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Flexible Shaft Coupling Manufacturers and Companies

IQS Directory provides a detailed list of flexible shaft coupling manufacturers and suppliers. Find flexible shaft coupling companies that can design, engineer, and manufacture flexible shaft couplings to your specifications. Peruse our website to review and discover top flexible shaft coupling manufacturers with roll over ads and complete product descriptions. Connect with the flexible shaft coupling companies through our hassle-free and efficient request for quote form. You are provided company profiles, website links, locations, phone numbers, product videos, and product information. Read reviews and stay informed with product new articles. Whether you are looking for manufacturers of flexible drive shafts, torque shaft couplings, and flexible bellow shafts of every type, IQS is the premier source for you.

  • Bloomingdale, IL

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    As the exclusive North American marketing, sales, engineering and manufacturing partner of several world class European manufacturers, DieQua offer a broad range of premium quality power transmission and motion control components designed exclusively to enhance the performance of your machine designs. These include quality manufactured flexible shaft couplings among more quality products.

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  • Bensenville, IL

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    Our flexible shaft couplings come with a variety of features. Some of these features include split clamping hubs, adjustable length and rotational orientation, radial mounting, and they come in lengths up to four meters. Allow our experienced staff to show you what our over twenty years of experience in the industry can do for you! Contact our customer service representatives via phone or email to find out more information today!

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  • Westfield, NY

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    Throughout our 70+ years, we've manufactured a lot of products and provided many solutions for power transmission and material handling. Some of our products include universal joints and shaft couplings — Compresi-Flex; flexible disc; standard gear; pin and bush plus mass transit couplings.

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  • Westwood, NJ

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    We are one of the world’s premier companies with German Engineering as well as one of the oldest. We will bring to you products that will not quit and our flexible shaft couplings are an excellent example of this. Our technicians are committed to enabling us to stay on the leading edge of innovation. Get in touch with us by phone or email to learn how we are able to provide you with only the best products. We look forward to working with you!

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  • Wilmington, MA

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    With over thirty years of experience and 3300 standard products, Stafford has what it takes to be your number one resource for flexible shaft couplings. It’s not just a tag line—Stafford says it and backs it up with industry leading quality, service, selection and value. Thousands of customers rely on Stafford as their exclusive supplier of standard and custom products. Please call Stafford today!

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Alignment and Installation

Flexible Shaft Couplings Shaft couplings are extremely invaluable in protecting machinery from stress, wear, and thus, untimely failure. This is because they often significantly lengthen the working life of the parts they connect. In precision applications, flexible couplings are compensating for three axes of shaft misalignment, while accurately transmitting velocity, position, and torque. Because of their important role, it is crucial that they are selected carefully and installed properly. Even though the flexible shaft coupler is able to compensate for misalignment, it is imperative to align the shafts as much... Read More

The Third Shaft

Flexible Shaft Couplings When I was a child, one of my favorite television shows to watch was School House Rock. On this delightfully musical and educational show was a song called Three is a Magic Number , and this is a statement I have always found stands true, even when it comes to the industrial world. For example, the third shaft, which is also sometimes known as the flexible gear coupling or gear coupling, is so vital to the proper running of a machine or vehicle it can be considered... Read More

The Building Block Products of Renewable Energies

Flexible Shaft Couplings With all of the hype involving oil and its related issues, both environmentally and economically, a focus on renewable energies has developed and continues to be a focal point for many industrial arenas. A variety of products are being developed specifically for renewable energy efforts, and some that are already in existence are simply being newly applied, like the shaft coupler. These shaft couplings are used to help transfer power from the source to what it is moving, easing the stress on the two shafts that connect... Read More

Flexible Shaft Couplings: The Fluid Version

Flexible shaft couplings are designed to secure rotary equipment to its stationary counterparts while removing some of the stress from the mechanical parts and correcting misalignment when it happens. Fluid couplings are a certain type of shaft coupling that is particularly special because it is a flexible shaft coupling that is a hydrodynamic device, which can not be claimed by any other coupling model. Hydrodynamic means that fluid couplings utilize liquids, usually oil to translate the movement of one part into power for another, while also maintaining some of the... Read More

Bellows With A Twist - Electrodeposited nickel bellows couplings flex to fit misaligned shafts yet remain torsionally stiff.

Electrodeposited nickel bellows couplings flex to fit misaligned shafts yet remain torsionally stiff. by Paul Hazlitt, Senior Engineer Servometer - PMG, LLC What do a micron-precision silicon wafer cutter, a surgical microscope focusing mechanism, and a target sighting system for an MIA2 Abrams tank all have in common? Each contains an electrodeposited nickel bellows coupling. Such couplings excel in instrumentation and fractional-horsepower applications but are occasionally overlooked because they tend to cost more than other types. Couplings are typically rated by their torque capacity, rotational inertia, resistance to the elements,... Read More

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Flexible Shaft Couplings

A flexible shaft coupling is a device that connects two shafts that can transmit torque even if misaligned. In ideal circumstances, shafts are connected by a coupling to form a straight line. However, two shafts can become out of line as the result of poor installation, thermal growth or shrinkage, foundation movement or component wear.

A flexible shaft coupling is needed to connect shafts that are slightly misaligned. In parallel misalignment, two shafts are virtually parallel but slightly offset. In angular misalignment, the shafts intersect at angles to each other. Axial misalignment is a combination of both parallel and angular misalignment. The degree of misalignment a coupling can tolerate depends on its material and its application, but in general, up to 5° of misalignment can be tolerated. The most common materials for flexible shaft couplings in automobiles are stainless steel, which protects against corrosion and increases torque capacity and strength, and aluminum, which is a lighter and less expensive option. Certain types of flexible shaft couplings contain a central disk comprised of plastic or rubber that transmits torque. Flexible shaft couplings are cylindrical in shape, and vary depending on the different types and their functions. Flexible shaft couplings are used to connect drive shafts in automobiles; they isolate driveline vibration, propeller pulse, and gear chatter in motorized boats. Other industrial applications include use in printing machines, paper making machines, roll forming machines, hydraulic pumps, and wind turbines.


There are many different kinds of flexible shaft couplings. The Oldham coupling consists of three components: two hubs and a central plastic disk. It accommodates slight parallel misalignment, while providing almost zero backlash. Backlash is the amount of lost motion due to clearance or slackness when movement is reversed and contact is re-established. The bellows coupling has two hubs and a thin walled metallic bellows and can accommodate all three types of misalignment. Single beam couplings are usually made of a single piece of aluminum and have a system of spiral cuts that allow it to bend in order to accommodate angular misalignment. Multiple beam couplings consist of two to three overlapping beams that address problems of torsional rigidity. Jaw, or spider, couplings consist of two metallic hubs, each with a set of interlocking teeth, and a flexible rubber or plastic piece (the spider), in the shape of a star which fits between them. Jaw couplings have zero backlash and function well at high speeds but do not tolerate a great deal of misalignment. A single disc coupling is composed of two hubs that bend to accommodate angular misalignment. The double disc coupling has two hubs that are connected by an additional center spacer that allows them to bend in opposite directions to manage offset shafts.

Flexible Shaft Couplings
Flexible Shaft Couplings
Flexible Shaft Couplings - DieQua Corporation
Flexible Shaft Couplings - DieQua Corporation