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ABOUT OEP COUPLINGS
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OEP Couplings manufactures a complete line of high-performance, innovative shaft couplings, precisely machined from advanced materials, using the most sophisticated machining technology available. The OEP Coupling division of Oren Elliott Products, Inc. is a continuation of an already long history of manufacturing excellence.
OEP takes great pride in long-standing relationships with many of our customers, including industry leaders in such fields as semiconductor fabrication equipment, robotics, fluid power, pump systems, analytical devices, food processing equipment, and medical equipment.
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JAW COUPLINGS
Advantages:
- High torque capabilities
- Different material choices for the spider allow the user to choose torsional stiffness
- Somewhat "failsafe", in the sense that the driving hub will continue to turn the driven hub after failure of the spider
- Easy installation in blind or difficult installations - all jaw couplings have through bores
- Dampens variations or spikes in torque, usually caused by the driving element, protecting the support bearings and the driven component, and reducing vibration
- Wear element can be reversed before being replaced, doubling life
- Rugged, can function well in harsh environments
- Replaceable, inexpensive wear element
Disadvantages:
Typical applications:
Pumps, particularly gear, lobe, vane, and reciprocating pumps; also applications involving piston motors, or any system with high torque and vibration, where relative angular location of the two shafts need not remain constant |
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Advantages of OEP's Jaw Couplings, over jaw couplings from other manufacturers:
- Miniature sizes available
- Spiders available in various materials and hardnesses; hubs available in various materials
- All hubs very precisely machined from bar: No cheap castings or powdered metal parts, resulting in better overall and more consistent performance
- Unique geometry of spider, and low coefficient of friction between spider and hubs, minimizes reactive forces, and reduces heating of spider during operation
Variations offered by OEP Couplings:
- Materials for midsection: Urethane: Good all-around performance; NBR: More torsional dampening; high-temperature rubber: For high-temperature applications or applications exposed to chemicals incompatible with other elastomers.
- Materials for hub: Alloy 7075 aluminum, alloy 303 stainless steel, nickel plated alloy 1018 steel
- Shaft attachment options: Set screw without keyway, set screw with keyway, clamping without keyway, clamping with keyway
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