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1 FLENDER Standard Couplings Catalog MD 2009. FLENDER Couplings Answers for industry. Related catalogs ARPEX MD Paper Machine Drives MD All-steel/Composite Couplings E86060-K5710-A151-A1-7400 E86060-K5720-A151-A1-6300. ARPEX MD Conveyor Drives MD All-steel/High Performance Couplings E86060-K5710-A191-A1-7400 E86060-K5720-A161-A1-6300. ARPEX MD Products for CA 01. All-steel/ Couplings Miniature Automation and Drives Interactive Catalog E86060-K5710-A211-A1-6300 E86060-D4001-A510-C8-7600. ARPEX MD Industry Mall All-steel/Torque Limiters Information and ordering platform in the Internet: E86060-K5710-A221-A1-7400. Gear Units MD Sizes 3-22. E86060-K5720-A111-A2-6300. Gear Units MD Sizes 23-28. E86060-K5720-A211-A1-6300. Bucket Elevator Drives MD E86060-K5720-A121-A2-6300. PLANUREX 2 MD Planetary Gear Units E86060-K5720-A131-A1-6300.

2 Girth Gear Units MD E86060-K5720-A141-A1-7400. FLENDER Standard Couplings Catalog MD 2009. Dear Customer, We take pleasure in presenting you with the new Catalog MD 2009 Edition, which replaces the 2008 Edition. This catalog contains the whole up-to-date product range of our standard Couplings , such as: 7 ZAPEX ZW, ZAPEX ZI Torsionally rigid gear Couplings 7 ARPEX Torsionally rigid all-steel Couplings 7 N-EUPEX, N-EUPEX DS Flexible Couplings 7 RUPEX Flexible Couplings 7 BIPEX Flexible Couplings 7 ELPEX-B, ELPEX-S, ELPEX Highly flexible Couplings 7 FLUDEX Fluid Couplings We hope that you will enjoy using Catalog MD for all your ordering infromation. Any ideas and suggestions for improvement will be gratefully received. Couplings can also be selected in the product configurator of the PC software, specified using selection menus and assigned their respective order numbers.

3 You can download free of charge on the Internet at: The software is also available as an installation CD-ROM from your Siemens contact partner. You can also access our catalog and online ordering system (Industry Mall) on the Internet at: Yours truly, Dr. Johannes Schmeink Head of Business Unit Couplings Siemens AG, Industry Sector, Drive Technologies, Mechanical Drives FLENDER Couplings Answers for industry. s . FLENDER Couplings Standard Couplings Introduction 1. Catalog MD 2009. Technical Information 2. coupling Preselection and Options 3. Torsionally Rigid Gear Couplings ZAPEX ZW. 4. The products and sys- tems described in this ca- talog are manufactu- red/distributed under application of a certified ZAPEX ZI. 5. quality management system in accordance with DIN EN ISO 9001. (Certified Registration Torsionally Rigid All-Steel Couplings ARPEX.)

4 6. No. 01 100 000708). The certificate is recognized by all IQNet countries. Flexible Couplings N-EUPEX. 7. RUPEX. 8. Supersedes: Catalog MD 2008. Refer to the Industry Mall for current updates of this catalog: BIPEX. 9. The products contained in this catalog can also be found in the e-Catalog CA 01. Highly Flexible Couplings ELPEX-B. 10. Order No.: E86060-D4001-A510-C8-7600. Please contact your local Siemens branch ELPEX-S. 11. Siemens AG 2009. ELPEX. 12. Fluid Couplings FLUDEX. 13. Taper Clamping Bushes 14. Appendix Fitting recommendations 15. Contact partners Answers for industry. Siemens Industry answers the challenges in the manufacturing and the process industry as well as in the building automation business. Our drive and automation solutions based on Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) and Totally Integrated Power (TIP).

5 Are employed in all kinds of industry. In the manufacturing and the process industry. In industrial as well as in functional buildings. Siemens offers automation, drive, and Check out the opportunities our low-voltage switching technology as automation and drive solutions provide. well as industrial software from stan- And discover how you can sustainably dard products up to entire industry solu- enhance your competitive edge with us. tions. The industry software enables our industry customers to optimize the en- tire value chain from product design and development through manufacture and sales up to after-sales service. Our electrical and mechanical components offer integrated technologies for the en- tire drive train from Couplings to gear units, from motors to control and drive solutions for all engineering industries.

6 Our technology platform TIP offers ro- bust solutions for power distribution. 1/2 Siemens MD 2009. FLENDER Standard Couplings Introduction The mechanical drive train comprises individual units such as motor, gear unit and driven machine. The coupling connects freewheel clutches draw their engaging energy from the trans- mitted output. 1. these component assemblies. Rigid Couplings , designed as clamp, flanged or mechanism As well as the transmission of rotary motion and torque, other re- Couplings , connect machines which must not undergo any shaft quirements may be made of the coupling . misalignment. Hydrodynamic Couplings , often also called fluid Compensation for shaft misalignment where restorative forces or F ttinger Couplings , are used as starting Couplings in drives are low with high mass moments of inertia of the driven machine.

7 In drive technology very often flexible, positive Couplings , which may be Compensation for shaft displacement with low restorative designed to be torsionally rigid, torsionally flexible or highly forces flexible, are used. Control of characteristic angular vibration frequency and damping Torsionally rigid Couplings are designed to be rigid in a periph- eral direction and flexible in radial and axial directions. The Interruption or limitation of torque angle of rotation and torque are conducted through the coupling Noise insulation, electrical insulation without a phase shift. Couplings are frequently chosen after the machines to be con- Torsionally flexible Couplings have resilient elements usually nected have already been selected. Thanks to a large number manufactured from elastomer materials. Using an elastomer ma- of different coupling assembly options, specified marginal con- terial with a suitable ShoreA hardness provides the most advan- ditions for clearance and connection geometry can be met from tageous torsional stiffness and damping for the application.

8 The standard range. The coupling also performs secondary Shaft misalignment causes the resilient elements to deform. functions, providing a brake disk or brake drum for operat- Highly flexible Couplings have large-volume (elastomer) resilient ing or blocking brakes, devices to record speed or the attach- elements of low stiffness. The angle of rotation and torque are ment of sprockets or pulleys. conducted through the coupling with a considerable phase shift. Couplings are divided into two main groups, Couplings and clutches. Clutches interrupt or limited the transmissible torque. The en- gaging and disengaging forces on externally operated clutches are introduced via a mechanically, electrically, hydraulically or pneumatically operating mechanism. Overload, centrifugal or Shaft Couplings Couplings Clutches rigid flexible externally speed controlled rotation direction operated torque-controlled controlled Clamp Couplings Clutches Safety Couplings Centrifugal clutches Freewheel clutches Flanged Couplings Overrunning clutches Mechanism Couplings friction positive Hydrodynamic Couplings Magnetic Couplings Torsionally Torsionally rigid flexible Highly flexible Friction Couplings Gear Couplings Steel-spring Couplings Rubber-tire G_MD10_EN_00001.

9 All-steel membrane Pin-and-bush Couplings Couplings Couplings Rubber-disk Universal-joint Couplings Claw Couplings Couplings Parallel-crank Couplings Rubber element Rubber spacer ring Couplings Couplings Siemens MD 2009 1/3. FLENDER Standard Couplings Introduction Notes 1. 1/4 Siemens MD 2009. Technical Information 2/2. 2/2. Shaft misalignment Restorative forces 2. 2/3 Balancing 2/4 Shaft-hub connections 2/4 Assembly 2/4 Contact protection 2/4 Maintenance 2/5 Corrosion protection 2/5 Ambient conditions 2/5 ATEX and EC Machinery Directive 2/5 Overload conditions 2/5 coupling behavior under overload conditions 2/5 Torsional and bending vibrations 2/6 Standards 2/6 Formula symbols Siemens MD 2009. FLENDER Standard Couplings Technical Information Shaft misalignment Furthermore, because individual components of the drive train heat up differently during operation, heat expansion of the ma- Shaft misalignment is the result of displacement during assem- chine housings causes shaft misalignment.

10 Bly and operation and, where machines constructed with two ra- dial bearings each are rigidly coupled, will cause high loads be- Poorly aligned drives are often the cause of seal, rolling bearing 2 ing placed on the bearings. Elastic deformation of base frame, foundation and machine housing will lead to shaft misalignment or coupling failure. Alignment should be carried out by specialist personnel in accordance with FLENDER operating instructions. which cannot be prevented, even by precise alignment. Depending on the direction of the effective shaft misalignment a distinction is made between: .U..Z..D. *B0' B;;B *B0' B;;B *B0' B;;B . Axial misalignment Radial misalignment Angular misalignment Couplings can be categorized into one of the following groups: Single-joint Couplings Two-joint Couplings Couplings with flexible elements mainly made of elastomer Two-joint Couplings are always designed with an adapter.