Drive Systems Kit
Model Number: ES11
A practical kit for demonstrating and comparing belt, chain and universal coupling drive systems.
Overview
A practical teaching kit that demonstrates the advantages and disadvantages of three popular drive systems: belt, chain and a universal coupling, using a manually rotated frame with a low friction cantilever linkage, adjustable masses and a spring to apply force.
This kit includes three different drive systems to show their relative advantages and disadvantages. The kit includes extra parts to help show the importance of the angle of lap around a pulley and its relationship with friction. The kit introduces students to key engineering terms such as gear ratio, pulley ratio and efficiency. Students test a universal coupling, a belt drive and a chain drive to see how they work and how they differ in the way they transfer motion (power).
This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using different arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers or lecturers fit the parts of the kit to the Work Panel (ES1) (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic.
Features
- Includes three drive systems: belt, chain and universal coupling
- Extra parts demonstrate the importance of angle of lap around a pulley and its relationship with friction
- Introduces key engineering terms such as gear ratio, pulley ratio and efficiency
- Flexible and modular design for experiments and classroom demonstrations on the Work Panel (ES1)
- Suitable for engineering courses from foundation to postgraduate
- Supplied in a hard-wearing storage tray with moulded insert and graphical contents list
- Rugged, durable parts for safe hands-on experiments
Specifications
- Drive systems: belt drive, chain drive, and universal coupling
- Demonstration method: manually rotated frame with a low friction cantilever linkage, adjustable masses, and a spring to apply force
- Topics covered: power transfer, efficiency, direction, friction, angle of lap, gear ratio, and pulley ratio
- Compatibility: fits the Work Panel (ES1), supplied separately
- Storage: hard-wearing storage tray with moulded insert and graphical list to help check kit contents
Learning Outcomes
- Power transfer, efficiency and direction in a belt drive
- Power transfer and efficiency in a chain drive
- Input and output relationships of a universal coupling
- Friction and angle of lap on a pulley
Add On Products
Items Included
- Three different drive systems: belt drive, chain drive, and universal coupling
- Extra parts to demonstrate angle of lap around a pulley and its relationship with friction
- Manually rotated frame
- Low friction cantilever linkage
- Adjustable masses
- Spring to apply force
- Hard-wearing storage tray with moulded insert
- Graphical list to help check the kit contents
Requirements
- Work Panel (ES1) required for experiments and classroom demonstrations; supplied separately.