Collar & Coupling Corner
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Exceeding Max Temperature Of A Plastic Shaft Collar?About: What happens when you exceed the manufacturer's recommended maximum temperature for a plastic shaft collar? |
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Dynamically Balanced Couplings vs Balanced Design?About: What is the different between a dynamically balanced coupling and a coupling with a balanced design? |
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What Does Recommended Gap Mean?About: What does "recommended gap" mean when installing two-piece shaft collars and rigid couplings? |
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How Do I Interchange Couplings With Different RPM Ratings?About: Interchanging industrial components can be a challenge under ordinary circumstances, but how can you interchange couplings with different maximum speed ratings? |
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What Is The Best Coupling for a Mixer?About: What coupling has the best performance characteristics for mixing applications? |
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Why Is My Disc Coupling Slipping On The Shaft?About: What could cause a disc coupling to slip on the shaft? |
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Can I Exceed A Rigid Coupling's Torque Rating?About: Can I exceed Ruland's rigid coupling torque ratings? |
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What Are The Minimum & Maximum Shaft Gaps For A Coupling?About: How close or far apart can my shafts be when installing a shaft coupling? |
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What Is The Axial Holding Power Of A Threaded Shaft Collar?About: How does a threaded shaft collar's holding power differ from that of a round bore collar? |
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Why Are My Beam Couplings Breaking When They Come To A Hard Stop?About: Why are my beam couplings breaking? |
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Can I Replace A Rigid Coupling With A Flexible Coupling?About: When can I replace my rigid coupling with an equivalent flexible coupling? |
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Do You Make Extra Thin Shaft Collars?About: How thin can you make shaft collars? |
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The Nubs On My Jaw Coupling Spider Don't Insert Into The Hub Holes. How Do I Install Them?About: How do I install the spider into my jaw coupling? |
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Which Is Better: A One- Or Two-Piece Rigid Coupling?About: Is one type of rigid coupling outright better than the other? |
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What Should I Do If My Shafts Are Closer Than The Coupling Disk Allows?About: How should I couple two shafts that are too close for my coupling type? |
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Do You Make Hex Bore Couplings?About: Does Ruland manufacture hex bore couplings as part of its standard product line? |
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How Should I Couple Two D Shafts?About: How do I treat d shafting in my coupling application? |
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Will A Controlflex Coupling Work On My Encoder?About: Is a Controlflex coupling right for my encoder application? |
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Why Is My Beam Coupling Making A Singing Noise?About: What could cause a beam coupling to "sing?" |
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What's Better: One- Or Two-Piece Shaft Collars?About: Do clamp collars and split collars both have their uses or is one better than the other? |
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Why Is the Number of Convolutions In A Bellows Coupling Important?About: How does the number of convolutions affect the performance of a bellows coupling? |
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Should My Shaft Collar's Bore Be Greater Than My Bore's Diameter?About: When selecting a shaft collar will a 1" bore fit a 1" shaft or should you choose something slightly larger? |
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What Are The Performance Differences Between Aluminum & Stainless Steel Oldham Coupling Hubs?About: Learn why Ruland made stainless steel oldham coupling hubs a standard product. |
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What Do Different Jaw Coupling Spider Colors Mean?About: Jaw coupling spiders do not all share the same properties but what exactly do the different colors represent? |
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Can A Shaft Collar Be Used On A Pipe?About: Pipes are certainly a type of shaft but there are considerations to make before using a shaft collar on a pipe. |
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Will A Set Screw Add Security To A Clamp Style Shaft Collar?About: Is combining set screw and clamp styles actually the best way to maximize holding power? |
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What Is The Difference Between Static, Dynamic, and Dynamic Reversing Torque?About: Different types of torque have different implications in your application. |
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How Much Torque Will Cause A Shaft Collar To Slip On The Shaft?About: Shaft collar slippage can cause detrimental issues. How much torque before you are at risk? |
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How Do I Keep Dust Out Of Gaps In My Coupling?About: Some applications require that the coupling be kept free of dust. What's the solution? |
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Can I Buy A Ruland Coupling With A Pilot Bore?About: Pilot bores are a common addition to couplings but do they come standard? |
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What Quick Clamping Shaft Collar Is Best For An Axial Load Application?About: With a new quick clamping shaft collar style now available there are bound to be some differences. |
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What Do You Mean By "Bores Can Be Unanodized?"About: Why would the rest of the hub be anodized but not the bore? |
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Can A Ruland Shaft Collar Be Welded?About: Sometimes an application requires additional components to be attached to the shaft collar. Can you weld them onto a Ruland collar? |
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What Is Nypatch Coating?About: What's the big deal with Ruland's proprietary screw coating? |
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What Is A Keyway?About: For some it's an indispensable component feature. Others may need to ask, "what is a keyway?" |
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What Is The Minimum Temperature Rating Of a PEEK Oldham Disc?About: PEEK discs begin to experience altered performance in extreme temperatures. The question is, how low can you go? |
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Can Quick Clamping Shaft Collars Be Used To Hold Cables In Place?About: Quick clamping shaft collars are quick and easy to install and reposition, but what applications are they suited for? |
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Can You Manufacture A Rigid Step Bore Coupling With Keyways?About: Learn about one-piece rigid couplings and the options designers have when designing with a step bore requirement. |
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What Is The Axial Load Capacity Of Ruland Servo Couplings?About: Find out how to approach axial load parameters in your servo coupling application. |
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What Shaft Coupling Is Best For A Subsea Application?About: What coupling is best suited to stand up against exposure to seawater? |
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What Is The Maximum Size Jaw Coupling You Can Make With A Keyway?About: Jaw couplings are often manufactured with keyways, but is there a size limit? |
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Can A Beam Coupling Be Manufactured With Keyways?About: Is it possible to to make a beam coupling with keyways and is it a good idea? |
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Are Oldham Couplings Zero-Backlash?About: What are the backlash properties of a Ruland oldham coupling? |
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What Is The Axial Load Of A Shaft Collar?About: Learn how to use our axial load data to calculate the axial load of your Ruland shaft collar. |
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What Is The Clamping Tolerance of A Quick Clamping Shaft Collar?About: This video goes over how Ruland Quick Clamping Shaft Collars with Cam Levers possess a different tolerance than other clamping shaft collars. |