Pneumatic Clutches: Uses and Capabilities
Pneumatic clutches are very powerful and an excellent fit for the large industrial machines your company depends on for your toughest job-site challenges, including auto cranes and other construction vehicles. They offer a simple method for adjusting torque by providing excellent torque control, which is necessary for more heavy-duty vehicles and machines. While mechanical clutches [...]
Investment Pays: Three Ways to Save With K&L Clutch Parts
1. Longer Life The longer industrial transmission and clutch components last, the more you’ll save on your project’s bottom line. For example, our torque converters are tough, durable, and long-lasting, meaning you’ll spend less on equipment repairs and replacement parts, and more on investments that are actually profitable. But beyond their own integrity, our industrial [...]
Client Case Study: Norfolk Dredging
Here at K&L Clutch, we don’t just supply our clients with critical industrial transmission parts like pneumatic clutches and torque converters. We keep companies drilling, digging, dredging, and doing the work that powers the world. In other words, our goals exist to make it easier for companies to achieve their’s. Just take a look at [...]
Fantastic Fully-Equipped Field Service Truck Capabilities
Time is money when you’re out in the field, and even a small breakdown can be crippling to your project’s finances. When you need service, you need it then and there—not in three to five shipping days needed to get the right tools for the fix (or even the three to five hours it takes [...]
VC-Style and CB-Style Air Clutches: The Basics
At KL Clutch, we’re proud to provide both VC-style and CB-style pneumatic clutches — the sort rugged enough for peak, reliable performance out in the oilfields, and flexible enough to be provide pneumatic clutch solutions across a variety of other industrial applications. Both are constricting-type clutches featuring Oil State’s ELASTA-FLEX drum clutch elements—a flexible, fabric-reinforced [...]
How Do Pneumatic Clutches Work?
Grab. Spin. Decouple. Repeat. At one level, clutches really are that simple. But pneumatic clutches are just one example of what a few innovative twists can do to complicate (and improve) the process. So let’s start with the basics: All clutches—whether K&L’s mechanical clutches, pneumatic clutches, or hydraulic clutches—work essentially the same way, and provide [...]
