Sprag Clutch Elements
Sprag Clutch Elements
Great for Large Quantities and Applications that Don’t Need Built-In Ball Bearing Support
GMN FR series with mounting rings
If you need a large number of sprag clutches, have tight cost restraints but can’t sacrifice torque requirements, then our Series 400 sprag clutch elements are a good fit for your needs.
Series 400 Product Highlights:
- Bore (ID) Range: 2 to 240 mm (0.078 to 9.448 in)
- Torque Range: 1 to 2673 Nm
- Available with or without mounting rings
- w/out Mounting Rings: FE 400 Series
- w/ Mounting Rings: FR & FRN Series
- External bearing support is required. We recommend our RL series below.
Our sprag clutch elements are ready to mount on a shaft and can be used for overrunning, backstopping, or indexing.
They consist of a cage, sprags and a spring. The spring is designed to keep the sprags in contact with the shaft and housing.
GMN Sprag Clutch Elements w/out Mounting Rings
Our FE 400 Series is designed without mounting rings ready to place on a shaft and housing that IS hardened and ground.
Note: FE 400 requires external bearing support, we recommend our RL series below.
FE 400 Product Table Key
- M: Meander spring; Can index up to 60 Hz, best for high indexing applications.
- Z: Tension spring; Can index up to 10 Hz, best for overrunning & backstopping applications. (12 mm wide)
- Z2: Tension spring; Thinner version of the Z series (7 mm wide). Good for space restrictions & lower torque applications
