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We used to use this type of clutch in linear actuators in some of our machines, I think we may have called them torque clutches or ratcheting clutches.. The ratcheting noise proved unacceptable to customers. We developed circuitry to detect the stall current of the motor and controlled the actuator travel that way, rather than thru brute force timing.