, emergency descents, fire doors
  • motorsport: Go-karting, ultra-leggeri
  • leisure: Zip-line, amusement park machines
  • special vehicles: fire-fighting, sweepers
  • industry: Pumps, compressors, rotary furnaces
  • hybrid systems: vehicles, boats, railways

A SINGLE CONSTRUCTION PHILOSOPHY, FOUR WAYS TO SET IT IN MOTION

SUCO has developed four macro-families of centrifugal couplings, designed to respond precisely to the specific needs of each application. In transmissions with endothermic engines, our solutions guarantee maximum torque stability, in the presence of vibrations and rotational pulsations. Where silence is a priority, we offer systems that ensure total silence during idle rotation, while for more complex installations we have variants optimized to minimize space requirements

ESUCO APPLICATION ENGINEERING: THE COUPLING AS A READY-TO-USE COMPONENT/h3>

The SUCO offer is designed to ensure maximum integration flexibility. Our coupling systems are available either as a pre-assembled guided assembly (including hub, friction elements and springs) or as a complete drum unit.
To meet the specific needs of each transmission, the coupling interface with the driven part is highly configurable and supports several standard and special solutions:

  • hub
  • tolerance ring
  • elastic coupling
  • pulley

Thanks to dedicated engineering, SUCO develops solutions designed to harmonize perfectly with your application. Our goal is to provide a turnkey component, eliminating the need for costly structural adaptations or modifications on your original design.

INTRINSIC SAFETY AND DYNAMIC COMPUTING: THE APPROACH OF SUCO TO CENTRIFUGAL BRAKES

n the field of industrial safety, the centrifugal brake is not merely a piece of hardware, but the final bulwark against structural failure or operational accidents. Relying on SUCO means going beyond the component: it means integrating decades of expertise and specialized technical dimensioning into your system.

A centrifugal brake that is not correctly dimensioned represents a latent risk: an error in calculating the masses or the spring constant can lead to a failure to activate at critical thresholds or, conversely, to premature wear due to untimely interventions. The SUCO approach is based on a rigorous dynamic calculation that takes every variable into account

  • precise engagment speed – accurate calibration to ensure activation at predefined rpm
  • thermal dissipation – study of materials to manage kinetic energy without fading
  • application analysis – evaluation of the inertia involved to avoid improper stresses on the crankshaft

SUCO also has a modern in-house test bench that is widely used by R&D, but also useful for developing solutions for customers and generating test reports on demand.

The SUCO catalogue is only a preliminary basis for information purposes: request a technical consultation without obligation.

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