Cyclopedia of mechanical engineering; a general reference work. Editor-in-chief Howard Monroe Raymond. Assisted by a corps of mechanical engineers, technical experts, and designers of the highest professional standing (1908)
American School (Chicago, Ill.), Raymond, Howard Monroe · Chicago American Technical Society · leaf 364
thickenough to give equal torsional strength with the shaft; hut theexact function which the bolts perform is ditticult to deterniine.In general the bolts clamp the coupling tightly on the shaft andprovide rigidity, but the key does the principal amount of thedriving. The bolt sizes, in these… … spring the shafts out of line. In the case of tiie flange coupling,the two halves may be keyed in place on the shafts, the latter thenswung on centers in the lathe, and the joint faced off. Thus thejoint will be true to the axis of the shaft; and, when it is clampedin position by the bolts, no…
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