Whether your operation is surface, conventional or longwall mining, your machinery is constantly subjected to some of the harshest environments and torturous loads for which an engineer can design. To compensate, for many application designers forgo traditional keys and keyways which are subject to failure and rely upon splice and interference fits to mount critical components on rotating shafts.
Keyless shaft/hub locking devices, internal locking assemblies and external shrink disc offer all of the benefits of splines and sweat fits with none of the disadvantages, which is why they are employed by many mining machinery OEMs.
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