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Couplings ProductsNew Control-Flex® Couplings From Zero-Max Are Ideal For Encoder Applications  Control-Flex® couplings from Zero-Max are designed for the precision feedback requirements of encoder applications. Featuring a unique Control-Flex center disc design, these couplings have a parallel linkage system that minimizes reaction forces due to transmission torque and unavoidable shaft misalignments. Control-Flex Feature Zero Backlash and High Misalignment Capabilities. FREE Brochure! ...More >> MK1/0.5 Miniature Metal Bellows Coupling by R+W America  Keeping up with increased demands for miniaturization and increased control over existing operations, micro motors, gearheads and lead screws are increasingly popular in the world of motion control. In keeping with this trend toward miniaturization R+W has completed its range of miniature bellows couplings with the ultra small MK1/0.5. ...More >> Precision Torque Limiter with Clamping Hub by R+W America  Torque limitation is often overlooked until a machine crash occurs, resulting in expensive damage and downtime. R+W torque limiters provide inexpensive insurance with little effect on machine performance. Utilizing a patented preload internal to it's ball-detent mechanism, R+W torque limiters are all backlash free and highly responsive, with the ability to completely disconnect the drive and driven components in under 3msecs. Disengagement torque can be adjusted in the field, and several disengagement behaviors are available. ...More >> Expanding Shaft Coupling EK7 by R+W America  Many situations which call for a motor or gearhead to be mounted into a hollow bore, such as in belt drive linear actuators, require that a stub shaft be mounted into the bore so that the motor or gearhead can be coupled to it. ...More >>ULTRA-Compact Bellows Coupling Series BKM by RW America  Taking demands for ever more performance in a smaller footprint to the next level, R+W has recently developed the BKM series of ULTRA-compact bellows couplings. Utilizing a special two-corrugation bellows, an average of 43% length savings are made possible versus traditional bellows couplings of the same torque rating. More impressively, the superior torsional stiffness of the shorter bellows also allows for greater torque capacity within a given outside diameter; often by a factor of 3. ...More >>ETP Express Keyless Shaft Locking Bushings Have Less Than .0008 Inch Runout Minimizing System Vibration And Noise  They Are RoHS Compliant - Call 1-800-533-1731 for a FREE brochure ETP Express® Shaft Locking Bushings from Zero-Max minimize runout and system vibration. They provide a strong, yet precise connection between keyless shafts and mounted components that can be installed in seconds. Designed to lock gears, pulleys and other components to keyless shafts, ETP Express® Bushings have a very low total indicated runout (T.I.R.) of less than .0008” (.02 mm). This feature minimizes component runout on rotating shafts, reducing machine vibration and noise. ...More >>Zero-Max Launches New Configurable 3D CAD Downloads For Its Latest Generation CD® Composite Disc Couplings  Now you can select and configure the exact CD® coupling solution for your coupling application with 3D Partstream, the configurable 3D CAD downloads Zero-Max’s latest generation CD couplings are easier and faster to evaluate and specify than ever before. To select the right CD coupling, for example, the system designer simply enters the coupling size or max torque capacity and the two bore sizes. 3D Partstream then will render the exact configured coupling for Interactive viewing.
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Lateral Mounting Servo Coupling BKH by R + W America  Bellows couplings compensate for slight shaft misalignments while allowing for zero backlash and maintaining a high level of torsional stiffness as well as a low moment of inertia. This makes them ideal for high performance servo motor applications as well as any other requiring a high degree of accuracy in the transmission of velocity and torque. The ability of a single piece bellows coupling to compensate for misalignment is limited in most cases to approximately 0.008” of lateral offset.
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Expanded Line of Servo Insert Couplings Now Offered by R+W America  The SERVOMAX line of precision elastomer insert couplings from R+W has been expanded to include both smaller and larger sizes as well as enhanced mounting options. The R+W SERVOMAX utilizes secondary heat treatment of the injection molded polyurethane insert to smooth out inconsistencies in the driving surfaces, allowing for a smooth fit and higher repeatability. The couplings compensate for all types of shaft misalignment while damping vibration and maintaining a backlash free performance. Three different Shore hardnesses allow the designer to select the correct amount of flexibility, vibration damping or stiffness depending on their performance requirements. ...More >>R+W America Offers the BK8 Series Compact Servo Coupling  By popular demand R+W has recently developed a series of couplings for mounting to flange output servo gearheads, opening up new areas of application. This type of gearhead is utilized by many for its high stiffness and compact design. The BK8 now allows for an equally compact flexible interface between gearheads and driven components, protecting bearings and making alignment simpler. The BK8 utilizes a stainless steel bellows which allows for a high level of torsional stiffness to be maintained while compensating for small misalignment between the mating components. ...More >>Adjustable Length Shafting Series EZV by R+W America  Line shafts with adjustable lengths up to 2150 Nm For many machine designers flexibility is increasingly important as companies seek to reduce components suppliers and space requirements for machinery and equipment. A good example would be the ability to use the same jack system for various platform sizes in lifting applications. For this purpose R+W has developed the unique EZV series of adjustable length line shafting. Manufactured from high strength precision aluminum tubes exhibiting a very high degree of straightness and lateral rigidity, these shafting systems can span lengths of up to 15 feet without an intermediate support bearing. ...More >>New Zero-Max ServoClass® Coupling Brochure Published  New Sizes In Single And Double Disc Models Now Available A new eight page Zero-Max catalog of an expanded line of ServoClass couplings has been published. These are high performance couplings designed to meet the precision positioning requirements and high reverse-load characteristics of today’s servomotor applications. System designers will find this new catalog a real help in evaluating options and sizes for specific servomotor applications. These ServoClass couplings are now available in eleven sizes ...More >>R+W EX Explosion Proof Couplings  Designed to serve as the weak link in many drive systems as a result of their simple and relatively inexpensive replacement, flexible couplings are a highly critical component when it comes to explosive atmospheres found in automotive paint and cleaning stations, chemical plants, powder mixing areas, and numerous other environments. A lack of radially flexible elements in shaft linkage can result in high radial loads being placed on shaft bearings, eventually leading to heat generation and bearing failure, making flexible shaft couplings essential to machine drive design in these cases. Even more critical is that the potential for generation of sparks must be eliminated. ...More >>Three New Larger Sizes Added To Zero-Max ServoClass® Coupling Line  They Provide High Torsional Stiffness And Zero Backlash Plymouth, MN - Three new sizes in both single and double flex models The new sizes handle bore diameters from 0.875 in. (20mm) to 1.378 in. (35mm) ...More >>R+W America EK6 Spindle Motor Elastomer Coupling with Conical Clamping Hubs  R+W SERVOMAX couplings have a highly chemically stable elastomer element that is press fit between two precision machined coupling halves giving it zero backlash and guaranteed concentricity. The hubs are mounted axially onto the shaft using conical bushings, and the two components are mated together during installation of the motor. The high clamping force and concentricity for natural balance, paired with its zero backlash characteristics ...More >>Couplings - Zero-Max's Full Line Of RoHS Compliant CD® Couplings  They Feature Zero Backlash And High Torsional Stiffness For Precision Servo Motor Positioning – FREE Brochure And CD With Sizing Software – 1-800-533-1731 Plymouth, MN - Zero-Max announces introduction of its next generation of CD® couplings. These newly updated CD couplings feature zero backlash precision and high torsional stiffness required in today’s demanding servo motor applications with high reverse loads and positioning requirements. ...More >>Couplings - High Torque Line Shafting Systems  Line Shafts with conical tapered sleeves up to 4000 Nm from R+W America. Many machine designs in the printing and paper converting industry among others require high torque couplings to span greater distances and compensate for greater amounts of shaft misalignment than standard single piece couplings. For this purpose R+W has developed the ZA high torque series with tapered bushings for improved shaft holding ability.
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Couplings - Zero-Max CD w/Aluminum Hubs Have Low Weight and Inertia  Ideal For Servo Motor Applications To Ensure Reliable Machine Operation Call 1-800-533-1731 For FREE Brochure Or CD ROM With Sizing Software Included Zero-Max CD® couplings with aluminum hubs have low weight and low inertia making them an excellent choice for servo motor and other precision motion control applications. CD couplings provide the ideal combination of high torsional stiffness and high dynamic load capacity to ensure reliable machine operation.
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Couplings - R&W America Handbook for Precision Couplings and Line Shafts  As a part of a series of technical handbooks developed for the European manufacturing industry, R+W has released a new handbook for the design and application of precision couplings and line shafts. Covering the very basics of what precision couplings and line shafts are and why they are used, all the way though complex theories and advanced sizing formulas used to determine optimum coupling selection
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Precision Couplings for Test and Dynamometer Applications  R+W Series BK1 High Precision bellows couplings Automotive test systems very often require that some sort of rotational measurement device be integrated into a custom assembly. Torque flanges and dynamometers are regularly installed in the drive line in order to precisely monitor the magnitude of rotary force and velocity being generated
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Couplings - Longer Lasting Torque Limiter Series ESL  Low wear torque limiters for up to 900 Nm Mechanical torque limiters have been employed for many years as a simple and reliable means of torque overload protection in case of machine jams and crashes. They provide sound insurance against costly machine down time resulting from broken tooling, components, etc; and not to mention replacement of expensive, long lead time components.
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Couplings - RoHS Compliant ServoClass Couplings  Zero Backlash And High Torsional Stiffness For Precision Servo Motor Positioning The next generation of ServoClass® Couplings has been introduced by Zero-Max. These new couplings feature zero backlash and even higher torsional stiffness required in today's demanding servo motor applications with high reverse loads and precision positioning requirements.
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Couplings - R+W America Now Offers Thermoplastic Couplings in Series TX1  New TX couplings series for low cost, corrosion resistance, light weight, quiet running Unifying the goals of enhancing performance and durability with cost savings, R+W has developed the ECOLIGHT- TX1 series of molded thermoplastic insert couplings. The most significant technical advantages are a dramatically reduced mass and moment of inertia, accompanied by a high level of chemical compatibility and tolerance for heat, making the TX couplings ideal for pump drives and other power transmission applications.
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Servo Motor Coupling - Torsional Stiffness In Medical Actuation Systems  Call 1-800-533-1731 For FREE BROCHURE Medical systems such as scanners, DNA analyzers and X-ray equipment requiring consistent, precision linear positioning benefit from the next generation of ServoClass® Couplings from Zero-Max. These new ServoClass Couplings have even higher torsional stiffness than previous models. They are the ideal coupling for handling high speed reversing loads and precise positioning requirements in today's demanding medical servomotor applications.
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Servo Motor - Zero-Max ServoClass® Coupling Application Story  Latest High Speed Tab Inserter Systems From UMG Technologies Operate 24/7 Utilizing ServoClass® Couplings From Zero-Max They Promote Smooth Servo Drive Operation And Prevent Backlashx Danvers, MA: 24/7 automated operation has become an industry standard for UMG Technologies high speed tab inserters used in the manufacture of electronic printed circuit devices. These systems are designed for continuous, unattended operation with minimal maintenance due largely to top notch design engineering and the use of the latest and best off-the-shelf component technology.
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Couplings - Reli-a-Flex Flexible Shaft Couplings by Reliance  With the high integrity and ever more demanding applications that are facing engineers daily, the correct selection of system components is becoming increasingly important. Shaft couplings are a crucial part of motion control assemblies. They are designed to provide accurate motion between two shafts where a small amount of misalignment exists.
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CD Couplings From Zero-Max Handle High Torque Loads While Providing Zero-Backlash Operation In Servo Motor Driven Packaging Systems  Call 1-800-533-1731 For FREE Brochure Today's packaging machines are using more and more servomotorsthan ever before. As speeds increase, so does the stress on the mechanical components. Proper coupling selection is even more critical to achieve the higher speeds and greater accuracy of these new designs. "Composite Disc (CD®) couplings from Zero-Max have proven themselves in countless applications that require both high reverse loads and high speeds," reports Robert Mainz ...More >>Couplings - Electronic Sensor - Cylinders Position Transmitter SMAT  Festo is pleased to announce this addition to our Sensor product line - the SMAT electronic position sensor for cylinders. The new SMAT can continuously monitor the position of a cylinder piston within a range of 50mm. This innovate cylinder position sensor is ideal for use in gripping, clamping, and part-selecting applications.
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Compact Bellows Coupling BKC Offered by R+W America  Couplings utilizing a stainless steel bellows exhibit very high torsional rigidity with zero backlash and flexibility across all three axes of possible shaft misalignment. The most important feature of this design is that very high position repeatability may be maintained even under torsional loading, while placing only a very light restoring load on shaft bearings under misalignment.
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Newest Generation CD ROM With Product Sizing and Selection Software  Zero-Max has introduced Version 1.5 of its latest software designed for easy and fast sizing and selection of components for motion control and power transmission systems. Zero-Max new software contains the latest downloadable 3D CAD drawings, CD coupling brochures in German, Spanish, French as well as English ...More >>From Precision Gears to Precise MechatronicsComplete Motion Control Solutions from Reliance  Reliance’s standard catalogue range of instrumentation gears includes plain and anti-backlash precision gears and pinions, available in stainless steel or aluminium alloy with a standard pitch range 0.2 to 0.6 module and tolerances up to AGMA Q14 (DIN Q3) as standard. For the miniature component market Reliance offers a range of miniature anti-backlash pinions with outer diameters as small as 11.6mm and for precise, concentric and secure clamp mounting Reliance engineers have developed the new patented Reli-a-Grip™ clamp hub gear range. Initially designed to enhance the torque capacity of their high torsional stiffness Reli-a-Flex® one piece coupling, without having to resort to set screws
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R+W America Offers Stainless Steel Servo Insert Couplings  Stainless steel SERVOMAX couplings from R+W feature a highly chemically resistant elastomer element that is press fit between two precision machined coupling halves, giving it zero backlash and guaranteed concentricity. The inserts, available in four different Shore hardnesses, depending on the damping and torque rigidity required, are heat treated within the precision machined hub, removing inconsistencies in the surface area in contact, and significantly improving rotational positioning accuracy as the result. These servo couplings exhibit a very high torque density and very smooth running due to the tight concentricity tolerance in the overall design. The RoHS compliant SERVOMAX couplings in stainless steel are ideal for packaging, food processing, semiconductor, and other applications requiring frequent cleaning or exposure to the elements. They are available in 9 different sizes with torque capacities from 2Nm (17.7 lbs/in) to 2150Nm (19,027 lbs/in) and can accept English or metric bores in the 3mm to 80mm range
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Floating Shaft CD® Couplings From Zero-Max Shock Proof Reciprocating Motion In High Speed Servo Powered Partition Inserters From Wayne Automation  Newly introduced Partition Inserters (Model SF-400) from Wayne Automation Corporation cycle once every second and travel 38 inches vertically. Every up/down cycle accurately inserts solid fiber or corrugated partitions into cartons that hold bottles and plastic containers ready for shipment to the marketplace. How do these Wayne inserters maintain repeatable accuracy 24/7 at these high speeds? The answer is their robust innovative design using servomotors connected to backlash-free Zero-Max CD couplings. These couplings damp out shock and vibration from the inserter’s vertical reciprocating and intermittent motion and maintain insertion accuracy cycle after cycle. “To operate without problems, conventional vertical inserters require near perfect fiber or corrugated partitions,” reports Jay Bachman, vice president of engineering for Wayne Automation.
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R+W America Offers SK2/1.5 Series of Miniature Torque Limiting Safety Couplings  R+W has developed the unique patented Model SK2/1.5 miniature safety coupling. Ideal for ultra-small applications in the electronics, semiconductor, and medical industries. Torque overload protection is often overlooked in machine design until something jams, resulting in expensive damage and down time. Electrical current limitation only stops the transmission of power after a mechanical overload has already taken place, and can not remove energy which is already in the moving workpiece in the case of a machine crash. The R+W Series SK2/1.5 miniature safety coupling was developed specifically for this purpose. It uses a patented ball detent system that is absolutely backlash free and will disengage within 1 to 3 milliseconds when an overload is detected. This is normally fast enough to significantly reduce the impact of a machine crash on other components. These unique couplings are manufactured with a stainless steel flexible bellows, exhibiting very high torsional rigidity with zero backlash.
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ZERO MAX INC has Sizing and Selection Software Product Catalogs  The Zero Max Motion Control Product line includes:Servo Class™ Couplings CD® Composite Disc Couplings Schmidt Couplings Torq-Tender® Couplings Zero-Max Drives ETP® Bushings Crown Gear Drives Roh'lix® Linear Actuators Zero-Max has been an industry leading manufacturer of power transmission components for over 50 years. By being responsive to customer's needs with innovative design and exceptional service, Zero-Max has grown into a worldwide solution provider. Contact Zero-Max for product information, application assistance or the New CD Coupling Metric Sizing Software. ... ...More >> |
