Drive Shafts

PRODUCTS Drive Shafts

Drive Shafts

Our carbon fiber drive shaft can be provided with any combination of hubs with pins or bushings depending on the field conditions.

Main Advantages:

Light weight and therefore a lot easier to handle
Precision machined hubs make it easier to align
No balancing required
Impervious to weather and cooling tower conditions
No maintenance required
Electrically isolating
High misalignment tolerance

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advantages

THE ADVANTAGES OF FRONTLINE DRIVE SHAFTS

High Misalignment Tolerance

The “free floating” double engagement design allows the Frontline Coupling to significantly reduce the adverse effect of lateral forces due to unavoidable misalignment. This feature greatly extends the bearing life of the driver and the driven equipment.

Electrically Isolated

Because of the polymer bushings, the two hubs are electrically isolated from each other and therefore prevent stray currents from traveling across and damaging the bearings on the driven equipment.

Dynamically Balanced

Finished bore couplings are furnished balanced to AGMA Class 10.

Easy to Install & Align

No special tools are required for installation or removal. In the event that a laser or dial indicator is not readily available, a good alignment can still be achieved with the use of a straight edge placed across the outside of the precision machined hubs.

Environmentally Tough

The hubs, pins and power ring are made out of 303 and 316 S.S. The bushings are a fiber-reinforced polymer compound.

Vibration Dampening

The polymer bushings provide shock and vibration dampening leading to longer equipment life.

Maintenance Free

No Lubrication required since the bushings are made out of a low coefficient of friction, high strength, self-lubricated polymer compound. In the event that the pins and bushings need to be replaced, this can be easily done in the field without disturbing the equipment.

Low Inventory Cost

Only one-size bushing and pin are needed for each Coupling Series regardless of the coupling size. Also, the coupling hubs and power ring never see any wear and therefore never need to be replaced.