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Leading Manufacturers
Cook Bonding & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Cleveland, OH | 800-626-6540You only need to know one name for your friction material needs: Cook Bonding & Manufacturing. We have been working hard for over 3 decades and specialize in the manufacture of high quality friction materials, gear tooth facings, press blocks, and more.
ProTec Friction Group
Mount Kisco, NY | 914-244-3600ProTec Friction Group is a producer of friction components and forms. By combining our manufacturing expertise with our supply chain knowledge, we are able to bring friction solutions to our customers.
Logan Clutch Corporation
Cleveland, OH | 800-525-8824Manufacturing friction materials for niche markets in machine, construction, mining & off-highway industries since 1975, Logan Clutch leads the industry with clutch facings, friction discs, brakes, clutches & combinations made stock or tailored to your business’s specific needs. Call our experts today!
Great Lakes Friction Products, Inc.
Milwaukee, WI | 414-365-1550When catering to heavy duty industrial companies like the military and off-highway vehicle manufactures, you must produce the best. Great Lakes Friction Products is a company that embraces quality and dependability when manufacturing their standard and custom built friction materials and products, including drum linings, brake kits and assemblies, clutch bands and more.
Clutch Sets Manufacturers List
Clutch Sets - ProTec Friction GroupMotorcycles, cars, agricultural and industrial equipment, trucks, transit coaches and even some diesel locomotives utilize clutches. This broad array of uses necessitates a tremendous variety in clutch design, operation and production. For that reason there is an expansive market for clutch sets. Some kits are designed for the specific model and year of a vehicle while others offer more general applications.
While the manufacturers provide the initial clutch, consumers are responsible for clutch replacement. In addition to replacement kits, performance enhancing clutch sets are also available and widely used, especially in competitive cars. These kits are designed to improve the speed of shifting as well as the vehicles capacity to handle increased horsepower and torque. Torque rating, power, rotational speed and maximum pressure allowances are important considerations when selecting the proper clutch for a given application.
In general, the compression of a clutch pedal or lever causes several springs connected to a pressure plate to compress as well. This pulls the plate, and connected clutch disc, away from the flywheel which is bolted to the engines crankshaft. The disconnection stops the rotation of the clutch disc which intern disconnects the central hub of the disc from the input shaft. The driver may then shift gears or coast. After shifting, the pedal is released and the clutch disc reengages the flywheel. The clutch system works to ensure consistent clutch engagement and disengagement. As the friction from this process generates a great deal of heat and pressure, materials for each clutch component are carefully chosen.
Metallic and ceramic composites are among the most common selections for those parts which incur the greatest wear, while steel and other durable metals are used where friction materials are less essential. When selecting a clutch set it is important to consider the materials used to produce each component. It is also important to be clear as to what constitutes a kit as some are more inclusive than others. Some sets provide the clutch, or lever, and pressure plate while others include pilot bearings, throw-out bearings, discs, and alignment tools as well.
