MULTI PLATE CLUTCH
IT IS EXTENSION OF SINGLE PLATE TYPE WITH NUMBER OF FRICTION AND METAL PLATE INCREASES. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF FRICTION PLATE INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF CLUTCH TO TRANSMIT THE TORQUE AND THE SIZE REMAIN FIX AND THE OVERALL DIAMETER OF CLUTCH REDUCE FOR SAME TRANSMISSION AS THE SINGLE PLATE CLUTCH . A SIMPLIFIED DIAGRAM OF MULTI PLATE IS SHOW THE CONSTRUCTION IS SAME THAT OF SINGLE PLATE TYPE EXCEPT THAT ALL THE FRICTION PLATES IN THIS ARE A SET OF TWO , ONE SET OF PLATE SLIDE IN THE GROOVE ON THE FLYWHEEL AND OTHER ONE SLIDE ON THE SUPPLY OF THE PRESSURE PLATE HUB . ALTERNATE PLATE BELONG TO EACH SET AS SHOWN IN FIGURE FRICTION PLATE OF MULTI PLATE CLUTCH
APPLICATION
THIS TYPE OF CLUTCH IS USED IN SOME HEAVY VEHICLES,A RACING CAR WHERE HIGH TORQUE TO BE TRANSMITTED , IT IS ALSO APPLICABLE IN SCOOTER AND MOTOR CYCLE WHERE SPACE IS LIMITED
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