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Tension brakes are often used for the winding and unwinding of rolls in converting machinery. Common industries include textiles, printing, paper, corrugated, plastic film, and metal stamping.

The tension control concept refers to the process of controlling tension while transporting web. It involves the winding and unwinding of rolls/sheets of any size and material. The purpose of the brake is to keep accurate and stable tension throughout the converting process to ensure the highest product quality and productivity. Optimising a web tension control system will ensure that the correct tension is maintained for any size and type of material, regardless of speed or process conditions.

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) supplies various tension brakes to the converting industry. Widely used on unwinders in a great variety of industries. ICP offers several types of tension brakes to enhance web tension control systems:

• Pneumatic brakes
• Caliper brakes (manual & pneumatic)
• Powder brakes

As well as complete brake units, ICP also supplies a wide range of high-quality to price ratio spare parts. 100% interchangeable with leading brands on the market, including Re Spa, Montalvo, and Wichita.

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For further information, please contact Industrial Clutch Parts:

Email: website@industrialclutch.com

As we have entered a new year, with familiar problems and some new ones, it’s all the more important to share positivity and good news, to counter all of the doom and gloom the general media has to share.

UK Manufacturing has many success stories to share and investment in a broad range of industries is looking encouraging for the year ahead.

A couple of companies we have featured below:

Aerospace manufacturers target growth by digital transformation.

Three aerospace manufacturers in the UK are targeting growth through a new streamlined workshop process that speeds up digital transformation. MSM aerospace fabricators, based in Middleton, Xavier Engineering, based in Burnley, and G. Parker Aero Tooling Solutions, based in Accrington, are working with Made Smarter, the movement helping SME manufacturers adopt digital technologies.

They are using a digital transformation workshop, a process designed to accelerate manufacturing growth by identifying digital tools and technologies that can maximise operational processes and enhance business growth.

German farm machinery manufacturer CLAAS opens a new £20m HQ in Suffolk.

German agricultural machinery manufacturer CLAAS has underlined its commitment to the UK market with the unveiling of its new £20 million headquarters in Suffolk.

Following three years of construction work, during which time the headquarters site for CLAAS UK and dealer MANNS has been completely redeveloped, the new facility was officially opened on October 16 by Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser, chairwoman of the Harsewinkel-based firm’s supervisory board.

Work on the redevelopment of the site, at the centre of which is an impressive new 33,000m2 state-of-the-art headquarters building, commenced in November 2017. Construction work has been carried out in phases to enable day-to-day work for the 130 people employed on the site to continue with the least possibl

Over the last 18 years, Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) and WPT Power have built an international reputation for excellence in the power transmission industry. ICP continues to work in partnership with WPT Power to provide new and improved industry solutions.

WPT Power Corporation manufactures pneumatic and hydraulic clutches that are preferred by many OEM’s around the world. There are some excellent clutch designs on the market already, and innovation is happening every day to help optimise the performance of heavy-duty applications, such as wood chippers and anchor winches.

Industrial clutches operate by bringing together two separate rotating bodies and coupling them to create a single body of rotation. WPT industrial clutches are air applied (pneumatic) or liquid applied (hydraulic), designed to generate much greater levels of force than other types of clutches.

In a pneumatic clutch, compressed air or gas provides the necessary pressure to inflate air tubes compressing friction and drive plates together. Hydraulic clutches use non-compressible liquids to apply pressure to pistons and thereby force friction and drive plates together. ICP also supplies a comprehensive range of spare parts suitable for all WPT industrial clutches.

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Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) continues to provide new and improved industrial solutions. ICP has recently received positive feedback from our customers at OZKA Lastik.

Founded in Turkey, OZKA Lastik is a manufacturer of industrial and agricultural tyres. OZKA produces tyres in Garden-Field, Pick-Up-Van, Trailer, Tractor Front-Rear, Construction Machine, Combine Harvester, Forklift, Panzer and Radial Tractor Tyre groups.

Earlier this year, ICP supplied OZKA with an Eaton Airflex 4CB200 unit. Eaton Airflex 4CB200 is a constricting clutch and/or brake. Designed for high speed, cyclic operations, as well as for coupling and general power transmission - ideal for OZKA tyre production machines.

It is a drum style unit, designed to expand radially inward when pressurized. The main feature is the torsional resilient principle made possible by the transmission of power through the sidewalls of the flexible neoprene and cord actuating tube. This flexibility also permits minor shaft misalignment.

As a trusted Eaton Airflex distributor, ICP is able to supply a comprehensive range of Eaton Airflex products. Including drum, water-cooled, and air-cooled clutches and brakes. ICP stocks genuine Airflex parts and complete units in order to deliver quickly for customer requirements.

If you require any further details please email website@industrialclutch.com or call +44 (0) 1663 734627

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) has fully prepared for exporting to our EU customers after 1st Jan 2021 and hopes that our plans allow us to keep exports as easy as possible. ICP is experiencing no immediate changes to its supply chain and continue to ensure production is fully maintained.

The ICP team is working hard to ensure there is minimal disruption to the business and the services we provide to our customers. ICP will continue to follow events as they unfold throughout the year and will keep customers updated as early as possible as more details of the future trading relationship with the EU and others become clear.

ICP has a number of freight partners and can offer exporting options for small boxes right through to pallets and crates. ICP can offer our customers two options for goods being sent by road freight: DAP & DDP.

Whichever service is used, ICP will work with its partners to ensure that the correct paperwork travels with the goods and, also uploaded to the freight partner’s portal for customs. ICP will also ensure that the paperwork contains the information needed by customs for speedy processing. 

ICP has many strong partnerships within the EU and will continue to put plans in place to ensure there is no negative impact on the company or customers during the transition out of the EU.

If you have any questions or general enquiries, please do not hesitate to email website@industrialclutch.com or call +44 (0) 1663 734627.

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) would like to wish all our customers and suppliers a Happy New Year. It has certainly been an interesting start to 2021 with the new lockdown coming into force this week in the UK.

As ICP manufactures industrial clutches, brakes, and spare parts, we will remain open as per the Government guidance for manufacturing companies.

ICP will operate under government guidelines to ensure the utmost safety for all our staff, partners, and customers. The warehouse facilities will operate as normal to ensure production is fully maintained. ICP will continue to supply all industries during the pandemic. Such as agriculture, food production, energy, and transport.

Recent guidance states:

‘‘Businesses which provide essential services can continue to operate, such as those in the Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) Sector... agriculture and food production, energy and transport''.

ICP operates a COVID secure workplace and has done since April 2020 to continue to provide a reliable service for all our customers. If you have any questions or general enquiries, please do not hesitate to email website@industrialclutch.com or call +44 (0) 1663 734627.

WPT – Powering Agriculture Equipment.

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) supplies various machine components to the agriculture market. A broad range of industrial clutches, brakes and spare parts will improve farm and irrigation equipment for a more reliable, productive, and easier performance. 

None more so than the WPT Power product range. Combined with ICP’s customer service and engineering capabilities, having agriculture equipment equipped with WPT products means more work is achievable at an effective cost. Products such as the innovative pilotless power take-off (PTO), the rugged Type 1 and Type 2 PTOs, and power pump drives, play key roles in the agriculture market.

WPT pilotless PTOs feature high-quality clutch components, dual spherical roller main bearings for maximum belt load, and are available in mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic operation. These PTOs are perfect for bale processors, tub grinders, windrow turners, and much more agriculture equipment. The pilotless PTO can be mounted in a belt-driven configuration or with a Cardan shaft to drive an augur, drum, blower, or any other equipment tha

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) supplies a multitude of clutches and brakes to the metal packaging industry. Perhaps now more than ever, ICP is working harder to meet the rising demand for clutch brakes and associated parts from beverage and food can-making plants due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

‘’Canmakers are racing to meet rising demand for their products, even though economies have been dented by the need to control Covid-19.’’

The Canmaker, Vol 33: November 4, 2020 P.35

One of the biggest impacts of the virus is the closure of out-of-home dining and events. With restaurants, bars and pubs closed, the need for canned food and drinks has increased. Canmakers need to meet the rising demands for their products by an increase in production lines and capital equipment. The rise in production means an increase in speeds and duty cycles. ICP supplies essential machine components to ensure Canmakers can boost capacity safely and effectively.

Goizper clutch-brakes offer a high number of strokes per minute as well as accurate start/stop operations for body makers. The Goizper system allows older machines to operate at higher speeds and can be adapted to work with almost any older type body maker. The quick exhaust design makes emergency stops faster and helps to prevent tool damage during can tear-off and other production line failures. Download the brochure here.

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP) continue to monitor the ever-changing global situation in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak and is working attentively to ensure the safety of its employees, partners, and customers.

Over the last several months, ICP has supported key industries during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure factories continue to operate production lines.

ICP will continue to monitor the current situation carefully and follow all UK Government advice and WHO guidelines to ensure compliance to all social distancing measures and therefore allow not only production to be fully maintained in the factory, but also full capabilities in the warehouse with increased stock levels to meet customer demands.

We would like to thank all our customers and partners for their continued support throughout these unprecedented times.

For further information please contact us:

Email: website@industrialclutch.com or Call: +44 (0) 1663 734627

Industrial Clutch Parts (ICP), a leading manufacturer and supplier of industrial brakes, clutches and friction materials, continues to provide new and improved industrial solutions.

Over the last 25 years, ICP has supplied various clutches and brakes to the Theatre and Amusement industry. ICP recently received positive feedback from its customers at Green Stage Machinery Ltd, who are currently in the process of redesigning a theatrical line of fire curtain hoists.

A fire curtain hoist raises and lowers a safety curtain that separates a theatrical stage from the auditorium. In the event of a fire, the safety curtain will lower automatically to form a safety barrier between the stage and auditorium. By regulation, the fire safety curtain has to lower within 30 seconds. It is common practice to control the descent of the fire curtain by hydraulics.

A common problem with hydraulic brake systems is the difficulty to set up and regulate the closing speed of the descending fire curtains. As such, Green Stage Machinery decided to control the fire curtain descent speed by purely mechanical means instead of a hydraulic system.

Working closely with Green Stage Machinery, it was agreed the Coremo MPA-M Mechanical Disc Brake