The Coupling That Introduced More Error Than It Fixed We coupled a servo motor to a ball screw with a jaw coupling. The application needed ±0.02 mm positioning. The jaw coupling was rated for the torque, but it had about 0.5° of backlash. At the screw end, that 0.5° translated to 0.05 mm of lost …

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