Universal Joint High Shock and Overload Capacity Long Life Heat Treated Alloy Steel Components Minimal Lubrication Required Virtually Backlash- Free Quick Delivery Superior Technology www.renold.com Advantages and Design: Typical Applications Advantages and Features Typical Applications • Domestic manufacture Following is a partial list of applications for the Renold Universal Joint. • High torque capacity • Long bearing life Agitators Packaging • High operating angle capability Balancing Machines Paper Mills Table of Contents Page – Calender Drives • One piece yoke and bearing housing construction Blowers and Fans Introduction .............................................................................................................2 – Sizing and Press Compressors Advantages and Features; • Eliminates unnecessary bolted connections and serrations in yokes Rolls Typical Applications ...............................................................................................3 • Heat treated alloy steel components Conveyors – Couch Rolls Construction and Speed Limits ........................................................................... 4-5 • Ideal loading across entire bearing length due to balanced deflection Cooling Tower Fans – Process Pumps Selection Procedure ............................................................................................ 6-7 between yokes and cross Cranes and Hoists Plastic Manufacturing Engineering Data ............................................................................................... 8-17 – Melt Pumps Flange Adaptors .............................................................................................. 18-19 • Replaceable inner bearing race on size RA440 and larger Crushers Design Variations and Custom Applications ................................................... 20-21 significantly reducing cross-maintenance expenses Farming Equipment Printing Presses Kinematics and Motion Characteristics .......................................................... 22-23 • Available in four basic types Generators Pumps Bore Tolerances and Weights .......................................................................... 24-25 – Irrigation • Technical support and engineering services available Glass Manufacturing Application Data for Selection and Design...................................................... 26-27 – Lift • Extensive repair facility Lumber Mills – Sewage • Special sizes and designs available upon request Marine Propulsion Railway Drives • Large sizes available The Renold Inc. Universal Joint Mining Equipment Rubber Processing Oil and Gas – Mixers Renold Inc., a leader in power transmission When compared to other high misalignment – Drilling – Calenders equipment for over 90 years, offers a complete couplings, universal joints operate with negligible – Pumps Shredders line of universal joints. backlash or radial clearance. The difference can be Textile Equipment The universal joint is considered to be one of the significant on applications where backlash is critical. oldest of all flexible couplings. It is commonly known Renold Universal Joint yokes are precisely for its use on automobiles and trucks. A universal engineered using the latest design technologies. joint in its simplest form consists of two shaft yokes They are manufactured as a one-piece, closed Metals Industry at right angles to each other and a four point cross bearing eye design, assuring the highest degree of (Steel, Aluminum, Copper and Brass) which connects the yokes. The cross rides inside strength and minimum distortion under load. Bar and Rod Mills Runout Tables the bearing cap assemblies, which are pressed into The cross design is even more important and – Piercers the yoke eyes. Cold Reduction has received careful consideration through – Transfer Cars Continuous Casters Industrial applications operate continuously and with extensive computer analysis to match the strength – Structural Mills Hot Strip Mills high torque loads. This demands maximum strength characteristics of the yoke. Scale Breakers and long life of the universal joint components. The Levelers Yokes and crosses are both precision machined Shears modern universal joint has become much more from heat treated alloy steels. They are assembled Payoff Reels complex than its simple ancestor. The universal Side Trimmers with minimum clearance bearing units using the – Pinch Rolls joints manufactured by Renold are made for lastest in roller bearing technology including – Coilers Straighteners demanding industrial applications. crowned rollers that minimize friction and provide – Brush Rolls Temper Mills Universal joints have several unique features that long life. – Bridles Tension Reels make them ideal for a variety of applications. Most – Flatteners The universal joint can be used as a single joint or Tube Mills significant is the ability of the universal joint to – Slitters it can be used in pairs. When used as a single joint, operate at high misalignment angles. Operating Vertical Edgers only angular misalignment is accommodated. Pipe Mills angles up to 15 degrees are not uncommon. Wire Mills Since nearly every installation requires the coupling Another feature of the universal joint is the bearing to also accommodate offset misalignment, universal and seal design that resists lubrication loss and joints should be used in pairs. Using universal contamination. This makes Renold Universal joints in pairs also corrects for non-uniform angular Joints suitable for applications where severe velocity caused by the rotational characteristics of a atmospheric conditions would put other couplings single joint. at a distinct disadvantage. 2 2 3 WE8491 APT MetalMillBroch.indd 2 4/2/09 9:16 AM WE8491 APT MetalMillBroch.indd 3 4/2/09 9:17 AM Advantages and Design: Typical Applications Advantages and Features Typical Applications • Domestic manufacture Following is a partial list of applications for the Renold Universal Joint. • High torque capacity • Long bearing life Agitators Packaging • High operating angle capability Balancing Machines Paper Mills Table of Contents Page – Calender Drives • One piece yoke and bearing housing construction Blowers and Fans Introduction .............................................................................................................2 – Sizing and Press Compressors Advantages and Features; • Eliminates unnecessary bolted connections and serrations in yokes Rolls Typical Applications ...............................................................................................3 • Heat treated alloy steel components Conveyors – Couch Rolls Construction and Speed Limits ........................................................................... 4-5 • Ideal loading across entire bearing length due to balanced deflection Cooling Tower Fans – Process Pumps Selection Procedure ............................................................................................ 6-7 between yokes and cross Cranes and Hoists Plastic Manufacturing Engineering Data ............................................................................................... 8-17 – Melt Pumps Flange Adaptors .............................................................................................. 18-19 • Replaceable inner bearing race on size RA440 and larger Crushers Design Variations and Custom Applications ................................................... 20-21 significantly reducing cross-maintenance expenses Farming Equipment Printing Presses Kinematics and Motion Characteristics .......................................................... 22-23 • Available in four basic types Generators Pumps Bore Tolerances and Weights .......................................................................... 24-25 – Irrigation • Technical support and engineering services available Glass Manufacturing Application Data for Selection and Design...................................................... 26-27 – Lift • Extensive repair facility Lumber Mills – Sewage • Special sizes and designs available upon request Marine Propulsion Railway Drives • Large sizes available The Renold Inc. Universal Joint Mining Equipment Rubber Processing Oil and Gas – Mixers Renold Inc., a leader in power transmission When compared to other high misalignment – Drilling – Calenders equipment for over 90 years, offers a complete couplings, universal joints operate with negligible – Pumps Shredders line of universal joints. backlash or radial clearance. The difference can be Textile Equipment The universal joint is considered to be one of the significant on applications where backlash is critical. oldest of all flexible couplings. It is commonly known Renold Universal Joint yokes are precisely for its use on automobiles and trucks. A universal engineered using the latest design technologies. joint in its simplest form consists of two shaft yokes They are manufactured as a one-piece, closed Metals Industry at right angles to each other and a four point cross bearing eye design, assuring the highest degree of (Steel, Aluminum, Copper and Brass) which connects the yokes. The cross rides inside strength and minimum distortion under load. Bar and Rod Mills Runout Tables the bearing cap assemblies, which are pressed into The cross design is even more important and – Piercers the yoke eyes. Cold Reduction has received careful consideration through – Transfer Cars Continuous Casters Industrial applications operate continuously and with extensive computer analysis to match