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News Release from: Schmidt-Kupplung | Subject: Semiflexa
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 18 April 2008
Couplings tolerate misalignment
The Semiflexa from Schmidt-Kupplung is designed with two pairs of parallel links installed 90 degrees out of phase with each other.
To ensure a backlash free shaft connection and easy installation the Semiflexa Compact Plus series comes with press-fit clamp hubs in coupling diameters of 70 to 120mm and a nominal torque capacity ranging from 69 to 575Nm The Semiflexa from Schmidt-Kupplung is designed with two pairs of parallel links installed 90 degrees out of phase with each other
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 23 Nov 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Couplings cater for extreme parallel shaft offsets
The Schmidt-Kupplung is a torsionally stiff performance coupling that compensates variable parallel shaft offset without side loads in a very compact envelope.
This arrangement allows for the precise transmission of torque and constant angular velocity between shafts with large parallel misalignments.
Both shafts can adjust to each other in every radial direction while at rest and in transmission and under load.
No restoring forces are imposed on the shaft support bearings from the operation of the coupling system.
The range with clamp hubs is available for shaft diameters up to 70 mm.
A special clamp version with an outer diameter of 160mm suits applications with higher torque requirements, for example in wire stitching machines.
The compact coupling offers a torsional stiffness of 383kNm/rad and a radial misalignment capacity of 3 mm.
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