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Industrial U-Joints: Used On Vertical Pumps, Test Stands, Main Rolling-Mill Drives

Universal joints, or U-joints, are shaft connectors that allow angular misalignment and are classified by their motion and application. They include automotive U-joints for wheel drive shafts, industrial U-joints for equipment like pumps and mills up to 40 inches in diameter, and mechanism U-joints for mechanisms from fractional to hundreds of horsepower and misalignments up to 40 and 80 degrees.

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Industrial U-Joints: Used On Vertical Pumps, Test Stands, Main Rolling-Mill Drives

Universal joints, or U-joints, are shaft connectors that allow angular misalignment and are classified by their motion and application. They include automotive U-joints for wheel drive shafts, industrial U-joints for equipment like pumps and mills up to 40 inches in diameter, and mechanism U-joints for mechanisms from fractional to hundreds of horsepower and misalignments up to 40 and 80 degrees.

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Universal Joints Universal joints, or U-joints, are used to join shafts that must intersect at angles greater than

those that can be accommodated by flexible couplings. They are generally classified by their motion transmission characteristic, which can be either constant velocity, nonconstant velocity, or near-constant velocity. U-joints can also be classified by their application: automotive, industrial, or mechanism. U-joints fall into three categories:Automotive U-joints: Used for wheel drive shafts on cars, trucks, and off-highway vehicles, such as tractors, and earthmoving equipment. Industrial U-joints: Used on vertical pumps, test stands, main rolling-mill drives and auxiliary equipment. Available in diameters to 40 in. capable of 15 misalignment, with torques to 15 million lb-in. Mechanism U-joints: Used for cranking, steering, and others. Available from fractional to several hundred horsepower. Misalignments, 40 on a single unit and 80 on double units.

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