SSS Clutch engagement during high speed rotation

[imenotyou]

Need to engage @2800rpm, then go to a top speed of 5000rpm, only small hp 115(shp).

Do you have a sss clutch that could do this?

Brett.

[SSSGearsLtd]

@imenotyou

Brett,

Thank you for your enquiry. Assuming we have understood your enquiry properly, then your 115 SHP @ 2,800 rpm engagement is well within our repertoire.

Have sent a reply to your email.

Regards and happy New Year !

Nicholas Bellamy

[xXACElongcon13HDXx]

Can u make a simple video on how the clucth works.

[SSSGearsLtd]

@xXACElongcon13HDXx

Thank you for your comment. Basic SSS Clutch function is demonstrated using our hand operated model. Have a peek at the other videos on our channel !

Thanks again, and please let us know if you require any further assistance

Nicholas Bellamy

Applications Manager

SSS Gears Ltd

[xXACElongcon13HDXx]

@SSSGearsLtd how does the clutch work i cant the video

[SSSGearsLtd]

@xXACElongcon13HDXx @xXACElongcon13HDXx

Thank you for your comment. youtube will not let me post links, but if you click "SSSGearsltd" at the top of this youtube page, then go to our videos, you will see that we have uploaded three videos - this one plus two others which show how the SSS Clutch functions.

If you are still stuck, then please email me at engineering @ sssgears dot co dot uk and I will email you the link and some other electronic info.

Nicholas Bellamy

Applications Manager

[SSSGearsLtd]

Excellent question.

The idea of synchronised connect / disconnect drive is similar to that of synchromesh, however synchromesh friction is not well suited for high power / high inertia jobs. See also Y100 powerplant page on Hazegray which describes SSS Clutches replacing friction / dog clutches (similar to synchromesh) which were originally installed in the British, US and Canadian Navy gas turbine propulsion drives.

[prbmkid911]

Symilar to a sycronizer in a manual transmission no?

[SSSGearsLtd]

Also, synchromesh requires the gears to be pushed towards mesh to function (either manually or with a controlled actuator type system), whereas the SSS Clutch is fully automatic and engages whenever input speed > output speed, then disengages input speed < output speed.

Thanks again for your excellent question.

Kindest Regards,

Nicholas Bellamy

Applications Manager

SSS Gears Ltd.

[ollieoniel]

cool

[FireDropTechnologies]

Not what I was searching for, My'n makes the same torque from 0-80,000 rpm.

And will break shafts.

[SSSGearsLtd]

@FireDropTechnologies

Thanks for your comment. As per my private message to you, we welcome the opportunity to propose an SSS Clutch for your application.

Please note the largest SSS Clutch supplied to date transmits 320,000 kW @ 3,000 rpm in the Huntorf compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant in Germany. Since commissioning in 1979, this SSS Clutch has engaged / disengaged almost twice daily without failure or requiring replacement.

Nicholas Bellamy

Applications Manager

SSS Gears Ltd

[NutsandGuts]

Wouldn't this damage the teeth?

[SSSGearsLtd]

@NutsandGuts In a word. "no", but many thanks for your question. Please watch "SSS Clutch Hand Model" or "SSS Clutch Operation", which explain how the internal pawl + ratchet mechanism aligns every "tooth" with a "tooth space", before the tooth engaging movement begins. To date, SSS Gears have supplied 22,000+ SSS Clutches for : - Electrical power generation - Sea vessel propulsion - Barring and starting drives - Petrochemical machines Nicholas Bellamy Applications Managr SSS Gears Ltd