Control operation of a clutch drive system
US5330109A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 10, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF27B7/26
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A motor-driven drive shaft is coupled to a grinding mill or other unbalanced rotatable member through a clutch arranged to accommodate misalignment, the clutch being so controlled during start-up as to be initially engaged to effect a first limited rotation of the mill in the drive direction, then disengaged to permit the mill to rotate under its own weight through a second rotation in the direction reverse to the drive direction and through a third rotation in the drive direction, and then to be re-engaged during the second rotation of the member in the drive direction. Clutch orbiting is thus reduced if not eliminated.
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