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ID 700738 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain machine tools
  • universal joint - type of shaft coupling that allows one shaft to drive the other, even if the two shafts are not in perfect alignment
  • universal joint - a shaft coupling capable of transmitting rotation from one shaft to another not collinear with it
  • universal joint - device, usually of the modified Hooke's type, which allows rotary drive to be transmitted through an angle
wide-angle universal joint
Usage examples
  • The outside parts of the guard must be so designed, constructed and arranged that they cannot turn with the transmission shaft. The guard must cover the transmission shaft to the ends of the inner jaws in the case of simple universal joints and at least to the centre of the outer joint or joints in the case of 'wide-angle` universal joints.

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