The coupling principle offers the advantage of very simple & easy handling and operation.

In most variations it comprises of only a single component.

With the key-less, split-/clamping- hub designs, drive shafts suffer no damage, with the elimination of any possibility of rubbed ‘flats’ from abrasion appearing in any form, on dismantling or even during operation. The torque to be transmitted is more evenly distributed, around the whole shaft surface, as opposed to only one side of the keyway. There is no possibility of fretting corrosion. Life span is substantially improved and it is maintenance-free.

The bellows part of the coupling is made from stainless steel, whilst hubs made from aluminium alloy are ‘Loctite’ glued to each end. However, with the larger hub sizes (from KB4/60 upwards) material changes to steel and they are soldered, or welded to each end of the bellows.

Combining all these positive qualities makes the bellows coupling one of the most popular and proven shaft connectors found, particularly, in the industrial sectors of NC machines, Servo Drives, Packaging Machines, Linear Devices, Machine Tools, Pulse Generators (encoders, etc.) and Robot Control Drives and also in practically every other area of the dynamics, even under the most difficult environmental conditions.

Specific Feature:

A particular feature of the metal Bellows Couplings arises from their meticulous manufacturing process, where guaranteed high concentricity of assembled components is assured, because every single coupling is ‘centered’ at the jointing assembly, on a mandrel. The rotational concentricity is then measured (for high accuracy) again at the final inspection stage