Single Plate Clutch
● It is it consists of flywheel, pressure plate, clutch plate with friction lining called friction plate, clutch pedal, thrust and ball bearing and clutch Springs.
● It has only one clutch plate, mounted on the hub which is splined internally and free to slides over the clutch shaft.
● Flywheel is mounted on the crankshaft and rotates with it.
● The pressure plate is fixed to the flywheel through clutch Spring by means of bolts.
● The spring and arranged circumferentially to provide axial Force and Pressure plate to keep the clutch in engaged position.
● The friction plate held between flywheel and pressure plate having friction facing on both side to provide to annular friction surface for power transmission.
1. When clutch pedal is press the pressure plate is moved to the right against the spring force and this is achieved by means of suitable linkage and thrust bearing.
2. Due to this moment of the pressure plate, the friction plate is released and clutch is disengaged and when pedal is released the pressure plate move to left due to clutch spring arranged circumferentially and thus clutch again engaged
Advantage of single plate clutch :
1. Gear changing is easier than the cone clutch because the pedal movement is less.
2. It is more reliable because it does not suffer from disadvantage of binding of cone.
Disadvantage of single plate clutch :
1. The springs have to be more Stiff hence greater force required by the driver for disengaged.
Application of single plate clutch :
1. This clutch is used in four wheelers like truck Jeep Ashok Leyland Tata Sierra etc.
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