2024 LEAP (Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program) Awards were announced by WTWH Media on October 30, 2024. Ogura received the Gold Award in the Mechanical category for the MPNC-3.5 clutch. This year's winners were chosen by an independent judging panel of 10 engineering and academic professionals.

There is nothing like it on the market today. This brand-new product is an electromagnetic power-off clutch intended for low power consumption, small envelope size, light weight, and high torque, while being extremely cost effective.

While the power-on micro clutches (MIC Series) are primarily used in paper handling applications such as printers, copiers, sorting, and ATM machines, the applications for the power-off variety expand much further. In addition to traditional applications, ideal applications include mobile robotics, medical devices, game systems, robotics and exoskeletons, 3D printing, sorting, drone systems, and much more.

Ogura has previously manufactured a power-on clutch of this nature and currently provides millions of units annually. Ogura enjoys one-third of the world's market demand with the "power-on" variety of micro clutches, and this engineering advancement opens the doors to many new markets looking for a "power-off" version to offer lower power consumption, smaller footprint, lighter weight, and high torque.

The MPNC-3.5 clutch offers significant size, torque, and power consumption advantages over competing products. This is evidenced in the comparative product chart.

Benefits of Ogura MCNP-3.5 clutch:

• Very thin profile
• Low power consumption
• Light weight
• Long life
• Low cost
• High torque

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