An integral clutch on cut-off wheels for injury prevention

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EPD is a clutch system that is assembled during the production process of the cut-off wheel.

The clutch prevents injuries due to kickback while cutting, reduces the vibrations transmitted to the user’s hand by 30%, and improves the user’s experience while cutting.

							
Who is the client?
EPD

What did the process entail?
• Concept development

• Mechanical design

• Optimization and experimentation

• Prototyping

• Product file

Challenge
The thickness of the disks coming from the production has a high tolerance, it was necessary to find a solution at an attractive cost that would allow the torque of the clutch to be kept within a constant range despite the variable thickness of the cut off wheels