Clutches & Brakes

Type of Clutches: Plate and Cone Clutches.

Type of Brakes: external shoe brakes, band &
block brakes, internal expending shoe brakes

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 Purpose
• A clutch is designed with the following requirements
– Allow the vehicle to come to a stop while the
transmission remains in gear
– Allow the driver to smoothly take off from a dead stop
– Allow the driver to smoothly change gears
– Must not slip under heavy loads and full engine power

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Positive clutches

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 Single plate clutch
Single plate clutch
It consists of various elements
pressure plate,
friction plate (clutch plate),
 driving shaft,
splined driven shaft,
splined hub,
brass bush etc.

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 It consists of various elements, such as pressure plate, friction
plate (clutch plate), driving shaft, splined driven shaft, splined
hub, brass bush etc.

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Friction plate has a ring of friction material on either side.
Friction plate is attached to splined hub which is free to slide
axially on splined driven shaft and rotates along with driven
shaft.
The spring is placed between pressure plate and cover. Brass
bush is press fitted inside the pressure plate so that it can rotate
freely on driven shaft.

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Multi plate clutch

It consists of two sets of plates the driving plates and driven
plates arranged alternately, driving shaft, spring, splined driven
shaft etc.

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• It consists of more than one driving as well as driven
plates. So the ­number of pair of contacting surfaces is
more than two.

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Cone clutch

It consists of driving shaft, splined driven shaft, outer cone (cup),
inner cone (cone), helical compression spring etc. The outer cone
(cup) is keyed to the driving shaft and inner cone is free to slide
axially on the splined driven shaft.

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 • To engage the clutch axial force is provided by a helical
compression spring. Clutch is disengaged by means of fork fitted
in shifting collar or groove on the outer surface of cone, leather,
cork or asbestos is used as friction lining.

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Centrifugal clutch

It is works on the principle of centrifugal force. Centrifugal force

is increases with the increase in speed.

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It consists of spider having radial guide, sliding shoes,
helical tension springs co-axial drum
The spider having four equally spaced radial guides is
keyed to the driving shaft. Sliding shoes can slide radially in
guides.
The sliding shoes are covered with frictional material from
outer side. These shoes are held against spider on driving
shaft by helical tension springs and all these assembly is
enclosed in coaxial drum which is mounted on driven shaft.

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