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Elimination of Peaking Gas Turbines (ASME Power 2006, Atlanta, GA)

"A US power generation company had 36 similar high heat rate gas turbines in two of their plants. These units were used for peaking power in a large metropolitan area." Read More (PDF document)

Coupling Hub Engagement: No Keyways, Please!

"Keys and keyways represent a significant stress riser, which is to say that the overload capacity or safety factor of a shaft system is adversely affected." Read More (PDF document)

by Heinz P. Bloch
Hydrocarbon Processing
October 1995

Why FLEXXORS?

"I will discuss here, some of the reasons why FLEXXORs are designed differently from all other flexible couplings, and why they have such an excellent record for solving difficult drive problems." Read More...

by J. Hilbert Anderson, President
Coupling Corporation of America
April 5, 1984 (Revised August 18, 1993)

Coupling Corporation of America Discusses Coupling Failures

"We normally like to think that flexible couplings do not fail in service, and we at Coupling Corporation are very proud of the fact that we can say that FLEXXORs do not fail in normal service." Read More (PDF document)

by J. Hilbert Anderson, President
Coupling Corporation of America
January 23, 1985

Turbocompressor Drive Couplings

"This paper discusses the requirements for high-speed centrifugal drive couplings and some of the problems created by conventional couplings. It describes two new coupling designs and their advantages in meeting compressor drive requirements." Read More (PDF document)

by J. Hilbert Anderson
1962