Device for mechanical overload protection and production process for same

A method for producing a device for mechanical overload protection in a drive train of a machine tool, the drive train having an output side with an output shaft and an input side with a motor shaft, the device comprising:

• a connector operatively connecting the output shaft to the motor shaft, and a press-fit connection between the connector on one side and the motor shaft or the output shaft on an other side,
• the method comprising the following steps:
• a) producing the press-fit connection between the output shaft or the motor shaft on the one side and the coupling sleeve on the other side;
• b) detecting a press-fitting force required to produce the press-fit connection;
• c) determining a triggering torque of the device;
• d) calculating a press-fitting force or a displacement path for a clamping ring;
• e) press-fitting the clamping ring onto the press-fit connection between the output shaft or the motor shaft and the coupling sleeve of the device using the previously calculated press-fitting force or using the previously calculated displacement path;
• and
• f) re-determining the triggering torque of the device.