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Friction Clutches: A Clutch Enables Two Co-Axial Shafts To Be Engaged or Disengaged While at Rest or in Relative Motion
Friction Clutches: A Clutch Enables Two Co-Axial Shafts To Be Engaged or Disengaged While at Rest or in Relative Motion
(throw-out bearing
T/O bearing) allows
to push on rotating
clutch fingers
Bolted to Crank
1 2 3 4 5 6
driver driven
No. of driving
pairs n = 6 Friction plates
Cone clutch
= semi-apex angle of
the cone
Only one pair of driving
surfaces is possible, n =1
w
Driving Driven
shaft shaft
Friction
lining
Centrifugal clutch F=mr2
P
Driven
shaft
Driving
shaft R
Friction lining