Fitness equipment manufacturers must ensure their products meet consumer expectations. This means design is just as important as function. For manufacturers who develop resistance-based fitness equipment, selecting the best technology for your system can be a challenging task. Placid Industries works closely with leaders in the Fitness Industry and provides them with superior motion control…

What is a Slip Clutch? A slip clutch is a device that controls torque to prevent mechanical overload. This feature is particularly useful in applications like rewinding of a web, load simulation, torque limiting, and applications requiring soft starts. Placid Industries manufactures magnetic particle clutches. This type of clutch is unique in the fact that…

What is Tension? In the world of manufacturing and web tension control, tension is simply the level of force applied to a web that opposes the normal motion of the system. To help illustrate this, think of paper being wound into one large roll. If tension is too low, there would be too much slack…

Placid Industries offers a brake and clutch supply of magnetic particle clutches and brakes, and hysteresis brakes to meet its customers’ requirements and demand. Placid Industries brakes and clutches are used in a wide range of applications, most of which require a form of tension control or resistance. Applications can range from more “common” industrial…