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Types of Clutches

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Clutch is a mechanical device used in transmission system of the vehicle. It engaged and disengaged the transmission system from the engine. it is fixed between the engine and the transmission. Types of the Clutches  There are the following types of the clutches used in an automobile industries. 1. Friction Clutches  Friction clutches is the type of the clutches in which the rotating coaxial shaft are engaged through friction contact of their surface. The friction clutches are the mainly three types- Single plate clutch, Multi plate clutches, and the other is Cone Clutch. Single plate Clutch: Single plate clutch are one of the most commonly used this type of clutches used in most modern light vehicle . The clutch helps to transmit the torque from the engine to the transmission input shaft. As the name states it has only one clutch plate. In the single plate clutch it consists of a clutch plate ,friction plate, pressure plate,flywheel, bearing , clutch spring and nu...

Clutch: Definition, Application, Working, Requirements and its Types

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What is a Clutch?  A clutch is a mechanical device, which engaged or disengaged power transmission especially from driving shaft to driven shaft. In simple word clutches are used to connects and disconnects the rotating shafts. In the clutch device one shaft is connected to the engine which is known as the driving members or it can also called the power unit, and the other shaft is connected to the driven shaft which provides the power output. In this function the typically the motions involved are rotary, linear clutches are possible. The main used of a clutches for power and torque transmission from a engine to the flywheel or output shafts, In the torque controlled drill, for interface , one shaft is driven by the motor and the other drives a drill chuck. The clutches are connected to the two shaft so the may we locked with together  and spin the same speed at engaged , and unlocked and spinning at different speed disengaged. Application : The clutches used in a moto...