Mancuso J. Couplings and Joints. Design, Selection and Application

2nd. edition. — New York, 1999. — 603 p.The flexible coupling method of connecting rotating equipment is a vital and necessary technique. Large shafts in loosely mounted bearings, bolted together by flanged rigid couplings, do not provide for efficient and reliable mechanical power transmission. This is especially true in today’s industrial environment, where equipment system designers are demanding higher speeds, higher torques, greater flexibility, additional misalignment, and lighter weights for flexible couplings. The need for flexible couplings is becoming more acute as is the need for technological improvements in them.