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16. Couplings Vocabulary: coupling [???????] 联接器[?????] 连合, 连接 adjacent [??????????] 邻近的 semipermanent [???????????????] 非永久性的 restore [???????] 恢复 emergency [??????????] 紧急情况 exceptional [??????????] 异常的 plant [??????] 工厂、车间、设备 propeller [????????] 螺旋推进器 rigid [???????] 刚性的 flange [??????] 凸缘、法兰 attach [??????] 缚上, 系上 alignment [??????????] 对准、同轴 misalignment [?????????????] 不对准、不同轴 rabbet [??????]榫头 projection [???????????] 凸出物 snugly [???????] 紧贴地 deflect [????????] 偏斜 interfere [?????????] 妨碍 intensity [??????????] 强度 flexibility [??????????????] 挠性 shock [???] 冲击 spatial [????????] 空间的 resilient [??????????] 有回弹力的 springy [????????] 有弹性的 compensate [???????????] 补偿 Text: A coupling is a device for connecting the ends of adjacent shafts. In machine construction, couplings are used to effect a semipermanent connection between adjacent rotating shafts. The connection is permanent in the sense that it is not meant to be broken during the useful life of the machine, but it can be broken and restored in an emergency or when worn parts are replaced. There are several types of shaft couplings; their characteristics depend on the purpose for which they are used. If an exceptional long shaft is required for a line shaft in a manufacturing plant or a propeller shaft on a ship, it is made in sections that are coupled together with rigid couplings. A common type of rigid coupling consists of two mating radial flanges (disks) that are attached by key-driven hubs to the ends of adjacent shaft sections and bolted together through the flanges to form a rigid connection. Alignment of the connected shafts is usually effected by means of a rabbet joint on the face of the flanges, i.e., a short cylindrical projection on the face of one flange fits snugly in a circular recess on the face of the other flange. In connecting shafts belonging to separate devices (such as an electric motor and a gear-box), precise aligning of the shafts is difficult and a flexible coupling is used.