Assistant Design Engineer Interview Question:

Tell me during the design of a friction clutch what are the considerations that should be made?

Submitted by: Muhammad

In order to design a friction clutch the following points must be kept in mind:
☛ > The material for the contact surfaces must be carefully selected.
☛ > For high speed devices to minimize the inertia load of the clutch, low weight moving parts must be selected.
☛ > The contact of the friction surfaces must be maintained at all the times without the application of any external forces.
☛ > Provisions for the facilitation of repairs must be there.
☛ > In order to increase safety the projecting parts of a clutch must be covered.
☛ > A provision to take up the wearing of the contact surfaces must be present.
☛ > Heat dissipaters to take away the heat from the point of contacting surfaces must be there.
Submitted by: Muhammad