Clutch System

• Tractor is required to do many jobs according to requirement

of speed and torques are varied with the help of gear box.
• To change the various speed or keep the gear box in neutral
position; it is necessary to move the gear from one position to
another position, to engage or disengage them with the
mating gears.
• Shifting the gears can only be possible with the driving shaft is
stationary; to make the driving shaft stationary it is necessary
to introduce a device between engine & gear box, which can
allow to operator to engage or disengage the gear box system
from engine. This device is known as Clutch
Principle of operations
 Main parts of clutch
• Driving members
• Driven member
• Operating member
 Driving members
• Driving member consist
of a flywheel which
mounted on the crank
shaft
• Fly wheel is bolted to
cover which carries
pressure plate, pressure
spring and release lever
• Fly wheel is bolted to
the cover assembly;
thus , the entire
assembly of fly wheel
and the cover rotated
on the time
 Driven member
• The driven member consist of disc or plate is
called clutch plate
• The clutch is free to slide on the spines of
clutch shaft
• It carries friction material on its both surfaces
• When the clutch plate is gripped between fly
wheel and pressure plate, it rotate the clutch
shaft through spines
 Operating member
• Operating member
consist of foot pedal,
linkage , release or
throw out bearings
 Types of clutch
• Friction clutch:- Single plate, multi plate (dry and
wet)
• Centrifugal clutch
• Semi centrifugal clutch
• Conical spring clutch or diaphragm clutch
• Positive clutch/ Dog and spine clutch
• Hydraulic clutch
• Electromagnetic clutch
• Vacuum clutch
Friction clutch
Centrifugal clutch
diaphragm clutch
Dog and spine clutch
Vacuum clutch
Hydraulic clutch