A flexible shaft coupling is needed to connect shafts that are slightly misaligned. In parallel misalignment, two shafts are virtually parallel but slightly offset. In angular misalignment, the shafts intersect at angles to each other. Axial misalignment is a combination of both parallel and angular misalignment. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
DieQua Corporation
Bloomingdale, IL | 630-980-1133Our shaft couplings are the best around! Not only do we provide you with exceptional levels of customer service but we also provide you with manufacturing and a repair service that you can count on. We are also capable of providing you with special designs. That’s right! Our design team will work closely with you in order to ensure that you are getting the product that will fit your specific requirements perfectly! Call or email us today for more information!
KTR Corporation
Michigan City, IN | 219-872-9100KTR Corporation is a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of KTR Kupplungstechnik GmbH. Our extensive product line began over 50 years ago with the BoWex curved tooth gear and the ROTEX torsionally flexible jaw couplings. Today we have grown to 40 subsidiary companies in 21 countries, and over 15 complete coupling platforms.
Lovejoy, Inc.
Downers Grove, IL | 630-852-0500Resistant to oils, grease and many solvents our shaft couplings are the product that you have been searching for! All of our products are made of only the highest quality materials to ensure that they will last through all demanding applications. Our products will not let you down when it comes to excellent value and durability. We will have our staff work with you in order to find the coupling that will fit your requirements exactly. Contact us today for more information!
Coupling Corporation of America
Jacobus, PA | 800-394-3466Coupling Corporation of America is a premier manufacturer of flexible shaft couplings (UltraFLEXX Couplings), flexible drive couplings, clutch couplings, universal joints and drive shafts. Our couplings are engineered for the most demanding applications. Go ahead, put them to the test.
R+W America
Bensenville, IL | 630-521-9911R+W— the leading provider for quality shaft couplings. With the highest precision products available with the broadest variety of mechanical interface imaginable, R+W can meet your needs. Call R+W’s specialists for more information and get the ultimate connection. R+W’s focus is on DRIVE; Dynamic, Reliable, Innovative, Versatile & Expansive, to promote quality service.
Flexible Shaft Couplings - DieQua CorporationThe degree of misalignment a coupling can tolerate depends on its material and its application, but in general, up to 5° of misalignment can be tolerated. The most common materials for flexible shaft couplings in automobiles are stainless steel, which protects against corrosion and increases torque capacity and strength, and aluminum, which is a lighter and less expensive option. Certain types of flexible shaft couplings contain a central disk comprised of plastic or rubber that transmits torque. Flexible shaft couplings are cylindrical in shape, and vary depending on the different types and their functions.
Flexible Shaft Couplings - DieQua CorporationFlexible shaft couplings are used to connect driveshafts in automobiles; they isolate driveline vibration, propeller pulse, and gear chatter in motorized boats. Other industrial applications include use in printing machines, paper making machines, roll forming machines, hydraulic pumps, and wind turbines.
There are many different kinds of flexible shaft couplings. The Oldham coupling consists of three components: two hubs and a central plastic disk. It accommodates slight parallel misalignment, while providing almost zero backlash. Backlash is the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re-established. The bellows coupling has two hubs and a thin walled metallic bellows and can accommodate all three types of misalignment.
Single beam couplings are usually made of a single piece of aluminum and have a system of spiral cuts that allow it to bend in order to accommodate angular misalignment. Multiple beam couplings consist of two to three overlapping beams that address problems of torsional rigidity. Jaw, or spider, couplings consist of two metallic hubs, each with a set of interlocking teeth, and a flexible rubber or plastic piece (the spider), in the shape of a star which fits between them.
Jaw couplings have zero backlash and function well at high speeds but do not tolerate a great deal of misalignment. A single disc coupling is composed of two hubs that bend to accommodate angular misalignment. The double disc coupling has two hubs that are connected by an additional center spacer that allows them to bend in opposite directions to manage offset shafts.