Ford is issuing a safety recall for about 400,000 Transit vans for an issue with the driveshaft flexible coupling. In affected vehicles, the flexible coupling could fail, causing separation of the ...

Couplings chosen with application requirements in mind last longer, improve precision, and protect other system components from premature failure. • Engineers should choose couplings that compensate ...

A U-joint (the ‘U’ stands for ‘universal’), sometimes called a Cardan joint after the man who invented it, is a type of flexible coupling typically used on both ends of the drive shafts in rear-wheel ...

Ford has announced it is issuing a second recall of 320,000 Transit vans due to a problem with the drive shaft It’s not too often we get to report on commercial vans, which is a universe unto itself ...

How does coupling selection affect productivity in today's automation environment? Bill • Rexnord: Selecting couplings for servo systems can be a daunting task. Some systems can detect errors as small ...