Unit selection – shaft coupling

This is one of the SEED curriculum engineering design guides. SEED (Sharing Experience in Engineering Design) is an organisation of teachers of design in tertiary education.

The purpose of this procedural guide is to enable the user to determine the attributes of an appropriate shaft coupling for a mechanical power transmission system and hence to select one from a manufacturer’s catalogue. It has been compiled as part of a series which covers typical elements of a system. It deals with the coupling of two shafts which are co-linear, or very nearly so. It does not cover shaft-hub connections, clutches, universal joints or torque limiters. The guide gives details of the selection procedure, types of shaft coupling and misalignment and factors affecting coupling selection.

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Author: P. H. Hamilton
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