30 years of experience in Wind energy
From the beginning of the modern Wind energy industry, CENTA has always been the market leader for the couplings between the gear and the generator.
Later on, when the rating of the wind turbines reached several hundreds of kW or came into the MW range, the CENTALINK became the leading flexible shaft between the gear and generator in more than 15,000 applications for more than 15 years.
CENTA Torque Limiters
All these CENTA flexible shafts can be combined with the CENTA Torque Hub on the generator shaft or with the CENTA Torque Set integrated into the tube, either steel or GFRP tube. This CENTA Torque Hub or Torque Set are torque limiters that will slip at a certain, preset torque. Thereby peak torques are cut out and the drive train - gear and generator - will be protected against dangerous overloads, as required by the EON rules.
Both designs guarantee that the slip, or the relative movement, will always occur on components provided by CENTA; and it will never cause damage on the generator shaft. This patented design has been well proven over several years in thousands of applications.
Each CENTA Torque Hub and Torque Set is carefully tested in our lab and comes with a test report, which certifies the required slip torque.
CENTALINK - advantages
- Extraordinary flexibility in axial, angular and radial direction, much more than any other comparable design, with very low reacting forces
- Without axial vibrations
- Torsionally stiff
- Dampening of noise and vibrations
- Electrically insulating
- Free of wear and maintenance
- Available for any torque.
CENTADISC-C - advantages
- Torsionally stiff
- Axially, radially and angulary flexible
- Without axial vibrations
- Electrically insulating
- Free of wear and maintenance
- Economical cost
- Low weight
- Torque range 3 - 20 kNm
