Amerigear Gear Couplings

Amerigear O’Ring

Ameridrives Amerigear O'Ring Seal Gear Couplings were designed in the early 1950's when the Amerigear Fully Crowned Gear Tooth was patented. In contrast with ordinary gear tooth forms, all three working portions of the tooth are crowned. The teeth are capable of sliding freely in the axial direction without digging or gouging the internal mating teeth. This design offers operational benefits of maximum load-carrying capacity with minimum size, maximum reliability and long life.

Amerigear® Fully Crowned Gear Tooth

Amerigear.., the first, the finest... flexible coupling with Fully-Crowned Gear Teeth. In contrast with ordinary gear tooth forms, the Amerigear Fully-Crowned Tooth represents the ultimate achievement in the art of gear tooth design, wherein all three working portions of the tooth are crowned. As a result, the teeth act much like a rocking chair, capable of sliding freely in the axial direction without digging or gouging the internal mating teeth. Because of this design advantage, Amerigear Flexible Couplings with Fully-Crowned Gear Teeth offer operational benefits of maximum load-carrying capacity with minimum size, maximum reliability and long life.

Amerigear...often copied, but never equaled.

Functions of a Coupling

Torque Physically couple together two rotating shafts for efficient transmission of mechanical power, transferring the torque of one shaft to the other, directly and with constant velocity.
Angular Compensate for all types of misalignment between rotating, connected shafts without inducing abnormal stresses and loads on connected equipment and without tangible loss of power.
Axial Compensate for end or axial movement of the coupled shafts, preventing either shaft from exerting excessive thrust on the other and allowing each to rotate in its normal position.