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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide

OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide
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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide

Product catalog summary
Overview: OEP Couplings, a division of Oren Elliott Products, Inc., offers a wide range of flexible and rigid shaft couplings suitable for shafts from 2mm to 30mm and 0.125 inches to 1.125 inches in diameter. These couplings are designed for various industrial applications requiring precise torque transmission, misalignment accommodation, and electrical insulation.
Product Types:
  • Oldham Couplings (Type OC): Feature low reactive forces, high torsional stiffness, and electrical insulation. They include a replaceable plastic midsection acting as a mechanical fuse.
  • Oldham/Universal Couplings (Type OI): Similar to Type OC but with overlapping fins for higher static break torque and stiffness, suitable for high torque applications.
  • Magnetic Couplings (Type MXC): Provide high torque transmission with low reactive forces.
  • Rigid Couplings (Types RS, RC, RT): Available in set screw and clamping configurations for secure shaft attachment.
Materials and Configurations:
  • Midsection Materials: Options include Delrin©, high-temperature thermoplastics, and low-friction-coated machined urethane.
  • Hub Materials: Anodized aluminum, brass, and stainless steel with various shaft attachment options.
Performance Specifications:
  • Oldham Couplings (Type OC): High torsional stiffness and peak torque, designed for easy installation and electrical insulation.
  • Oldham/Universal Couplings (Type OI): Enhanced performance with higher static break torque and larger axial shaft play accommodation.
Applications: Suitable for industrial applications requiring precise torque transmission, misalignment accommodation, and electrical insulation.
Additional Coupling Types:
  • UA Couplings: High torque rating and flexibility, accommodating radial and angular misalignments.
  • BC Couplings: Precision-CNC-machined for harsh conditions, with high torsional stiffness.
  • SC Couplings: Known for torsional dampening capabilities and high peak torque rating.
Materials and Options: Includes Delrin, high-temp plastics, and various metals for wear bushings and hubs, with different shaft attachment methods.
Performance and Physical Dimensions: Detailed tables provide metrics like peak torque, static break torque, torsional stiffness, and moment of inertia.
Rigid Couplings (RX Series): Simple, robust, and economical, made from high-strength alloys with detailed specifications provided.
Procedures and Recommendations: Emphasizes proper shaft engagement and use of locking compounds to prevent slippage under torque.
Customization and Examples: OEP Couplings offers tailored solutions for specific torque requirements and material compatibility.
Part Numbering System: Detailed explanation of the part numbering system, allowing for a variety of optional features and customization.
Contact Information: Provides contact details for inquiries and quotes.
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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-1

OEP Couplings , a division of Oren Elliott Products, Inc. 128 W. Vine St., Edgerton, OH 43517 USA ph 419-298-2306 fax 419-298-3545 email: [email protected] www.oepcouplings.com OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide Flexible and rigid shaft couplings, accommodating shafts from 2mm to 30mm and from 0.125 inches up to 1.125 inches in diameter

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-2

Type OI, Oldham coupling Type UC, Oldham/Universal coupling Type UI, Oldham/Universal coupling Type MXC, Magnetic coupling Type RS, Rigid coupling with set screws Type RC, Rigid 1-pc clamping coupling Type RT, Rigid 3-pc clamping coupling OEP Couplings Configurations Type UA, Oldham/Universal coupling Type BC, Block coupling Type SC, Jaw coupling Type UJ, Universal Joint Type OC, Oldham coupling

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-3

radial angular axial Delrin© high moderate low high high moderate yes yes yes yes 77 mod/low high-temp high moderate low v. high high moderate yes yes yes yes 221 moderate Delrin© high moderate moderate high high moderate yes no yes yes 77 mod/low high-temp high moderate moderate v. high high moderate yes no yes yes 221 mod/high Delrin© high high very low mod. high moderate almost yes yes yes 77 moderate high-temp high high very low high high moderate almost yes yes yes 221 mod/high Delrin© high high very low high high moderate almost no yes yes 77 moderate high-temp high high very low v. high...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-4

Type OC, Oldham Couplings Oldham couplings are good all-around flexible OEP Couplings' type OC Oldham coupling couplings. They exert consistently low reactive compares favorably with Oldham couplings from forces, even under large radial misalignment, and other manufacturers in almost every important provide homokinetic transmission (driving and performance metric. The OEP type OC has driven shafts rotate at the same speed at all higher torsional stiffness, longer service life, times). These zero-backlash couplings have high and more consistent performance from one torsional stiffness, insulate...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-5

Type OC Options: Materials for midsection: Delrin© -- for general use; low friction, long wear. High-temperature high-performance thermoplastic: For hightemperature or for more demanding applications. Low-friction-coated machined Urethane: Torsional dampening of a jaw coupling with misalignment accommodation and low reactive forces of an Oldham coupling. Materials for hub: Shaft attachment options: Anodized aluminum Set screw without keyway Brass Set screw with keyway Stainless steel Clamping without keyway Clamping with keyway blind bore thru bore blind bore thru bore two blind bores one blind,...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-6

The OEP type OI Oldham coupling differs from the classic Oldham type OC coupling in that the fins on the OI are longer, actually overlapping as seen from the side. As a result, the OI lacks the OC's mechanical fuse feature: Failure of the OI from excessive torque destroys not just the midsection, but typically the hubs, and the load is rarely fully disengaged from the driving side of the system. Therefore, type OI is more suited to applications where the designer wants the two shafts to remain coupled at all costs, while retaining all of the other advantages of an Oldham coupling, including low...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-7

Type OI Options: Materials for midsection: Delrin© -- for general use; low friction, long wear. High-temperature high-performance thermoplastic: For hightemperature or for more demanding applications. Low-friction-coated machined Urethane: Torsional dampening of a jaw coupling with misalignment accommodation and low reactive forces of an Oldham coupling. Materials for hub: Shaft attachment options: Anodized aluminum Set screw without keyway Brass Set screw with keyway Stainless steel Clamping without keyway Clamping with keyway blind bore thru bore blind bore thru bore two blind bores one blind,...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-8

Oldham/Universal couplings offer all of the OEP Couplings' type UC Oldham/Universal advantages of a conventional Oldham coupling differs from any other currently on coupling, with the added angular flexbility the market in that it has a one-piece machined of a universal joint. The OEP type UC hub and a one-piece machined midsection. coupling accommodates large radial This allows for much tighter dimensional misalignment, and angular misalignment control, and compared to other manufacturers' up to 6 degrees, while exerting relatively couplings of this type, the UC has higher small reactive forces...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-9

Type UC Options: Materials for midsection: Delrin© -- for general use; low friction, long wear. High-temperature high-performance thermoplastic: For hightemperature or for more demanding applications. Low-friction-coated machined Urethane: Torsional dampening of a jaw coupling with misalignment accommodation and low reactive forces of an Oldham coupling. Materials for hub: Shaft attachment options: Anodized aluminum Set screw without keyway Brass Set screw with keyway Stainless steel Clamping without keyway Clamping with keyway blind bore thru bore blind bore thru bore two blind bores one blind,...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-10

The OEP type UI Oldham/Universal OEP Couplings' type UI is, at the time coupling differs from the UC in one very of this writing, unique -- there are no important way: The fins are longer, and other manufacturers that offer an the grooves in the midsection are deeper, Oldham/Universal coupling with one-pc so that the fins overlap as seen from the midsection and with coplanar axes of side. The axes of the two fins lie on the the two cylindrical fins. The closest same plane, rather than being offset from comparable products are rated for much one another as they are in the type UC. lower peak torque,...

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OEP Couplings Product Selection Field Guide-11

Type UI Options: Materials for midsection: Delrin© -- for general use; low friction, long wear. High-temperature high-performance thermoplastic: For hightemperature or for more demanding applications. Low-friction-coated machined Urethane: Torsional dampening of a jaw coupling with misalignment accommodation and low reactive forces of an Oldham coupling. Materials for hub: Shaft attachment options: Anodized aluminum Set screw without keyway Brass Set screw with keyway Stainless steel Clamping without keyway Clamping with keyway blind bore thru bore blind bore thru bore two blind bores one blind,...

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