Flexible coupling: shaft coupling Lovejoy

Today’s manufacturing sector is concerned with the amount of downtime spent on scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. The dollars lost to unscheduled maintenance by itself can be quite substantial. All industrial facilities use some type of flexible coupling for pumps, compressors, conveyors, and other machinery.

Fact is, flexible couplings all require some type of maintenance. Gear and grid type flexible couplings require lubrication. To lubricate these types of couplings, the lube plugs must first removed and then the coupling is filled with grease. Various elastomeric type flexible couplings require periodic change of the elastomeric element. The difficultly level for different types of elastomeric couplings can vary widely. Some, like the standard jaw product, require that one of the hubs be moved back on the shaft to allow for the element to be changed-out. Machinery may have to be moved to allow for this hub movement, which can be very time consuming.

Other elastomeric designs have many fasteners and parts to be disassembled for element change-out. In either case, the time that it takes to change this element is critical for maintenance personnel. This is where the advantages of the Lovejoy Jaw In Shear 6 Pin design provide a solution to plant downtime. There are no tools necessary, no hubs to move, no messy lubrication to deal with and best of all – elements can be changed in minutes.

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