Connecting Shafts

Listing ID #3509583

Among the frictional shaft-hub-connections Shrink Discs and Cone Clamping Elements take an important position. By tightening clamping screws conical surfaces are pulled together ­generating radial forces; these forces provide the required frictional ­connection between the parts involved in the transmission of torques or forces.
Shrink Discs and Cone Clamping Elements are capable of transmitting much higher torques than conventional positive connections with ­keyways. The shafts can be designed smaller and shorter. The relationships between shaft ­dia­meter and shaft length are illustrated in the example shown in the figure. In this comparison, the same torque is ­trans­mitted via a Cone ­Clamping Element (upper half of the figure) and via a keyway connection (lower half of the ­figure). The Cone Clamping Element design ­offers a much more compact and cost effective solution.