Posted to News on 14th Jun 2015, 00:00
Inkoma IFK Inkoflex couplings from Francis and Francis
In this 3 steel rings, 'patent applied for', coupling design, a number of spring wrapped drive pins, fitted with end-stop and support washers, protrude through equi-spaced/sized holes, on a large PCD, in the centre Disc - each, alternately facing the opposite direction.
>Thereby, half of these pins are fixed to one end disc, with the remainder fixed to the other end disc.
>Resultant characteristics offer a relatively high torsionally stiff, synchronized, drive connector, accommodating all misalignments.
>In its single disc form, the 'IFE' version can be attached to the 'PK' offset coupling to provide some angular misalignment capacity, when shafts cannot be guaranteed to remain parallel.
>Shaft connections are via flange as standard, or bossed end discs.
>The range accommodates:
>Normal torques (TStat): Up to 148,500Nm, (though misalignments reduce capacity).
>Maximum Angular Misalignment: Up to 5°; radial offset: up to 1mm, and axial float: up to 2.5mm.
