Multiple electromagnetic clutch

[seanad]

Hi all,

I'm very new to this topic. Basically I want to arrange a driving member (a toy/printer motor) and a line of 4 driven members (aligned one by one alone a line). Each driven member needs to be able to on/charged or off/discharged randomly. I'm thinking of using electromagnetic clutch for each driven member but don't know how to arrange them. Please help. Any tips/samples are welcomed!

TIA
-sean

 

[seanad]

If it's not achievable, a belt/chain will do? TIA

 

[MikeHalloran]

The best thing you can do for yourself is accumulate a pile of printers, especially cheap ones, and take them apart to see how they work. Broken printers may teach you more than working ones, so the exercise shouldn't cost a lot of money.



Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA

 

[jraef]

One long drive line connected to the motor and having multiple pinion gears, each driving a ring gear connected to your clutches driving shafts that are parallel to the main drive line.

"Will work for (the memory of) salami"

 

[jraef]

Oh.... For want of an edit function....

I might point out that until you get to the point of energizing the motor or clutches, this is not an electrical problem, it's mechanical.

"Will work for (the memory of) salami"

 

[seanad]

> One long drive line connected to the motor and having multiple pinion gears, each driving a ring gear connected to your clutches driving shafts that are parallel to the main drive line.

Sorry for my limited knowledge to understand above. Can you draw few lines? I'm a computer programmer

 

[jraef]

Banging on a keyboard; free (up to the point of boredom anyway).

Drawings; $150/hour.

Here's a free hint: go down to a friendly old bowling alley and ask to watch the pin resetters from the back side.

"Will work for (the memory of) salami"

 

[jraef]

OK, I lied...



"Will work for (the memory of) salami"

 

[seanad]

Yes, you did. But it's so clear and elegant. You saved my life.