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Thanks for the reply! I forgot to mention that there is a system that will shut down the motor if there is a sudden drop in current so we don't need to worry about over speed and can treat failure on either ends of the shaft as the same. I'm a bit unclear on how the universal joint at the non...

Hello All, Some background information: I'm a co-op engineering student and recently my supervisor asked me to do a bit of research on a solution to a problem we had. Essentially, a cardan shaft connecting a motor and a gear box failed at a joint during operation and caused some extensive...