What Should I Do If My Shafts Are Closer Than The Coupling Disk Allows?

Release Date: November 22, 2019

What should I do if my shafts are closer than the coupling disk allows?

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Location: Green Bay, WI
Answer: They can use an oldham coupling. The best solution is to drill a hole in the center of the disk. We know this customer well so we know that they don’t have much torque on their motor and doing a modification like this isn’t a big deal. It’s a common modification we see with oldham disks. The only problem is that you will lose torque because you are removing material which removes rigidity from the disk. Our recommendation is to test it before you put it into production. In small volumes it’s best for you to put the hole in yourself because it would be expensive for us to do it. Once you get into higher production in quantities of 50 or 100 it’s not cost prohibitive for us to put the hole in – we do it all the time for certain customers.

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