Cut this stock to length to create the machine key you need. Straight keys, with a square or rectangular cross section, are the most common type of key. Install in a keyway to transmit torque from shafts to gears and other components.
Straight keys, with a square or rectangular cross section, are the most common type of key. Install them in keyways to transmit torque from shafts to gears and other components.
When installed, these keys fill oval keyways completely, reducing stress on the key and shaft. The rounded ends make it easy to slide gears, hubs, and other components into place. Also known as feather keys.
Thread a screw through the tapped hole to pop these keys out of a keyway. When installed, they fill oval keyways completely, reducing stress on the key and shaft. The rounded ends make it easy to slide gears, hubs, and other components into place.
These keys are slightly undersized to fit in standard keyways.
Slightly larger than the size listed, these oversized keys offer a tight fit in worn keyways.
Make a key that is the exact length you need. Slightly larger than the size listed, these oversized keys offer a tight fit in worn keyways.