Professional Documents
Culture Documents
and
Spacer Shaft
Tolerances
Is there really a need for both?
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Flexible Coupling
A flexible coupling has two flex planes
(points of power transmission.)
1 2
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Misalignment Magnified
SHEAR?
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Misalignment Magnified
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Shaft Measurement
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Defining Tolerances
Short Flex Tolerances
Short flex tolerances express the misalignment as an
Angle between the shaft centerlines and as the Offset
between the shaft centerlines calculated at coupling
center.
4 or less
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Calculated offset at
coupling center
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Defining Tolerances
Spacer Tolerances
Spacer tolerances express the misalignment at each
flex plane.
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Defining Tolerances
Notes:
Spacer and Short Flex Tolerances both measure
the relative rotational centerline misalignment but
express it in different terms.
Short flex tolerances were developed many years
ago to safely simplify the alignment tolerances of
close coupled (4 or less) machines.
Short flex tolerances are a derivative of spacer
tolerances.
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Example of both Tolerances
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Tolerances
What tolerances do I use?
Short Flex?
Spacer?
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Short Flex
Short Flex tolerances have been over-
generalized to cover all types and lengths of
couplings.
As the distance between flex planes
increases, the possibility of aligning to short
flex tolerances severely decreases when it
should actually become easier.
That Express Alignment has now become a
lengthy, tedious process!
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What is happening to
the angle?
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Spacer Coupling Effect
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Spacer Tolerances
Expressed at EACH FLEX PLANE
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Short Flex Only
Short Flex tolerances
need to satisfy a given
Angularity AND Offset
at the coupling center.
condition!
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Conclusion
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Conclusion
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