High Performance ServoClass® Couplings
Zero-Max ServoClass servo motor shaft couplings combine decades of industry leading experience in the manufacture of flexible shaft couplings with unparalleled expertise in motion control solutions. Zero-Max’s high performance servo motor couplings offer numerous features, including
- For high performance servo motor motion control applications
- High torsional stiffness for precision positioning
- Eco-Friendly servo motor couplings, Adapted to RoHS Directive with no banned substances
- Low inertia for high speed applications (low runout)
- Zero backlash and low hysteresis ensures repeatable precise positioning
- Servo Motor Shaft Couplings for Clean Room Applications
Today’s servo applications are more demanding than ever. The precision positioning requirements and high reverse load characteristics of AC and DC servomotor applications necessitate a servo motor coupling design that specifically addresses the needs of these sophisticated systems.
Zero-Max ServoClass servo motor shaft couplings combine decades of industry leading experience in the manufacture of flexible shaft couplings with unparalleled expertise in motion control solutions. Zero-Max’s high performance servo motor couplings offer numerous features, including- For high performance servo motor motion control applications
- High torsional stiffness for precision positioning
- Eco-Friendly servo motor couplings, Adapted to RoHS Directive with no banned substances
- Low inertia for high speed applications (low runout)
- Zero backlash and low hysteresis ensures repeatable precise positioning
- Servo Motor Shaft Couplings for Clean Room Applications
ServoClass Coupling Features
- Available in 14 sizes in single and double disc models.
- Double disc models provide highest misalignment capability.
- Operating temperature range is -22° to +212°F (-30° to +100C)
- Torque ratings range from 0.5 to 250Nm.
- Hubs and center members manufactured of aluminum alloy for strength and durability. Both are treated to prevent oxidation and to preserve appearance.
- Disc members are made of 304 stainless steel.
- Couplings are precisely assembled using high strength, corrosion resistant fasteners.
- Integral clamp style hubs provide fast, easy mounting.
- RoHS compliant – manufactured of RoHS compliant materials and contain no banned substances.
ServoClass-HSN Coupling Features
The ServoClass-HSN flexible shaft coupling from Zero-Max adds a focused anti-vibration/resonance-damping coupling option to the field-proven ServoClass line-up. Combining the increased damping coefficient of the flex element with our proven clamping hub design, this shaft coupling is ideal for applications that don’t require the highest level of torsional-stiffness (such as a metal-disc coupling), but that benefit from the superior vibration damping aspects of the Highly Saturated Nitrile (HSN) material element integrated into the coupling’s flex element.This solution provides stable high-gain, high-speed control in stepper motor and servo motor applications that are experiencing higher levels of vibration and noise.
- Available in 4 sizes with Torque ratings up to 221 in-lb (25 Nm)
- Operating temperature range is -4°F to +176°F (-20°C to +80°C)
- Hubs manufactured of aluminum alloy for strength and durability. treated to prevent oxidation and to preserve appearance
- Center Element utilizes engineered HSN (HNBR) material design for maximum damping coefficient
- Couplings are precisely assembled using high strength, corrosion resistant fasteners, and are assembled with purpose-built fixtures for precise bore-to-bore concentricity
- Integral clamp-style hubs provide fast, easy mounting
- RoHS Compliant – manufactured of RoHS compliant materials and contain no banned substances
Benefits of ServoClass Couplings
Inertia and Torsional Stiffness
These are critical features of a superior servo motor coupling. The inertia should be low so as not to add significantly to overall inertia of the servo system. The lower the inertia, the less energy required by the servo motor to move the system and therefore, higher acceleration is possible. The torsional stiffness should be high enough to prevent the coupling from winding up during acceleration, deceleration or reversing conditions. The torsional stiffness of the Zero-Max Servo Motor coupling leads to a higher system resonant frequency, which in most cases, is far above the operating range.
Zero Backlash
This is another key requirement of a high performance servo motor coupling. A servo motor coupling may be considered zero backlash and still have a large amount of windup. Zero backlash is the ability of the coupling to maintain the same relative relationship between the input and output shaft without lost motion. The windup can be detrimental to the servo system. A coupling with a high amount of windup will cause positioning errors to the servo system. The Zero-Max Servo Motor coupling is a zero backlash coupling and it exhibits a very low amount of windup.
Misalignment Capability
The misalignment capability of a coupling is also important in a servo motion control system. Usually, the alignment of a well manufactured servo system will be very good. Over time and under high load conditions, this alignment may deteriorate. The coupling should be capable of handling this change. Also, the coupling should accommodate any lack of concentricity in the connected shafts as well as the stack up of tolerances in the motion assembly. Another important benefit of a high misalignment capability is the dispersion of reaction loads on the bearings and bushings in the system. The Zero-Max servo motor coupling utilizes a design that provides adequate amounts of flexibility but does not sacrifice any of the torque capability or the torsional stiffness capability and therefore minimizes the reaction loads to the servo motor bearings.
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