Watch This Go-Kart Clutch Melt and Fail Spectacularly in Slow-Motion Centrifugal clutches don't exactly take kindly to this much friction. By Brian Silvestro Published: Aug 24, 2020 10:22 AM EDT ...

In the August issue of Motion System Design, we presented the mystery of the centrifugal mercury clutch.The design was patented in 1950 by Automatic Steel Products Inc. of Delaware, and featured ...