Design variants
Drawn cup roller clutches are available:
- without bearing arrangement
- with bearing arrangement (rolling or plain bearing)
Drawn cup roller clutches
Drawn cup roller clutches are one-way clutches
These drawn cup roller clutches comprise thin-walled, drawn outer rings with a series of ramps on the inside diameter, plastic cages and needle rollers, which serve as clamping elements. Steel or plastic springs hold the needle rollers in their clamped position. Drawn cup roller clutches can transmit high torques in one direction and are particularly compact in a radial direction. The roller clutches are available with and without support bearing arrangements.
Suitable for applications with high indexing frequencies
Drawn cup roller clutches give very precise indexing, since the individual spring loading of the needle rollers ensures continuous contact between the shaft, needle rollers and ramps. They allow high indexing frequencies due to their low mass and the resulting low moment of inertia of the clamping elements. They also have a low overrunning frictional torque.
Preferred areas of application
Drawn cup roller clutches can be used in various applications such as indexing clutches, back-stopping clutches and overrunning clutches. In these cases, the drawn cup roller clutch performs an overrunning or locking function.