Propeller Shaft

Propeller Shaft is the shaft that transmits power from the gearbox to the differential gear in a motor vehicle from the engine to the propeller in a boat or flying machine.

Propeller shaft, sometimes called a cardan shaft, transmits power from the gearbox to the rear axle. Regularly the shaft has a tubular section and is made in maybe a couple piece constructions.

The two-piece arrangement is supported at the midpoint by an elastic mounted bearing. In order to transmit the power from the last drive assembly to the road wheels short drive shafts are needed to be incorporated in both front and rear wheel drive layouts.

Propeller shaft or a cardan shaft is a mechanical component for transmitting torque and rotation, usually used to connect other components of a drive train that cannot be connected directly because of distance or the need to allow for relative movement between them. Propeller shaft make any machine move. Drive shafts are carriers of torque: they are subject to torsion and shear stress, equivalent to the difference between the input torque and the load. They must therefore be strong enough to bear the stress, whilst avoiding too much additional weight as that would in turn increase their inertia.

Dullabh commercials are one of the leading cardan shaft manufacturers in India among all cardan shaft suppliers. We have cardan shaft parts, universal joint shaft and a Universal joint cross.

Types of Propeller Shaft:

1. Single-Piece-Type Propeller Shaft:

• Used in vehicles with a short distance between the engine and axles, and MR based four-wheel-drive vehicles.
• The friction weldingadopted at the junction contributes to an improvement in the strength, quality, and durability of the junction.

2. 2-piece-type/3-piece-type Propeller Shaft:

• Utilized as a part of vehicles with a long distance between the engine and axles, and Front engine front drive base four-wheel-drive vehicles.
• The division of the propeller shaft into two- or three-parts allows the critical number of revolution to lowered preventing vibration issue from occurring, when the overall length of the shaft increased.