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SSS Gears

UK manufacturer of the Synchro-Self-Shifting (SSS) automatic overrunning clutch for naval and commercial marine propulsion, power generation and auxiliary drives.

Sunbury-on-Thames, United Kingdom · Company

About

SSS Gears is privately owned. The majority shareholder is the Harold Sinclair Trust, which operates for the benefit of the employees. The head office is in Sunbury-on-Thames with component manufacturing in Tamworth, UK, and the company works closely with its sister company SSS Clutch Inc in Delaware, USA.

The company states it has focused solely on the SSS Clutch for over 70 years, and has made more than 48,000 clutches. Every clutch is tested before despatch and carries a unique serial number, and the company keeps build and service records for each clutch. Marine propulsion references carry a US Navy MTBF rating of at least 270,000 hours.

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