Thompson Couplings Ltd

Thompson Couplings Ltd maintain the highest quality standards in its business from project management with our highly trained sales team to engineering design assistance with our customers through to quality manufacturing and distribution from our Queensland operation. Our approved ISO 9001 quality management system reflects our promise to deliver to you the best quality product and support for your specific driveline application. With the applications of couplings to special oil and gas installations Thompson Couplings Ltd can now offer ATEX approved (Atmospheric Explosive) couplings that couple motors and pumps or other equipment unique to explosive risk industries. Thompson Couplings is proud to be certified by American Shipping Bureau (ABS). Our trained staff can also assist with the installation of couplings for compliance with the American Petroleum Institute API-671 and internationally ISO 10441:2007. The range of TCAE Alignment Eliminator couplings fulfil the requirements of the standard for flexible couplings for mechanical power transmission; this includes all types of industrial plants, being, Steel Mills, Aluminium Plants, High Acid Soft Drink Plants, Paper and Recycle Plants, marine, trucks mining, as well as those unique to the oil and natural gas industries and many more; based on our product design materials of construction, manufacturing quality and inspection and testing procedures. Decades of industry research have proved that shaft misalignment for rotating mechanical power transmission contributes to losses in terms of energy and increased wear of connected components (seals, bearings etc). These losses, when added together, appear in reporting as Down-Time, the most damaging contributor to profitability.