BELLOW COUPLING

Bellows couplings are flexible shaft connectors that connect driving and driven shafts in mechanical power transmission assemblies. They are also known as flexible shaft couplings

Bellows couplings have the following features

• Flexibility
• Durability
• Zero backlash
• High torsional stiffness
• Low inertia
• High misalignment compensation

Bellows couplings are used to:

• Counter misalignment between connected shafts
• Absorb shock
• Compensate for lateral, axial, and angular shaft misalignment

Bellows couplings are commonly used in:

• Bar feeder encoders
• Laser engraving machines
• Grinding machines
• Tube production machines
• Motor test benches
• Laser cutting machines

Bellows couplings are made up of

• A precision-engineered corrugated tube
• Two clamping hubs
• A thin-walled, flexible corrugation