Fluid Coupling

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Basic Prinicple

Fluid Couplings
Bas ic Principal

Construction:

A pplicat ions Chart

F luidomat fluid couplings w ork on t he

hydrodynamic principle. It cons ist s of a
pump-generally know n as impeller and a

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t urbine generally know n as rot or, bot h

enclosed s uitably in a cas ing. The impeller

th em cu s to m b u ilt Variab le

and t he rot or are bow l-s haped and have large

S p e e d F lu id C o u p lin g .

number of radial vanes . They face each ot her

w it h an air gap. The impeller is suit ably
connect ed t o t he prime mover w hile t he rot or

mo re

has a shaft bolt ed to it . This s haft is furt her

connect ed t o t he driven machine t hrough a
s uit able arrangement . Oil is filled in t he fluid coupling from t he filling plug provided on it s body. A fus ible plug is
provided on the fluid coupling w hich blow s off and drains out oil from t he coupling in cas e of s us t ained
overloading.

Operating Principle:

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There is no mechanical interconnect ion bet w een t he impeller and t he rot or ( i.e. t he driving and driven unit s )
and t he pow er is t rans mitt ed by virt ue of t he fluid filled in t he coupling. The impeller w hen rot at ed by t he prime
mover imparts velocit y and energy t o the fluid, w hich is convert ed int o mechanical energy in t he rot or t hus
rot at ing it .
The fluid follow s a clos ed circuit of flow from impeller t o rot or
t hrough t he air gap at t he out er periphery and from rot or t o
impeller again t hrough t he air gap at the inner periphery. To
enable t he fluid t o flow from impeller t o rot or it is es s ent ial
t hat there is difference in t he "head" bet w een t he t w o and
t hus it is ess ent ial t hat t here is difference in R .P.M., know n
as s lip bet w een t he t w o. Slip is an import ant and inherent
charact eris tic of a fluid coupling res ulting in s everal des ired
advant ages . A s t he s lip increases more and more fluid can be
t rans ferred from t he impeller t o t he rotor and more t orque is t rans mit t ed. How ever w hen the rot or is at
s t andst ill, maximum fluid is t ransmit t ed from t he coupling. The maximum t orque is limit ing t orque. The fluid

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coupling als o act s as a t orque limit er.

Characteristics:
F luidomat fluid coupling has centrifugal charact eris tics during s t art ing, thus enabling no load s t art-up of prime
mover, w hich is of great import ance.

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The s lipping charact eris t ics of fluid coupling provides a w ide range of choice of pow er t ransmis s ion
charact eris t ics w hich als o res ult in s peed variat ion, s mooth & cont rolled accelerat ion, clut ching and declut ching
operations and ot her charact erist ics of load limit ing s hock & peak load abs orpt ion and dampening et c. By
varying t he quant it y of oil filled in t he fluid coupling, t he normal torque trans mit t ing capacity can be varied. The
maximum t orque of t he fluid coupling can als o be s et t o a pre-det ermined s afe value by adjus t ing t he oil filling.
The fluid coupling has t he s ame charact eris t ics in bot h direct ions of rotat ion.

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Scoop Control Variable Speed Couplings :

Thes e coupling have a s liding s coop t ube w hich ent ers t he coupling rot at ing cas ing through cent ral clearance.
The oil quantit y level in t he coupling can be varied w hich in operat ion by changing t he pos ition of t he s coop
t ube w hich det ermines t he oil level in the coupling. This change of oil level s hift s t he t orque charact eris tic of
t he coupling t hus enabling s t ep les s s peed cont rol .See t he charact eris tic curve s how n below .

Important Oil Properties:

Kinemat ic viscos it y : 40 D eg.
Vis cosit y Index : 95
F las h Point : 190 D eg.

Equiv ale nt Oils:

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IO C

SE R VO SY STE M 32

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TOR QUE F LUID N45

BP

E NE R GOL HLP 32

GULF

HY D R A ULIC OIL 32

CA L TEX

TOR QUE F LUID 32

SHE LL

TOGULA OIL 32

CA S TROL

HY PSIN A WS 32

MOBIL

MOBIL F LUID 124

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