Thank you all for responding!
Desertfox, thank you for the link!
Tmoose, thank you also for the link, but it 403s on me, I don't have permission to access this document. I could not obtain pictures of the rest of the drive as i was not present when the shaft was switched out for the new one...
Hello ladies and gentlemen,
I hope everyone is well!
Can you help me diagnose the failure of this broken shaft?
This was on a bucket elevator, a gearmotor drove the wheel of the elevator through this shaft.
My preliminary findings suggest that this failed due to bending fatigue because the...