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Force Control Industries,Inc.

APC 2008 All Products Catalog - 11894 The Force Control Story…

History

1959...

Force Control , a division of New Castle Products, was founded in New Castle, Indiana in the year of 1959.The Oil ShearPrinciple was initially developed and used in clutch/brake, foot mounted brakes and large drive systems under the brandnames of Positrol & Powr-Con .The primary customer were power plants, treatment plants and government applications.

1969...

Corporate headquarters was moved to the present location in Fairfield, Ohio and was joined with Dixie Machine Company.

1970’s...

Patented the Posidyne Oil Shear Clutch/Brake.Developed new clutch/brake products for the post office, fan/clutch forTransit Buses, clutch/brake for concrete equipment, snow making equipment, and manufacturing equipment for the appli- ance, glass, pulp & paper, packaging, wood products, and food processing industry.

1980’s...

The Multi-Speed Drive, Two-Speed Drive, and High-Speed Reversing Drive was developed for mechanical indexing appli- cations in the automotive industry.Also developed the Posistop motor brake for machine tool applications.

1990’s...

Building product focus.Developed the Posiweave for the fence industry, shingle auto-catcher and blenders for the roof-ing industry, and CLPC closed loop-positioning controller for high-speed drive positioning applications.

1995...

Developed the MagnaShear Electric Brake, MagnaShear Two Speed Drives, and E-Stop Brakes for automotive lift andtransfer applications.

2004...

Developed and launched the X-Class Posidyne Clutch/Brake and Posistop Motor Brake line of products.Force Control Industries Inc.headquarters is located in Fairfield, Ohio a few miles north of Cincinnati.Our Current man-ufacturing campus has three manufacturing facilities with over 100,000 Sq.Ft of manufacturing space along with admin- istrative offices.We are ISO 9001/2000 certified resulting in the highest level of quality and service our customers have come to expectin a Force Control product.Our quality and service level is assured by our sales force, engineering, research and devel- opment, modern computer controlled machining and turning equipment, inspection, assembly, complete benchmark test- ing of all assembled units, inventory control and our complete shipping department.We also have a complete factory rebuild and repair service for all of our products.Field Service Technicians are available to assist in installation and onsite service and repair.

Facilities and Services

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