Force Control Industries

Force Control Industries, Inc. is a family owned company started in 1969 in Fairfield, Ohio, USA, where its headquarters were established at the present location and merged with the Dixie Machine Company. It designs and manufactures oil shear clutch and brake products and patented the Posidyne oil shear clutch brake in 1974.

All products are manufactured at the headquarters at 3660 Dixie Highway in Fairfield, on a campus of 4 buildings with over 100,000 square feet of manufacturing capacity. According to the company, employees have an average tenure of over 15 years.

In oil shear technology, torque is transmitted through a film of transmission fluid between friction discs and drive plates, and the recirculating fluid carries heat out of the friction stack. The company states that this gives long service life without maintenance or adjustment, in industries from steel, mining and packaging to marine, oil and gas.