Description
This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using diff erent arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers or lecturers fi t the parts of the kit to the work panel (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic. This kit includes a wheel and axle with single, double and triple wheel or ‘sheave’ pulleys for experiments in mechanical advantage. Students test fi xed, movable and compound pulleys attached to load and eff ort weights to test their mechanical advantage. The kit includes a unique pulley – the Weston Diff erential pulley to show how two diff erent size sheaves on one pulley has a dramatic eff ect on mechanical advantage. The kit introduces students to key engineering terms such as machine effi ciency, velocity ratio and ‘work done’. We supplies a CD-ROM with the work panel. It includes all the worksheets, guidance notes and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range. Note: The kit is for use with the work panel (supplied separately).
Learning Outcomes
Simple pulleys – fixed, movable and compound
The wheel and axle
The Weston differential pulley
Specifications
Atico is committed to a programme of continuous improvement; hence we reserve the right to alter the design and product specification without prior notice.
Storage tray (with clip-on lid):
450 mm x 320 mm x 85 mm
Net weight:
3.8 kg
Packed volume and weight:
Approximately 0.015 m3 and 4.3 kg
Main parts:
• Single, double and triple wheel (sheave) pulleys
• Weston diff erential pulley
• Wheel and axle
• Weight hangers and weights
Operating Conditions
Operating Enviroment:
Laboratory Enviroment
Storage Temprature Range :
–25°C to +55°C (when packed for transport)
Operating Temprature range:
+5°C to +40°C
Operating relative humidity range:
80% at temperatures < 31°C decreasing linearly to 50% at 40°C
