Strategic alliance boosts Autogard business

Autogard, a world leader in torque overload clutch and flexible coupling manufacture, has entered into a worldwide strategic alliance designed to expand its product range and market penetration

Autogard, a world leader in torque overload clutch and flexible coupling manufacture, has entered into a worldwide strategic alliance designed to expand its product range and market penetration.

Announcing the alliance, managing director Michael Hutchings says the agreement with US high-performance coupling manufacturer FlexElement, allows Autogard to manufacture the US products for worldwide distribution.

FlexElement metal membrane couplings are designed for turbo machinery up to 50,000hp and are acknowledged as the industry standard by OEMs worldwide.

The high-performance range manufactured under license by Autogard is of smaller diameter and lighter than couplings currently available, and features a waisted, 8-link pre-stretched membrane design that offers reduced windage, minimum weight and inertia and zero maintenance or lubrication.

The new couplings, which meet the requirements of API 671 3rd Edition, are designed for industrial applications such as compressor, turbine and dynamometer drives, generator sets, main oil line pumps, test rigs and booster and boiler feed pumps.

They will provide a significant boost to the Autogard manufacturing facilities in the UK and enable the company to offer an expanded range of products into markets worldwide.

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