Climax Metal Keyless Locking Devices

Jaw crushers used heavily in the mining industry, often incorporate keyways and/or expensive sweat or press fit connections. Using traditional keyed connections introduces several compromises. Whenever a shaft is keyed, it must be oversized to account for the loss of effective cross section. This adds weight and cost not only to the shaft, but to every component on the shaft. Keyways cause fretting corrosion, allow backlash, do not transmit bending moments or axial loads.

Impact crushers incorporate an interference fit rotor/shaft connection which requires expensive machining, fixturing, heavy hydraulic presses and a great deal of labor to facilitate assembly. Climax C405-Series Heavy Duty Locking Assemblies achieve the same fit with a much simpler and less expensive machining cost. Heavy duty locking assemblies can also be used to mount drive sheaves in mining applications, eliminating the disadvantages of keyways and belt alignment issues of QD XT bushings.

Mining equipment is constantly subjected to some of the harshest environments and torturous loads for which an engineer can design. Climax Keyless Locking Devices provide high torque, bending, and axial thrust capacities, eliminate axial movement during installation, eliminate notch factors associated with keyways, and are less expensive and time consuming than sweat or press fit connections. Climax KLDs are installed and removed using simple hand tools allowing for easy field serviceability.

Climax carries an extensive inventory of Keyless Locking Devices with the capability to engineer custom designs to fit any application challenge. Contact us for an Engineered Shaft Locking SolutionTM.

Contact your nearest BDI location for more information about Climax Metal Keyless Locking Devices.

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