Distance coupling
Bridging distances
Connecting drive components with large center distances is commonplace in mechanical engineering. Spacer couplings are often used as connecting shafts for palletizing and packaging systems as well as linear guides.
In the past, the trend towards higher speeds, torques and drive power in these applications had reached the limits of the "traditionally" used materials. Jakob has designed the WDS distance coupling series as a backlash-free servo coupling: it consists of a variable-length intermediate tube that is fitted with torsionally rigid, flexible metal bellows couplings at both ends. The use of a wide variety of materials for the intermediate tube enables the engineers to bridge distances of up to six meters depending on the application and to run at high speeds at the same time. Intermediate bearings or bearing blocks are not necessary.
In the standard range, these spacer couplings cover torque ranges from ten to 1,600 newton meters and can be designed for shaft journals from six to 100 millimetres. The versions with intermediate tubes made of carbon fiber composites in particular enable speeds of 10,000 revolutions per minute and higher. pb
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