By remaining a small independent team of engineers, with emphasis on quality, attention to detail, and a total commitment to the product, SSS has built a unique reputation for innovation, flexibility and dependability. The highest power automatic clutch operating in the world is an SSS clutch. Electrical utilities often need to store power in order to maintain a constant output from base-load plant and accommodate large variations in demand. Accepted methods of storing large quantities of energy are hydro-electric pumped storage plant and compressed air storage plant. All automatic clutches used in major energy storage schemes are SSS clutches.
Unreliable equipment puts lives at risk.
Twenty-six navies use SSS clutches in the main propulsion machinery of over 400 ships. The increasing need for silence, efficiency and maintainability has led to renewed interest in high power reversing transmissions for use with fixed-pitch propellers. The unique SSS-TOSI reversing system is the most compact, proven reversing transmission available for high power marine gas turbines. In continuous process plant unscheduled stoppages can incur enormous financial penalties. SSS clutches are chosen for their reliability and technical performance.