Messerschmitt-boelkow-blohm Gesellschaft MIT Beschraenkter Haftung

Claus-Michael Herkert

Klaus Brunsch

Dieter Thomamueller

A coupling or clutch type element for connecting a driving member to a drn member, in a universal manner allowing for axial and/or angular displacements between the two members, is made by laminating sheets cut from preimpregnated fiber compound webbings onto a subsequently removable core. The sheets are placed in consecutive, overlapping layers with a predetermined fiber orientation. The initial tackiness holds the blanks and layers of sheets together. The assembly of laminates is less compressed in a mold and cured which provides the required bonding and operational strength. After removing the coupling element from the mold the core is removed, for example, by melting or washing. The resulting product does not require any subsequent machining.

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Claus-Michael Herkert