Browning, Waldron & Morse

Browning V Drives

The extensive BROWNING V-drive line means maximum economy, versatility and prompt availability for your every application — truly the right drive every time...for every service.

Browning B5V™... The Most Significant Advance in Belt Drives Since the V-Groove!

With the introduction of the revolutionary B5V Line, Browning brings up-to-the-minute technology to drive design, operation and inventory control. Now — more than ever — when you specify Browning, you select from the most extensive V-belt drive line in the world. New Combination Groove B5V - with 120 components covering 10-75 HP range. Mix and match with conventional A, B and 5V components

• Classical Gripbelt Sheaves--Bushing Type

• Belt Size Sheave Grooves DD/PD* Bore Range

• 358 GRIPBELT Sheaves

  • "358" Sheaves stocked in a range of fixed and variable pitch sizes

• Multiple Groove Sheaves are available in over 2100 stock sizes, far more than from any other manufacturer. Browning makes over Over 3000 AK/BK size and bore Cast Iron Sheave combinations in stock, in-shaft ready bushing type and finished bore.

• Variable Speed Sheaves through 750 HP, precision balanced to provide smooth vibration-free performance

FHP Drives - Economical sheaves of pressed steel, zinc alloy and formed steel for lighter duty applications

• Variable Speed Sheaves

• VL 

• VM

• VP Bushing

• LVP Bushing

• MVP Bushing

Companion Sheaves

• MVP Bushing Type

FHP Belts

• 2L 3L 4L 5L

• FHP 080-345 110-630 170-1000 230-1000

Single Groove Sheaves, Finished Bore

• Bar Steel Sheave

• Pressed Steel Sheave

• Die Cast Sheave

• Lightweight Cast Iron Sheave 

• Step Cone Sheave

Poly V-Drives

Poly-V, the multiple V-belt in a single unit -- eliminates belt matching, provides more horsepower in same space or same horsepower in less space. Over 400 stock sheave sizes, 1/4 HP and up

• Finished bore

• Bushing type

Browning Synchronous Belt Drives

Combine The Positive Timing Action of Gears With the Flexibility, Speed and Low Noise Level of Belts

The Browning HPT® Synchronous Belt Drive line offers a wide range of HP and speeds, from very low speeds -- 10 RPM or less -- to speed well over 5,000 RPM, with horsepower ratings from fractional to more than 200 HP.

Gearbelt Drives are offered in five stock pitches to handle a wide range of loads, speeds and applications.

 Belt Drive Features and Benefits include:

• Significantly Quieter Operation

• New Parabolic Tooth Profile

• Glass Fiber Cord Tension Member

• Neoprene Rubber Body

• Nylon Facing Fabric

• Positive Drive, No Slip

• Lower Belt Tensions

• No Lubrication Required

• Fully Interchangeable With Competitive Types

HPT Synchronous Belt Drives

• Sprockets:

  • 8mm pitch

  • 14 mm pitch

• Belts:

  • 8mm pitch

  • 14 mm pitch

Browning HPT and Gearbelt Drives are offered in five stock pitches to handle a wide range of loads, speeds and applications.  These Gearbelt and Drive components offer a choice of the popular Split Taper bushing or QD bushing for spockets/pulleys.

Advantages include:

• Constant Speed

• High Modulus Strength Member

• Freedom From Initial Belt Tension

• Compact Design

• Lightweight

• Less Heat

Gearbelt Drives

• Gearbelts

• Double Gearbelts

• Pulley Gearbelts

• XL, L, H, XH, XXH

• Finished Bore

• Bushing type

Browning HPT and Gearbelt Drives offer a choice of the popular SPLIT TAPER bushing or QD bushing for spockets/pulleys.

Browning Sprockets and Bushings

Browning offers the world's largest selection of application-matched, shaft-ready sprockets and bushings. Browning is your assurance of maximum drive efficiency at the lowest evaluated cost.

You can choose from the world's largest selection of high-quality, shaft-ready sprockets to solve all your application problems. In-stock hardened sprockets, a Browning specialty, are warranted to last at least twice as long as the standard (un-hardened) mild steel sprockets they replace. The result is increased chain life and reduced downtime. Additionally, you have the industry's broadest selection of sprocket mounting choices. Sprockets are available with three types of bushings to ensure secure mounting to shaft:

• Split Taper® Bushing

  • Patented SPLIT TAPER® Bushings — available in inch and metric sizes, as well as with spline bores; bore range 1/4-10"

• QD® Bushing

  • QD® Bushings in 1/16 inch increments and metric sizes

• TAPER BORE® Bushing

  • TAPER BORE® bushings in the same configurations

• Finished Bore Sprockets are available with Hardened Teeth and 2 Setscrews for driver size sprockets, (30 teeth and smaller)

• Minimum Bore Sprockets are provided from stock to allow for our customers' requirements for simple modifications with same day delivery service

• Browning continues to provide custom sprockets for a variety of applications up through 60" diameters

• The combination of the above provides one of the broadest selection of stock sprockets in the industry

Standard Sprockets and Hardened Sprockets

Bushing type hardened sprocket and Browning's exclusive warranty (to last twice as long as a standard sprocket)

• Bushing Type 1 35-200 pitch range

• Finished Bore 1 35-100  pitch range

• Type B Min. Bore 1 25-240 pitch range

• Type A Steel Plate 1 25-240  pitch range

• Type B Stainless Steel 1 25-80 pitch range

Other Sprockets

• Double Single Sprockets   40-100  pitch range

• Extended Pitch Sprockets   2040-2080, 2040-2082 pitch range, 2102 pitch range

• 2040-2082 5/8-3

• Shear Pin Sprockets & Hubs   40-160 pitch range

• Torque Limiters & Sprockets   35-80 pitch range

To ensure optimum quality and reliability, Browning uses precision gear checking quality techniques in manufacturing these sprockets.  *Split Taper - #40 & #50 pitch only, balance of all bushed sprockets - up through 30 teeth.

Browning Helical Gear Products

Browning makes the broadest helical gearing line available today

• Helical Gearing units handle output torque ranging from 100 to 11 million inch-pounds.

• Browning Helical Gearing units are the right product to meet your application challenge.

• In addition to standard series, extensive custom enclosed Browning gearing solutions are available.

Experience the Browning Gearing Shaft Mount Advantage:

• Patented TorqTaper® Plus mounting system allows ease of installation and removal.

• Patented Barrier seal system provides protection in the most extreme applications.

• Tapered roller bearings on all shafts for maximum thrust capacity.

• Commercially available bearings and seals make maintenance trouble-free.

• Carburized and ground gearing provides higher rating capacity in less space.

Browning Helical Shaft Mount Reducers

• Sizes 107-608.

• 3/4" through 10" shaft sizes.

• Ratios 5:1, 9:1, 15:1, 25:1 and 35:1.

• Up to 1,000,000 In. Lbs. torque.

• TorqTaper® Plus bushed or finished bore.

• Field installable back stop.

Browning TorqTaper® Plus is a Registered Trademark of Emerson Electric Co.

o        Screw Conveyor Drives

• 1 1/2" to 3 7/16" Drive Shafts, 2 hole or 3 hole, plain carbon & stainless steel.

• Integral or modular drive shaft assembly from stock components.

• Ratios 5:1, 9:1, 15:1, 25:1 and 35:1.

• Up to 114,000 In. Lbs. of Torque.

Browning Parallel Shaft, Right Angle & Hollow Bore Speed Reducers 

• Output torque range from 16,000in.-lbs. to 11,000,000 in.-lbs. in 25 frame sizes

• Ratio range from single 1:1 to quadruple 657:1

• Available with solid or hollow output shaft in parallel or right angle configuration

• BROWNING standard 2-year warranty

Browning Open Gears

Experience the power of Browning Gearing. Over 10,000 BROWNING stock gears help you to "Get In Gear" for greater productivity

• Brass Spur Gears

• Steel Spur Gears

• Miter Gears

• Bevel Gears

• Change Gears

• Helical Gears

• Cast Iron Worm Gears

• Bronze Worm Gears

• Steel Worms

• Brass Rack Gears

• Steel Rack Gears

• Steel Bushings

• Cast Iron Bushings

• Steel Change Gear

• Steel Helical gears

• Bronze Helical gears

• Right-Angle Gearboxes

  • Ratings to 135HP.

  • 1:1 TO 2:1 Ratios.

  • 6 sizes.

  • Aluminum right angle (ARA) also available with ratings to 7.8 horsepower

• The most comprehensive lines of off-the-shelf gears in the industry.

Browning open gears are available in 20° pressure angle from 20 to 4 dp, and 14 1/2° pressure angle from 48 to 3 dp... all designed to increase output, reduce costs and avoid specials.

• Thousands Of Shaft-Ready Finished Bore And Bushing Types (a Browning exclusive) eliminate rework costs, assures true-running precision at all times

• More Stock Sizes Made Of Steel... you get weldability plus greater strength, at cast iron prices

• Extra Tooth Depth And Larger Radii provide stronger teeth, a deeper lubrication reservoir and more clearance

• Many Helical And Bevel Gears Are Available Hardened for longer life. Most worms are hardened and ground

• Many Odd-Tooth Sizes

• Custom Gear Capabilities -- up to 60" diameter and 17" face

Couplings

Couplings for Every Application from KOP-FLEX, BROWNING & MORSE... Light, Medium and Heavy-Duty Services.  Choose From More Than 25,000 Coupling Combinations Of Types, Sizes And Bores... Most Available From Stock.   Industry Worldwide Depends on KOP-FLEX® Couplings for a Broad Range of Heavy-Duty Applications...

• DNV Certified

• ATEX approved

• CE approved!

DNV | ATEX | CE KOP-FLEX pioneered the coupling industry with the invention of the very first gear coupling, known as the FAST'S® gear coupling.  KOP-FLEX offers a variety of standard off the shelf and custom designed variations. The couplings are widely available from EPT® warehouses and distributors throughout the world. Standard couplings are lubricated (gear or grid type) and non-lubricated (disc or elastomer resilient type) 

KOP-FLEX Lubricated Couplings

The FASTS Gear Type Coupling...

This unique coupling design dates back to the early 1900's.  It was invented in 1918 by Gustav Fasts, and is still the coupling of choice in many for the world’s most coupling of choice in many for the world’s most demanding applications.

• Sizes 1 ½ through 30

• Shrouded or exposed bolt sleeves

• 300% Greater lube capacity than O'Ring styles

• All metal end ring

• 2 to 3 Times the life vs. O’Ring style

• Maximum bore up to 36” (914 mm)

• Torque capacity up to 51 million lb-in. (5650 kN-m)

• Available in slide, mill motor, and other custom design styles

• ABS and DNV approved designs

The FAST'S® Model B Gear Type Coupling

• Sister coupling to the original FAST'S coupling. Unique compact design ideally suited for lower power pump or fan applications.

• Lighter duty FAST'S coupling, originally designed to compete with the O-Ring style couplings

• Size 1 – 3 1/2 ~ up to 4.75” maximum bore, up to 117,000 in / lbs torque

• Lube capacity less than Fast’s but more than O-Ring style. 

Series H Gear Coupling

Fully interchangeable, by coupling half, with other competitive O’Ring style gear coupling available in the market today. Large bore capacity and the most economical design.

• Sizes 1 through 30

• O’Ring style seal

• Shrouded or exposed bolt sleeves

• Reversible hubs

• Max. Bore up to 43.5” (1.1 meter)

• Max. Torque up to 284 million lb-in (32100 kN-m)

• Many types available:  Mill motor, Slide, Shear Pin (overload torque protection), Floating shaft,  Limited end float, Electrically insulated,  Alloy steel and other custom design styles Available

• ABS and DNV approved designs.

Waldron Gear Coupling

Traditionally the gear coupling of choice in paper mills with its unique H” type seal design for multiple contact area; capable of better sealing than conventional O’Ring style seal.

• Sizes 1 through 7

• High misalignment seal

• Greater tooth contact than other spherical styles

• 40° Tooth

• Reversible hubs

• Maximum bore up to 9.25” (235 mm)

• Also available in flangeless (continuous sleeve design), and flex rigid type for 3 bearing or floating shaft configuration

KOP-GRID Tapered Grid Coupling

KOP-GRID Flexible shaft couplings provide reliability and long life when first cost is of utmost consideration.  Can accommodate misalignment with the added benefit of shock absorption.

• Interchangeable part by part with major competitors’ products

• Economically priced

• Bores to 7.25”

• Available: horizontal cover type (T10), vertical cover type (T20), spacer (T31)

• and half spacer (T35) type

KOP-FLEX Non-Lubricated Couplings - Flexible KD® Series Disc Couplings...

The KD series couplings are well suited for such applications as pumps, compressors, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, fans, blowers and other rotating equipment.  No other supplier offers the sizes, types, torque capacity and simplicity of the design offered by KOP-FLEX’s KD series.

Unitized stainless steels disc packs are factory assembled and easy to assemble and disassemble in the field.

• No lubrication required

• Scalloped disc design optimized for torque capacity and life

• Sizes and types available to replace gear coupling

• One of the widest ranges of disc coupling sizes and types available in the market

• Designed to meet API 610 applications when specified

• Available with 3 levels of balance classification

• 5 Year disc warranty

KOP-FLEX Close Coupling  – Use in place of close coupled gear couplings

• Types: KD1, KD10 and KD11

• Max. bore up to 11.50 inch (290 mm) diameter

• Torque capacity up to  5.2 million lb-in  (588 kN-m)

• Spacer Type – For moderate shaft separations.

• Types: KD2, KD20, KD21, KD22 & KD5

• Max. bore up to 13.50 inch (340 mm) diameter

• Torque capacity up to  5.2 million lb-in  (588 kN-m)

• Popular 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 and 14 inch shaft separations available from our warehouses

• Floating Shaft Type – Medium and heavy duty applications requiring longer shaft separation.

• Used to replace gear couplings on paper mill machines

• Types: KD4, KD41, KD42, KD42T & KD5

• Max. bore up to 13.50 inch (340 mm) diameter

• Torque capacity up to 5.2 million lb-in (588 kN-m)

• KD42 is a drop in replacement for gear couplings – see Kop-Flex KD catalog page 120 for interchange chart

• Highest torque (power) capacity in the industry

• Cooling Tower Type (KD33) - Designed specifically for cooling tower drives and long span applications

• Hubs, adapters, disc packs and hardware are all stainless steel for high strength and corrosion resistance

• Center member is a lightweight composite or fiberglass tube engineered to provide optimum combination of strength and bending stiffness

KOP-FLEX MAX-C® Resilient Couplings

Max-C (block style) - designed to provide resilience and damping for the most severe applications, and can operate in wet, gritty, and hot conditions.  Its purpose is to provide torsional damping and protection for shock loads to increase drive train.

• No lubrication is required

• Does not need routine maintenance

• Available up to 79.5” (2.2 m) OD and

• peak torque capacity of 56 million In-Lb. (6380 kN-m)

• Max. Bore up to 34” (860 mm)

• Custom designed for application

• Resilient blocks available in rubber, Styrene Butadiene Rubber or Urethane

KOP-FLEX Resilient Couplings

• Elastomeric - Rubber in compression, longer life, and dynamically stable.

• Up to 750 HP / drives at 1800 Rpm

• Maximum bore up to 5.4” (137 mm)

• Easy to install rubber element without

• moving driving or driven equipment (wrap around style)

• Ideal for pump applications and run-out / entry / exit

• table drives in Steel  /Aluminum Mills

• Jaw Type

• Available in various bore and torque ranges:

• up to 2.375” bore and 180 HP / 1800 RPM

• Interchangeable with Lovejoy Type L, Martin Type ML, and other manufacturers

• Inserts available: Buna-N (Standard), Hytrel, Urethane and Bronze

Browning Couplings & Morse Couplings

BROWNING "L" Type Jaw Couplings

• Industry Standard; interchangeable component by component with all competitive brands available in the market today. 

• Phosphate coated for better corrosion protection, unlike others.

• Jaw hubs L090 and larger are a reduced weight design to save load on equipment.

• Fully machined, including the jaw area.  Machined surfaces are smoother which allows the spider or element to last longer and reduces replacement costs.

• Now available with aluminum and stainless steel hubs for food & beverage, vending machines, corrosive or high humidity environments and other applications.

 Browning Coupling Types

• Pin Couplings

  • Finished Bore-Die Cast

  • Finished Bore-Steel

  • Bushing Type-Steel

• Jaw Couplings

  • Finished Bore-Die Cast

  • Finished Bore-Steel

  • Bushing Type-Steel

• Chain Finished Bore

  • Finished Bore-Die Cast

  • Finished Bore-Steel

  • Bushing Type-Steel

• Ever-Flex

  • Finished Bore-Die Cast

  • Finished Bore-Steel

  • Bushing Type-Steel

• Sleeve

  • Finished Bore-Die Cast

  • Finished Bore-Steel

  • Bushing Type-Steel

• Rigid

  • Bushing Type

Morse Coupling Types

• MORFLEX® Finished Bore