Clamping arrangement to join a hub with a shaft

An assembly for connecting at least one inner structural part having an outer cylindrical surface to a hub surrounding the inner structural part comprising:

• (a) at least one outer tapered ring, said outer tapered ring having an inner conical surface, said inner conical surface being tapered at a self-retaining angle;
• (b) a hub having an outer circumferential surface, a portion of said outer circumferential surface being conical, said inner conical surface cooperating with said outer circumferential surface;
• (c) means for tensioning said outer tapered ring against said hub;
• (d) a circumferential counter-support adjacent to said outer tapered ring;
• (e) a plurality of wedge segments axially arranged between said counter-support and said outer tapered ring, said wedge segments having at least one threaded radial bore therein;
• (f) and bolts threaded in said threaded bores, whereby said bolts radially displace said wedge segments and pressure said outer tapered ring axially from said circumferential conical surface.