Fluid coupling
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fluid-coupling-250-7572887
title:
Fluid coupling
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A fluid coupling or hydraulic coupling is a hydrodynamic or 'hydrokinetic' device used to transmit rotating mechanical power. It has been used in automobile transmissions as an alternative to a mechanical clutch. It also has widespread application in marine and industrial machine drives, where variable speed operation and controlled start-up without shock loading of the power transmission system is essential. Hydrokinetic drives, such as this, should be distinguished from hydrostatic drives, suc
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Device used to transmit rotating mechanical power
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid_coupling
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2024-04-19T20:59:25Z
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