Patent ID: 8695196

Claim:
A system including a shrink coupling configured with a removal device, said system comprising: a shrink coupling fitted onto a drive train shaft to secure a drive train component to said shaft; a reaction plate erected around said shaft at a location displaced from said shrink coupling, said reaction plate anchored in place relative to said shaft; a plurality of jacking devices operationally disposed between said reaction plate and said shrink coupling, said jacking devices equally circumferentially spaced around said shaft and having a first end engaged against said reaction plate and a second opposite end mechanically fastened in a pull-engagement configuration to said shrink coupling; and whereby to remove said shrink coupling from said drive train component, said shrink coupling is released from a clamped state and said jacking devices are activated to exert a pulling force on said shrink coupling until said shrink coupling is pulled off of said drive train component and moved axially along said shaft to a resting position on said shaft.