RE: trantorque gt for rsg motor attachment and maybe electrodes?

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Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> Subject: Re: trantorque gt for rsg motor attachment and maybe
> electrodes?
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> Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
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> Folks-
>
>      WRT using Trantorque keyless bushings for retaining the
> flying electrodes:
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>      Prices are about $25-$30 each for Trantorques for 1/4" or 3/8"
> bores, respectively. With eight flying electrodes on yur rotor,
> that's $240 in parts just to mount the electrodes. A lot more than $1
> worth of setscrews.
>
>      WRT using Trantorques for the hub:
>
>      For the same $35-$40, you can use a heavier-duty expanding
> bushing design. I've heard them commonly referred to as
> "Ringfedders". Instead of a single hex nut to tighten, they use a
> ring of several socket-head cap screws, but same overall principle.
> Ringfedders are rated for roughly twice the torque of the Trantorques
> (in the same bore size), and I've seen them widely used in some
> *very* heavy-duty applications without any slippage or
> failure whatsoever.
>
> -Phil LaBudde
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