Clutches connect or disconnect the engine shaft and transmission shaft. In principle, clutches consisting of flywheel, clutch disc and pressure plate are required to transmit the engine speed to the gearbox. Under load, the clutch disc clamps between flywheel and pressure plate and rotates. When coupling, the contact springs and release levers are loosened and the rotation of the clutch disc is slowly reduced. The clutch must be disconnected for starting up, so until a minimum speed is reached a...
Clutches connect or disconnect the engine shaft and transmission shaft. In principle, clutches consisting of flywheel, clutch disc and pressure plate are required to transmit the engine speed to the gearbox. Under load, the clutch disc clamps between flywheel and pressure plate and rotates. When coupling, the contact springs and release levers are loosened and the rotation of the clutch disc is slowly reduced. The clutch must be disconnected for starting up, so until a minimum speed is reached and for the gear change. Hydrodynamic torque converters transmit the rotational movement of the motor to the gearbox. They are installed in automatic transmissions. A typical design consists of housing, turbine (drive), stator, pump wheel (output) and converter lock-up clutch. When the turbine and pump impeller have a large rotational speed difference, an oil circuit is produced, the oil flow flows between pump, turbine and stator. The wheels, which are provided with oppositely directed blades, add the movement of the turbine and stator to the impeller torque. The converter lock-up clutch engages at almost the same value. The resulting rigid connection between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be used for force transmission. Hydrodynamic torque converters are also referred to synonymously as fetching transducers.
