How to Extend the Life of Your Coupling

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HOW TO EXTEND THE LIFE OF YOUR COUPLING Couplings are designed to be the weakest link and lowest cost component on rotating equipment. Because of this, they are often overlooked. But there are steps you can take to extend the life of your coupling (and maybe even learn something about your equipment operating conditions too). By understanding and identifying coupling failures if and when they do happen, they can be prevented in the future. This will result in increased uptime of your equipment. The primary function of a coupling is to transmit torque between equipment and accommodate for different types of misalignment while reducing the reactionary forces on the equipment. Couplings can also be designed to dampen damaging peak torques and torsional vibrations, provide overload protection to prevent the transmission of damaging load and prevent shorting between equipment by adding electrical insulation.