ISSN 2594-5297
52º Seminário de Laminação — vol. 52, num.52 (2015)
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In steel mills universal joint shafts, slipper spindles and gear spindles are used to overcome the design- and process- related offset between the axis of the motors and the work rolls. At the roll side the available space for the couplings is limited by the minimum work roll diameter. This leads to extremely high loaded components of the universal couplings especially at the roll side joints. Furthermore modern steel mills continuously strive to roll larger plates and materials with increased strength. This requires drive solutions with even higher torque capacity. For these applications conventional design joints are not sufficient anymore. Even alternative solutions such as hybrid- or offset- designs fall short. Therefore the companies Voith and BUMA Engineering developed together the new GearLink drive concept in close cooperation with the Voestalpine Grobblech GmbH. A completely new combination of universal joints and gear couplings offers an up to now unique solution enabling the use of 1,35- times bigger joint with a 2,5- times higher torque capacity and a 20- times longer lifetime. The GearLink system was first time successfully taken into operation at Voestalpine Grobblech in December 2013 and is up to now working without issue.
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Universal-joint shafts, Slipper spindles, Gear coupling, Torque capacity
Torque capacity
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Grawenhof, Peter.
GEARLINK – A QUANTUM LEAP IN DRIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE NEXT GENERATION HEAVY- PLATE MILLS
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p. 604-610.
In: 52º Seminário de Laminação,
Rio de Janeiro,
2015.
ISSN: 2594-5297
, DOI 10.5151/1983-4764-27406