What Are Mechanical Safety Couplings Used For?

The mechanical safety coupling is also referred to as torque limiter or overload coupling.

In drive technology, this refers to a machine element limiting the torque in the drive train to a maximum figure or fully interrupting the torque flow in case of downtime of the machine.

That way overload couplings are able to protect machine components against damages, e. g. collisions by programming or operating errors.

Longer downtimes, expensive repairs and resulting costs are avoided.