This Lovejoy Saga coupling hub replaces hubs on Lovejoy Saga series torsionally soft couplings. It transfers shock and misalignment from the shaft to the center element of the coupling assembly for reduced wear on the shaft assembly and supports constant angular misalignment of up to three degrees. This Saga coupling hub has an operating temperature range of -60 to 200 degrees F (-51 to 93 degrees C). Lovejoy Saga series torsionally soft couplings are suitable for use in applications that involve all forms of shaft-to-shaft coupling misalignment, such as piston-driven devices, compressors, and mechanical assemblies involving crushing and violent pounding, among others.

Flexible couplings are used to link two rotating shafts that are not aligned in order to transmit the rotational power, known as torque, from one shaft to the other. Most flexible couplings consist of two hubs and a middle assembly; each hub attaches to a shaft while the middle assembly flexes between the hubs to accommodate the misalignment of the two shafts. Shaft misalignments are generally either parallel or angular and cause complications to transmitting rotational power from one shaft to another in the form of stresses, loads, vibrations, and other forces, which vary from one type of misalignment to another. Flexible couplings are used in a broad range of applications, such as in motor vehicles, conveyors, escalators, agricultural, forestry and mining equipment, aeronautics, robotics and space exploration, among others.

Lovejoy manufactures flexible couplings, universal joints, variable speed drives and various other transmission and mechanical power products. Their products meet the standards of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Deutsches Institut fr Normung (DIN), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the American Gear Manufacturers Association (AGMA), the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) and Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS) for quality assurance. The company, founded in 1900, is based in Downers Grove, IL.