Cardan shaft for Rolling Mills

As we know cardan shaft plays an important role in Rolling Mill. Why we use cardan shaft for rolling mill, here has an overview for you to find the answer.

1. Function :

Cardan shaft is used to connect various different types of shafts, enable them to rotating together, then we can achieve the purpose of transfer torque . And the shafts here mean drive shaft bearing and driven shaft bearing. Therefore, it’s a kind of mechanical parts. Besides, some Cardan shafts have the function of buffering , damping and so on.

2. Materials :

The material of Cardan shafts usually used four kinds of steels, such as 45# steel, 45# forged steel, 40# chrome and cast iron.

3. Structure Type :

There are many kinds of Cardan shaft, such as across type , ball-cage type, ball-yoke type, tracta type, ball-pin type... And the across type is the most used in industry.

 4. Advantages :

Cardan shaft has good compensation capacity of across angle, tight structure and high transmission efficiency.