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CENTAMAX
Series B

Torsionally soft couplings with precompression for

independently mounted units on rigid or soft mounts

For many years we have been supplying the „plug in“ Important characteristics and advantages:
type CENTAMAX series S for flange mounted drives. * torsionally very soft, precompressed, free of backlash
This series is described in detail in our catalogue CM-S.
* linear stiffness characteristic
In this leaflet we describe the CENTAMAX series B, * torsional stiffness can be adjusted by choice of
which adds a further interesting series for indepen- different shore hardness discs
dently mounted drives. We have delivered many such
couplings over the years, which we now describe in a * damps vibrations and shocks, compensates all kinds
seperate leaflet. of misalignments
* temperature resistant rubber, good heat dissipation
The outstanding technical advantage is the precom- due to ventillation all over the disc
pression between the input flange and the rubber disc,
* suitable for high speeds, accepts large bores in the
which makes it free of backlash. The CENTAMAX-B is
hubs
the only one of its kind of design with this feature.
* no wearing parts, reliable long life, no maintenance
The input flange is not made as a toothed cast alumini-
* compact short design – input flange to SAE J620 or
um ring, but it is made as a steel plate with a series of
with hub for the connection of 2 shafts
single bolted steel bushes, which engage with the teeth
of the rubber disc under substantial precompression. * simple, easy assembly, radial exchange of the element
Due to this backlash free, precompressed connection, * available with or without fail safe device
the couplings are much more resistant to wear due to
misalignment or torsional vibration especially when Typical areas of application:
under low or no load conditions. nonflanged, independently mounted units for main pro-
Furthermore the flexible element can be exchanged pulsion or auxiliary drives, such as gensets, pumps,
without disturbing the coupled shafts. compressors and all kinds of front P.T.0.
The CENTAMAX-B series are available for flywheel to The units can be mounted either on flexible or rigid
shaft or shaft to shaft applications. mounts.
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CENTAMAX-B Technical data
Continuous Allowable Dyn. Torsional
Shore Nominal Max.
Centamax Vibr. Torque Energy Stiffness
Hardness Torque Torque
Size TKW (Nm) Loss CTdyn
Shore A TKN (Nm) TKmax (Nm) at 10 Hz PKV (W) (Nm/rad)
50 700 1400 280 2800
800-B 60 850 1700 340 105 4200
70 950 2000 380 6800
50 1000 2000 400 4500
1200-B 60 1200 2400 480 150 7000
70 1300 3000 520 11700
50 1450 2900 580 6000
1600-B 60 1800 3600 720 220 9000
70 2000 4000 800 15000
50 2000 4000 800 10000
2400-B 60 2500 5000 1000 300 15000
70 2800 6000 1120 25000
50 2500 5000 1000 9000
2600-B 60 2700 6000 1080 350 12500
70 3000 7000 1200 20000
50 2800 6000 1120 25000
2800-B 60 3000 7500 1200 360 37500
70 3200 8000 1280 63000
50 3200 6500 1280 16000
3500-B 60 3500 8000 1400 450 24000
70 3800 8500 1520 38000
50 4000 8000 1600 34000
4000-B 60 4500 11000 1800 500 50000
70 5000 12500 2000 80000
50 4000 8000 1600 17000
5000-B 60 4500 9000 1800 500 27000
70 5000 10000 2000 45000
50 5400 11000 2160 28000
6000-B 60 6000 12000 2400 750 43000
70 7000 15000 2800 77000
50 8000 16000 3200 60000
8000-B 60 9000 22000 3600 1000 80000
70 10000 25000 4000 130000
50 12500 25000 5000 79000
12000-B 60 14000 28000 5600 1500 115000
70 15000 30000 6000 188000

Typical application samples of CENTAMAX-B

Five Humber tugs are successfully using CENTAMAX-B to drive fire CENTAMAX-B for main propulsion bet-
figthing pumps from the front PTO of the Diesel engine. ween Diesel engine on soft mounts and
marine gear on rigid mounts.

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 Dimensions, masses
® Mass moments of inertia
CENTAMAX-B without fail safe device

design „A“ design „B“

d1 J [kgm2] m [kg]
Centamax SAE
design A B C d3 E L L1 N1 primary secon- primary secon-
Size J620
min max dary dary

800 BBE A 11½ 87 15 150 ± 2 20 65 326 64 130 66 100 0,334 0,028 17,3 9,3
14 0,705 26,1
1200 BBE A 11½ 87 15 150 ± 2 20 65 326 64 130 66 100 0,338 0,051 17,5 12,2
14 0,708 26,2
14 0,933 28,1
1600 BBE A 16 87 15 188 ± 2 30 100 425 88 168 90 140 1,214 0,106 32,7 19,8
18 1,618 38,1
14 0,947 28,4
2400 BBE A 16 87 15 188 ± 2 30 100 425 88 168 90 140 1,227 0,155 33,1 23,8
18 1,631 38,5
14 1,056 27,9
2600 BCE B 16 98 15 212 ± 2 35 105 454,5 103 183 105 154 1,337 0,201 32,5 27,4
18 1,741 37,9
14 0,916 26,3
2800 BCE B 16 87 15 188 ± 2 35 105 425 103 158 105 154 1,197 0,218 30,9 26,2
18 1,601 36,3
14 1,076 28,7
3500 BCE B 16 98 15 212 ± 2 35 105 454,5 103 183 105 154 1,357 0,221 33,3 28,2
18 1,761 38,7
14 0,948 23,8
4000 BCE B 16 85 15 212 ± 2 50 140 454,5 125 190 125 210 1,228 0,445 28,4 44,6
18 1,632 33,9
14 1,177 30,2
5000 BCE B 16 111 15 227 ± 2 35 105 454,5 103 198 105 154 1,468 0,223 34,8 31,1
18 1,862 40,2
6000 BCE B 18 98 15 232 ± 2 50 140 544 123 208 125 210 1,938 0,613 37,9 51,9
21 3,078 49,6
18 2,805 47,1
8000 BCE B 21 111 18 265 ± 1 70 170 576 151 236 150 235 4,325 1,058 62,6 70,5
24 5,621 73,1
18 167 31 372 ± 2 664 7,724 108
12000 BCE B 21 157 21 362 ± 2 70 170 658 201 331 200 235 7,082 1,711 93,5 106
24 157 21 362 ± 2 658 8,454 104

Dimensions to SAE J 620 Order Code

SAE CM - 8000 - BCE - 60 - 21
DA DT Z S
J620
SAE size
11½ 352,4 333,4 8 x 45° 11
Shore hardness
14 466,7 438,2 8 x 45° 13
B = series
16 517,5 489,0 8 x 45° 13
series C = hub series
18 571,5 542,9 6 x 60° 17 E = element radially
exchangeable
21 673,1 641,4 12 x 30° 17
size
24 733,4 692,2 12 x 30° 19 Centamax series

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 Dimensions, masses
® Mass moments of inertia
CENTAMAX-B with fail safe device

design „C“ design „D“

d1 J [kgm2] m [kg]
Centamax SAE
design A B C d3 E F L1 N1 primary secon- primary secon-
Size J620
min max dary dary

800 BFE C 11½ 87 15 184 ± 2 20 65 326 98 20 80 100 0,334 0,039 17,3 14,4
14 0,705 26,1
1200 BFE C 11½ 87 15 184 ± 2 20 65 326 98 20 80 100 0,338 0,063 17,5 17,4
14 0,708 26,2
14 0,933 28,1
1600 BFE C 16 87 15 208 ± 2 30 100 425 108 20 90 140 1,214 0,149 32,7 28,5
18 1,618 38,1
14 0,947 28,4
2400 BFE C 16 87 15 208 ± 2 30 100 425 108 20 90 140 1,227 0,194 33,1 32,5
18 1,631 38,5
14 1,056 27,9
2600 BFE D 16 98 15 250 ± 2 35 105 454,5 148 20 130 154 1,337 0,209 32,5 30,5
18 1,741 37,9
14 0,916 26,3
2800 BFE D 16 87 15 233 ± 2 35 105 425 148 20 130 154 1,197 0,269 30,9 34,5
18 1,601 36,3
14 1,047 28,9
3500 BFE D 16 98 15 250 ± 2 35 105 454,5 148 20 130 154 1,328 0,289 33,5 35,4
18 1,732 38,9
14 0,948 23,8
4000 BFE D 16 85 15 232 ± 2 50 140 454,5 145 20 125 210 1,228 0,544 28,4 51,9
18 1,632 33,9
14 1,177 30,2
5000 BFE D 16 111 15 265 ± 2 35 105 454,5 148 20 130 154 1,468 0,229 34,8 34,2
18 1,862 40,2
6000 BFE D 18 98 15 267 ± 2 50 140 544 143 20 125 210 1,938 0,712 37,9 59,2
21 3,078 49,6
18 2,805 47,1
8000 BFE D 21 111 18 290 ± 1 70 170 576 176 25 150 235 4,325 1,281 62,6 82,9
24 5,621 73,1
18 167 31 400 ± 2 664 7,724 108
12000 BFE D 21 157 21 390 ± 2 70 170 658 229 28 200 235 7,082 2,011 93,5 126
24 157 21 390 ± 2 658 8,454 104

Order Code
CM - 8000 - BFE - 60 - 21 Without any details being given the hubs will be
delivered prebored. All detail data, dimensions
SAE size
and information in this catalogue is given without
Shore hardness guarantee. We reserve the right to make amend-
B = series ments and improvements without notice. This
series F = fail safe catalogue supersedes all previous catalogues
E = element radially
exchangeable
and data sheets.
size
This technical document has legal protection in
Centamax series accordance with DIN 34.

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CENTAMAX-B
Shaft to shaft types,
for radial change of
element
primary secondary
Series BBEW
Series BCEW

d1 / d2 J [kgm2] m [kg]
Centamax A C d3 E1 E2 L1 / L2 N1 / N 2 X
Size primary secon- primary secon-
min max dary dary

800 BBEW 87 214 ± 2 20 65 330 64 64 66 100 69 0,303 0,028 21 9

1200 BBEW 87 214 ± 2 20 65 330 64 64 66 100 69 0,307 0,051 22 12
1600 BBEW 87 276 ± 2 30 100 430 88 88 90 140 83 0,821 0,106 38 19
2400 BBEW 87 276 ± 2 30 100 430 88 88 90 140 83 0,835 0,155 39 23
2600 BCEW 99 316 ± 2 35 105 458 103 103 105 154 88 1,166 0,201 49 27
2800 BCEW 88 294 ± 2 35 105 430 103 103 105 154 66 0,919 0,218 44 26
3500 BCEW 99 316 ± 2 35 105 458 103 103 105 154 88 1,186 0,221 50 28
4000 BCEW 86 336 ± 2 50 140 458 125 123 125 210 68 1,252 0,445 62 44
5000 BCEW 112 330 ± 2 35 105 458 103 103 105 154 102 1,287 0,223 53 31
6000 BCEW 99 356 ± 2 50 140 548 123 123 125 210 88 2,203 0,613 76 51
8000 BCEW 113 414 ± 2 70 170 578 151 148 150 235 96 3,411 1,058 104 70
12000 BCEW 157 560 ± 2 70 170 665 201 198 200 235 137 7,545 1,711 164 106

X = min. space between the shaft ends for radial change of the rubber element.

Alignment Misalignment Permissible Angular and Radial Misalignment

of Coupling Permissible angular and parallel offset misalignment is dependant
radial upon the speed when utilizing the nominal torque capacity.

The alignment of free mounted, non- ▲

flanged drives should be checked in the
rpm

▲
usual way, f.i. by checking the radial and
angular misalignment between driving and
driven side with a dial indicator. axial
As reference surface the inner hub
▲

should be used on one side and a machi-

ned surface of the flywheel or of the fly-
wheel flange of the coupling or a hub on
the other side. angular Since radial and angular misalignments
If the engine is placed on flexible cause continuous flexing of the rubber
mounts, then the alignment should be disc, it is advisable to keep the alignment
checked at the earliest, 2 days after the en- as low as possible — better than above
gine has been put on its flexible mounts, values — in order to ensure long coupling
because only then will these mounts have life and smooth running. For non flanged
taken most of their permanent set. drives we recommend following effective
The couplings can accomodate the range of max. misalignment:
In addition, the rigidly mounted driven following maximum misalignment: angular: 0,2 degree / radial: 0,5 mm
unit should be placed about 0,3 mm lower
than the flexibly mounted engine. In this Axial: several mm (as stated in Above values are for continuous duty.
way, upon further settling of the engine a dimension tables). For short time (f.i. during starting and stop-
misalignment improvement can be achie- ping the engine, at heavy sea, etc.) up to
Angular: 0,5 degrees five times higher values for radial and an-
ved and the engines position after some
gular misalignment are allowable.
running time will not be essentially lower Radial: 1,0 mm
than the driven unit. Further settling of the Furthermore we offer the CENTAX - SEC
engine is thus anticipated and compensa- range of couplings which easily compen-
ted if necessary. These values for angular and radial sate considerable misalignments without
misalignment are based on 1500 rpm. For wear in the torque range up to 160 KNm.
The alignment of flexibly mounted en- other speeds convert according the follo- Make use of our extensive experience and
gines should be checked periodically. wing diagram: counsel for critical application.

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CENTAMAX-B Fitting Instructions

At first the output hub of the

coupling is mounted onto the dri-
ven shaft and the flywheel flange
is mounted to the flywheel (tigh-
tening torque TA2).

Then the driven unit is put in

its final position and aligned to
the driving unit. Next step is the
assembly of the rubber disc to the
output hub (tightening torque
TA3). Finally the single bushes are
bolted to the flywheel flange (TA4).
To achieve the desired precom-
pression a substantial radial force
must be exerted to the single
bush in order to press it radially TA2 Tightening torque of bolts on flywheel flange
into its final position. We recom- Types BBE, BCE
mend as a first step to screw only SAE 11 1/2 14 16 18 21 24
one bolt without bushes and then Metric bolts M10 M12 M12 M16 M16 M18
8.8 TA2 (Nm) 50 85 85 200 220 290
to use this bolt as a support for a
Inch bolts 3/8 - 16 1/2 - 13 1/2 - 13 5/8 - 13 5/8 - 11 3/4 - 10
tool (e.g. large screw driver) and
TA2 (Nm)
to press the next bush down with 40 110 110 205 205 375
(inch-lbs.) 360 960 960 1800 1800 3300
this tool until the relevant bolt is These bolts are not included
tightened. Then always use the
previously assembled adjacent TA3 Tightening torque of bolts on inner hub
bush as support in order to press Types BBE, BCE, BBEW, BCEW
down the next bush. coupling 800 B 1600 B 2600 B 4000 B 8000 B 12000 B
size 1200 B 2400 B 2800 B 5000 B
3500 B 6000 B
In order to avoid too much bolts M 10 M 12 M 16 M 16 M 20 M 20
temporary radial load on the cou- DIN 912 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9
pled shafts during assembly, we tightening torque
TA3 (Nm) 70 120 310 310 610 610
recommed always tightening
alternate bolts 180° opposite to quantity 16 16 8 12 12 24

the previously tightened bolt.

TA4 Tightening torque of bolts on flange
After this procedure, the cou- Types BBE, BCE, BBEW, BCEW
pling is free of radial and axial coupling 800 B 1600 B 2600 B 4000 B 5000 B 8000 B 12000 B
size 1200 B 2400 B 3500 B
forces, if it is well aligned. Also 2800 B 6000 B
the transmitted torque does not bolts M 10x70 M 10x70 M 12x80 M 12x70 M 12x95 M 14x90 M 16x140
create any reacting force. DIN 912 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 10.9 8.8
tightening torque
TA4 (Nm) 70 70 120 120 120 190 220
Only misalignments will cause
relevant reacting forces. quantity 24 24 24 24 24 24 24
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