Thread: Motor Couplings
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Re: Motor Couplings
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Originally Posted by Crashdown12 View Post
Hello everyone I have a couple questions based off of the topic title.

1)Could i please have some information on Motor Couplings?

2) I would like to know from teams if they have used them before on their robots and how did they work out for them?

Thank you,
p.s( i hope i posted this in the right place)
Team662 has used motor couplings in the past. We designed a gearbox using stem pinion gears and used a coupling to connect it to a CIM. We used a flexible shaft coupling from McMaster Carr. The coupling prevented the gearbox from binding since we were not able to machine the gearbox with great precision. Check out this link from the McMaster Carr catalog:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#shaft-couplings/=4zsysp
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