Product Spotlight: Shafting & Couplings
Stepped bore couplings
Rigid, clamp-type couplings mate dissimilar shafts and drive components, including inch and metric sizes and smooth or keyed designs.
Features & benefits
One, two, and three-piece designs
Will not mar shafts
Mate shafts from ¼ to 2-in. bore
Steel and stainless-steel versions
Stafford Mfg. Corp.
(800) 695-5551
www.staffordmfg.com
Circle 151
Servomotor couplings
CD couplings with aluminum hubs have low weight and inertia.
Features & benefits
Single-flex models with clamp-style hubs with or without keyways
Torque capacities from 40 to 1,436 Nm
Speed ratings from 4,400 to 17,000 rpm
High torsional stiffness and dynamic load capacity
Zero-Max Inc.
(800) 533-1731
www.zero-max.com
Circle 152
Bellows couplings
BK1 series of precision flexible couplings feature standard piloted bolt-circle interfaces that can be customized to the equipment they connect.
Features & benefits
Absorb misalignment between measurement device and other components
Low moment of inertia and high torsional stiffness
Sizes to match torques from 15 to 10,000 Nm
Balanced for operation to 60,000 rpm
R+W America LP
(630) 521-9911
www.rw-america.com
Circle 153
Oldham couplings
Oldham couplings accommodate large parallel misalignment and feature a three-piece design comprised of two hubs and a floating center disc.
Features & benefits
Seven sizes of set screw or clamp style hubs with bores from to 2 in.
Hubs anodized for lubricity and increased life
Center disc comes in acetal for high torsional stiffness or nylon for shock absorption and vibration dampening
Coupling disengages if replaceable center disc breaks
Ruland Mfg. Co. Inc.
(508) 485-1000
www.ruland.com
Circle 154
Flywheel couplings
Arcusaflex flywheel couplings are flexible and provide a torsional soft connection.
Features & benefits
Sizes AC 4.1, 4.9, 5.1, 6.1, 6.5, 13, and 13D
Torques from 1,770 to 973,580 lb-in. or 6,500 kW at 1,000 rpm
Available in standard rubber and silicone mixture for shear resistance in high temperatures
Rubber disc element vulcanized to bolt-on sleeve or taper bushing hubs
Ringfeder Corp.
(800) 245-2580
www.ringfeder.com
Circle 155
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