KTR Engineering Services Manager, Chris Scholz took a moment to speak with Coupling Tips.com about the make-up of frictionally engaged torque limiters.
“A frictionally engaged torque limiter is one of the more basic styles of torque limiter, one of the oldest styles. It uses a couple of friction disks that compress a plate, a sprocket, or something else together. It’s basically like brake pads on your car, in reverse; it’s holding the unit in place until the torque is overcome, and then it frictionally disengages, so the pads are held tight based on a threaded spring set system. Once there’s a catastrophic failure, or torque overload, then that torque limiter will slip.”
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