SUMMARY OF BELT AND CHAIN DRIVES
Drives are devices used to transmit rotary motion from one shaft to another.
The drive mechanism is used in transmitting power from one location to another. There are three types of drives; they are Belt and pulley drive, Chain drives, and Gear drives.
Belt drives are simple mechanical devices used for transmitting motion from one pulley to the other or from one shaft to another shaft parallel to it and at some distance away.
The four types of belt drives treated in this chapter are: round belt, v belt, flat belt, and timing/toothed belt.
Belts are tensioned when slacked with idler pulley to improve efficiency in motion transmission.
Application of belt drives, advantages and disadvantages of belt drive have been fully discussed in this chapter.
Chain drives are used for transferring power/motion from one shaft to another just as in the case for belt drive.
Application of chain drives, advantages and disadvantages of chain drive were also fully discussed in this chapter.
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