DRIVING POWERTRAIN TECHNOLOGY FORWARD
Autogard is part of Rexnord and a global leader in the development and manufacture of torque management products and solutions. Philip Yorke talked to Eric Blickley, the company’s European marketing director about its latest Monitorq® systems and move into the world’s emerging markets.
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utogard was founded in England in 1930 and is a world leader in torque limiter and coupling engineering technology. Based in Cirencester, UK, it houses a comprehensive innovation, research and development facility that has kept it at the forefront of powertrain technology. Today Autogard products are at work across a wide range of industrial applications, such as power generation, mineral production, printing, packaging, extrusion and conveying. The company is recognised worldwide for its advanced overload-protection devices and its flexible couplings that are used in a diverse range of power transmission systems. The company’s team of engineering experts use innovative processes and stateof-the-art equipment to research, design, prototype and test, new, energy-efficient powertrain products.
Autogard is part of Rexnord, which is listed on the New York stock exchange and is recognised as a diverse, multinational manufacturing company. Rexnord is comprised of two strategic business platforms: Process & Motion Control and Water Management. In 2012 Rexnord employed over 7000 people.
Unparalleled overload protection Autogard’s torque limiters are available in a wide range of configurations and capabilities, from the simple, cost-effective Series 200 to the Series 600 model, which is pneumatically controlled and has a torque range of up to 20,000Nm and shaft sizes up to 95mm. The Autogard 400 Series is available in reverse to reset as well as automatic reset versions. The 820 Series modular torque limiter can be used in applications up
