Hello guys!!! Welcome to our video on Power Transmission Systems.

INTERMISSION (changed to transmission by animation)

So, transmission is something that transfers power from one component to

another.

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The industrial power transmission market works with basic & conventional
methods of power transmission.

Open-drive products like belt drives, chain drives, gear drives, etc.
have their own set of advantages and disadvantages.

Now, let’s have a look at the belt-drive systems.

Moving onto belt drives, they are used to transmit motion from one shaft
to another with the help of a thin inextensible belt that runs over two
pulleys.
It is basically a looped strip of flexible material that mechanically
link the rotating shafts.

There are various kind of belt drives available in the market such as
flat belt, V-belt, rope drive and timing belt. It is important to select
the right kind of belt drive, depending upon:

-Power to be transmitted
-Direction of belt motion
-Shaft’s velocity and Velocity ratio
-Service conditions
-Distance between shafts and space available

Irrespective of the type of belt drive you are using,

this technology offers a smooth and effective transmission of power
between shafts even if they are at a considerable distance. This
technology is used when you need to transmit rotary motion between two
parallel shafts.

They are the cheapest method of power transmission.

Belt Drive??But why???

 Belt drives are cost-effective. New belt drive efficiency can be up

to 95-98 percent.
 They are simple to use and easy to maintain.
 Belt drives do not require parallel shaft.
 These(/They) have overload and jam protection.
  Different speeds can be obtained by means of step or tapered
pulleys(animation).
 Belt Drives are efficient when the pulleys are at a longer
distance.
 Damp out noise and vibration.
 Load fluctuations are shock-absorbed, increasing the machinery
life.
 Clutch action can be activated by releasing belt tension.

However, there are a few downsides :

 Belt drives are not compact

 Limited speed of around 35 meters per second
 Compared to other mode power transmission, they have a short life
service
 Typically, its operating temperatures are restricted to –35 to 85°C
 Angular velocity of belt drives isn’t constant. This leads to
stretching, slipping, and wearing of belt
 It has limited power transmission of up to 370 kW, which increases
the heat build-up
 Belt drives usually inflict a heavy load on shafts and bearings
 For wearing and stretching compensation, they additionally need an
idler pulley or some adjustment of center distance
 The velocity ratio varies because of belt slip

There are mainly two types of belt drives:

-Open Type Belt Drive

-Closed or Crossed Type Belt Drive

First let us have a look at Open Type Belt Drives!!!!

In this, the shafts rotate in the same direction that means the direction
of rotating is the same as driving and driven pulley.

The shafts are arranged in the parallel direction.

If the shafts are having a more distance between driver and driving
pulley
then there must be the upper side will be slack side and the below side
will be the tight side.

crossed type belt drive:

So as we have seen in the open type belt drive transmission, both the
driver and the driven pulleys rotate in the same direction....
but what if we need to rotate the driven pulley in the direction opposite
to that of the driver pulley and we just can't move the
driver pulley to meet this requirement...
in that case we can just cross** the belt such that there is a contact
between the
top and bottom belt*(animation of turning the open type belt to cross
belt)
then the driven pulley will rotate in the direction opposite to that of
the driver pulley, which is usually powered by a DC motor ....
heY!!(hurrah!!** whatever) (confetti animation) we just achieved it ...
and also there is less slip compared to open type belt drive...
now we can say this because the angle of contact (alpha) is more here
(**show the angle of contact)
but we have achieved this at what cost (**avengers 'but at what cost'
pic/ but there is a down side to this) ...
there is a considerable wear and tear in the belt ...
as you can see the adjacent parts of the belt are continuously rubbing
against each other and therefore with time
the belt wears off, and at some point it cannot be used.
but still this has its own advantages...well as we have seen .... (**
like a points chart animated point by point)
>> we can get the direction opposite to that of the driver
>> the contact angle is larger therefore the slip is reduced
also we can reduce the wear and tear in the belt by increasing the
distance between the pulleys is feasible
though this type of belt drive is very rarely used it has quite a
significance amount of importance in transmission** (better last sentence
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