Browse Topic: Dry disc clutches
Wysong USA has been manufacturing industrial press brakes, hydraulic shears, and mechanical shears for sheet metal and plastics for nearly 120 years. Like many companies, their motto was “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” so their product had remained essentially the same. But during a customer visit that motto clashed with another company saying, “the customer is always right.” This customer had replaced the dry clutch brake for an oil shear clutch brake that was more accurate. “The customer is always right” won, so Wysong updated their product line and increased accuracy while reducing costs, making it a win all around
Dual Clutch Automatic Transmission (DCT) has the characteristics of light weight, fast shift speed and high transmission efficiency. Electric vehicles equipped with dual clutch transmission can effectively improve vehicle power performance and economy. Electro-hydraulic control system, as a key component of transmission, determines the quality of shift. In this paper, an electro - hydraulic control system is designed based on two - speed dry dual clutch transmission of electric vehicle. Firstly, the hydraulic components of the system were selected and calculated based on the vehicle parameters. Secondly, the electro-hydraulic control system of the dual clutch transmission was established according to the transmission control strategy and the matching hydraulic valve body assembly was designed. Then, the key components of the system were simulated to analyze their dynamic shift characteristics and response characteristics. Finally, through various tests, it is verified that the designed
Agricultural Tractors consisting of a conventional manual transmission and dry friction clutch are mostly assembled with a mechanical type of clutch release mechanism where a defined amount of free play needs to be maintained between the clutch and Release Mechanism. A defined free play is required for efficient operation of clutch, Release Bearing as well as to ensure the durability of the system. As the clutch disc wears the free play between diaphragm spring or levers (as the case may be) and the release bearing is reduced. The rate at which the clutch disc wears is dependent on many factors like working condition of the tractor, grade of the friction lining material, experience of the driver, etc. This makes it very difficult to predict the exact timeline when the free play needs to be adjusted even though an approximate indication is given in instruction manuals. In today’s situation the adjustment of the free play is carried out manually and approximately. Many times, the
Coil springs are crucial components of the clutch damper. Quantifying the stresses accumulated on them during operation is crucial in the prediction of remaining usable spring life. This paper demonstrates the use of a mathematical model-based approach in predicting the behavior of localized stresses on the spring used in clutch dampers. An equivalent cantilever beam model for spring coils solved using the theory of elastic stability is utilized to predict the spring response in operation, a contact model that translates the spring response into localized stresses due to wear and iterative wear model that accounts for surface morphology and change in geometry due to wear is illustrated in this paper for the prediction of wear
Accuracy of heat flux models is critical to clutch design in case of excessive temperatures due to large amounts of friction heat generated in the narrow space. Pressure distribution on the clutch friction interface is an important factor affecting heat flux distribution, thus affecting temperature distribution. In this paper, an experiment is conducted to obtain the pressure distribution for one typical dry clutch equipped with a set of diaphragm spring. Considering that the frictional interface is in contact, this study makes use of pressure sensitive film and acquires data based on image processing techniques. Then a polynomial mathematical model with dimensionless parameters is developed to fit the pressure distribution on the friction disc. After that, the proposed pressure model is applied to a thermal model based on finite element method. In addition, two conventional thermal models (i.e., uniform heat flux model and uniform pressure model), are implemented for comparison
Vicura is a developer of manual transmissions and dry dual clutch transmissions, as well as powertrain integration in a large number of front wheel drive and all wheel drive applications. The company’s engineers are responsible for a broad range of complex simulation and analysis testing including system, structure, and fluid mechanics. The team performs critical simulation and analysis to ascertain the strength, stiffness, thermal, and dynamic behaviors of all possible transmission assemblies and components (housings, shafts, gears, synchronizers, clutches, etc
The objective of this glossary is to establish uniform definitions of parts and terminology for engine cooling systems
The objective of this glossary is to establish uniform definitions of parts and terminology for engine cooling systems
This SAE Recommended Practice is prepared as a guideline to improve and maintain the quality of remanufactured automotive products. Installation of remanufactured or rebuilt products is often an economical way to repair a vehicle even though they may not fully be equivalent to original equipment parts. Before processing any part, a remanufacturer should determine if the original design and present condition of the core are suitable for remanufacturing, so as to provide durable operation of the part as well as acceptable performance when installed in a vehicle. The remanufacturer should also carefully consider the safety aspects of the product and any recommendations of the original manufacturer related to remanufacturing or rebuilding their product
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