Coupling Redesign, Alignment, help Smooth Pump Operation
February 21, 2011
WaterWorld Magazine • February 2011 A Florida water treatment plant recently discovered that having full-flex (double engagement) gear couplings at either end of a spacer shaft connecting a Lufkin gearbox to a 13, 000 GPM Worthington water pump caused self-exacerbating vibration that eventually destroyed the gearbox twice within 3 months, requiring a full rebuild each […]