Renold Clutches & Couplings’ new range of fluid couplings is dimensionally interchangeable with units manufactured by Fluid Drive. The Hydrastart range has been modified to enable a drop-in replacement for any Fluid Drive unit. To make things even easier, a Fluid Drive FCU coupling can now be replaced with its Renold RFCU equivalent, so an FCU size 14 coupling, for example, can be replaced with an RFCU size 14.
Previously, customers ordering couplings manufactured by Renold to replace a Fluid Drive coupling would have had to modify machinery in order to accommodate a dimensionally different product. Speaking about the launch, sales director, Martin Slade said: “This new range of couplings is intended to make things easier for all our customers. It was previously a big job to replace a fluid coupling made by one manufacturer with that of another. Hopefully this move will make things easier for everyone.”