Coupling boasts high axial stiffness

Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Nov 23, 2006

The Loewe GK from Schmidt-Kupplung is designed to offer generous angular and radial misalignment compensation and at the same time to resist axial motion.

The Loewe GK from Schmidt-Kupplung is designed to offer generous angular and radial misalignment compensation and at the same time to resist axial motion.

Thanks to this axial stiffness the coupling ensures the transmission of push and pull loads.

The couplings combine the technical features of a single universal joint (angular misalignment capacity, axially fixed) and a coupling (radial misalignment capacity).

As a result the coupling is a compact assembly.

The crossed pins slide easily in the bearings, which allow a pivotal and radial displacement of the two anodised aluminium hubs with lowest side and bearing loads.

The Torque series is offered with outer diameters ranging from 27 to 100mm and a nominal torque capacity up to 220Nm.

The axial stiffness makes them suitable for axially unrestricted shafts.