Thank you all for the responses. I really appreciate that.
Edstainless:
Yes, the Shaft is strong enough and also we are struck with this hex design. Moving to other designs will need a lot of design change work. Yes, torque is around 2 MN-m.
Jboggs:
Thank you for the suggestion. I was not...
Hi,
I have hexagonal shaft (male) driving agitator with female hexagonal attachment (Torque in 2000 kNm range). Please guide me which will be the best combination of hex (Female and male) material.
Also, if there is heavy load acting in the perpendicular direction of the mating face...