Friday 27 July 2018

About Industrial Truck Clutch Components For Truck And Trailer Repair Services

By Laura Rogers


An industrial clutch has either a manual or automated transmission. Eaton, with over one hundred years of design experience, produces a Solo Advantage clutch for manual transmission. This clutch gives durability and smoothness. The Ceramic disc size is 15.5 with a maximum torque capacity between 1650 and 2250. The clutch life is extended by Eaton s New Strap which does away with driver fatigue, and engine rattle, enabling a smoother operation. At least it allows for easier truck and trailer repair services.

The large, heavy- duty trucks one sees on the road need to adhere to strict codes of road-safety rules that encompass safe speeds, and the vehicles being in good repair. With time-constraints uppermost in long distance hauling, and the value of goods delivered, it makes sense to keep your vehicle in as good condition as you can to ensure safe and speedy delivery of the goods being transported.

Truckers need adequate rest periods when driving long distances and nerves of steel plus adequate training to drive the heavy-duty vehicles that deliver their goods far and wide, across states and sometimes across borders in all sorts of weather. This is no job for the faint-hearted and most truckers have years of experience under their belts before attempting the big boys in vehicle names, such as Mack, Western Star, and similar names one sees along our highways.

Eaton also offers an aftermarket catalog with their ValueClutch product. This line was especially designed and manufactured for older generation trucks and vehicles making it cost competitive. Here you will have a choice of 10 clutch part numbers with torques ranging from 1000 to 1650ft.lbs. The benefits are internal adjustments, constant plate load, no core required, and isolated pressure springs.

The rest periods on long drives is very important for driver alertness, which can make all the difference in adverse conditions. There are plenty of vehicle stops along, and just off these highways, so truckers need to make use of the stops as the information picked up about the conditions on these roads can be invaluable to them.

Kyclutch.com, of Kentrucky, have a very large selection of new and rebuilt clutches and offer a 24-hour turn around time. Illinois Auto Truck Company Inc. Their web site is: iatcoinc.com offer three styles of heavy duty vehicle clutches all with torque capacities up to 2250ft.lbs. Facings are Ceramic, Organic or Kevlar. Their most competitive driveline for North America is the Angle Spring assembly which uses a 6 pressure springs for smoother engagement.

Two additions have been added in our expanded aftermarket range for NAFTA trucking market. One is for the Volvo 1-Shift, part number 104460-1 has a 6-spring damper with a diameter of 232mm, a torque capacity of 2150Nm/1650ft.lbs. The spline is 50x46-24N and the mass is 47.2kgs. The standard pre-damper makes for no rattle when idling.

Your industrial truck clutch and braking systems need to work at peak performance, for long distances travelled. The servicing of the trucks is very important to keep them in good running order. There are many manufacturers who advertise their products online and offline, so it pays a fleet owner to keep up with what is new in the latest technolgy and mechanical improvements for their fleet.




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