Torquing about drive shafts for irrigation pumps

Torquing about drive shafts for irrigation pumps

Many irrigation pumps are diesel powered,” says Steve Hittmann, BSC’s National Product Manager for Power Transmission and Mechanical Drive Systems. “So, the drive shaft design needs to account for a certain amount of torque, shock and particularly the differences in harmonics for long periods of time, particularly at the point of the connection – the shaft coupling.”

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