Industrial Couplings

Encoder Couplings attach an encoder shaft to another rotating shaft, protecting the encoder from shaft to shaft misalignment. In order for encoder couplings to work effectively, they need to be flexible and accurate. Without flexible coupling, the misalignment may cause friction, heat, vibration, and noise.

A flexible coupling exists to transmit power (torque) from one shaft to another; to compensate for minor amounts of misalignment; and, in certain cases, to provide protective functions such as vibration dampening or acting as a “fuse” in the case of torque overloads. For these reasons, industrial power transmission often calls for flexible rather than rigid couplings.

Jaw couplings are a three-piece assembly comprised of two jaw coupling hubs that press fit onto an jaw coupling spider The press fit concentrates forces to the center of the spider’s limbs and allows the coupling to operate with zero-backlash. Jaw couplings are commonly used in servo-driven systems with high acceleration and deceleration

Miki Pulley provides a wide range of coupling products not just for general purpose motors, but for everything from servo motors, which demand ultra-precise control, to engines, which generate high vibration and large shocks.

Precision coupling is a component used to connect a drive shaft and a driven part, for example, a motor shaft and a ball screw for the purpose of transmitting the torque. Also, Coupling introduces mechanical flexibility providing misalignment for the shafts.

As a result, this coupling flexibility can prevent uneven wear, vibration and other mechanical troubles due to misalignment.

A shaft coupling is a mechanical component that connects the drive shaft and driven shaft of a motor, etc., in order to transmit power. Shaft couplings introduce mechanical flexibility, providing tolerance for shaft misalignment.