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BeLLOWS cOupLingS introduction Ruland Manufacturing Co., Inc. has been supplying carefully made products since 1937. We have manufactured everything from bicycle pumps to high pressure valves, including the valve that pressurized the spacesuit of the first American to walk in space. In recent years, all of our expertise has been devoted to making the best shaft collars and couplings available. Bellows couplings are just one design in the full line of motion control couplings manufactured by Ruland (see back cover). Bellows couplings are an assembly of two aluminum hubs and a uniform, thin walled stainless steel bellows. The use of aluminum hubs with a bellows results in a coupling with very low inertia, a feature that is very important in today’s highly responsive systems. The characteristics of bellows make them an ideal method for transmitting torque in motion control applications. The bellows allow the coupling to bend easily under loads caused by the three basic types of misalignment between shafts (angular, parallel, axial motion). Because they have uniform, thin walls, the bellows provide low bearing loads that remain constant at all points of rotation, without the damaging cyclical high and low loading points found in some other types of couplings. All of this is accomplished while remaining rigid under torsional loads. Torsional rigidity is a key factor in determining the accuracy of the coupling. The stiffer the coupling, the more accurately motion is translated from the motor to the driven component. Among servo couplings, bellows type couplings are one of the stiffest available, making them ideal in high performance applications that require a high degree of accuracy and repeatability. WARRAnTY / DiScLAiMeR OF unSTATeD WARRAnTieS / LiMiTATiOn OF LiABiLiTY Warranty. Ruland warranties that the products sold hereunder meet Ruland’s size and materials specifications as set forth in this catalog. Products not meeting