AOEBP                                                Equipment Drive Components - Couplings

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Topic 1: Introduction
     
1.1 Identify equipment drive components used at your site and explain what each drive component does. ____   ____
     
1.2 Describe operator checks and safety concerns related to equipment drive components at your site. ____   ____
     
1.3 Identify locations at your site where different types of drive components are used together and explain the operating characteristics of each arrangement. ____   ____
     
1.4 Define the following terms: endplay, torque, torque surge, and shock load. ____   ____
     
     
Topic 2: Couplings    
     
2.1 Explain what a coupling is and describe its general function. ____   ____
     
2.2 Identify and describe fixed speed couplings used at your site. ____   ____
     
2.3 Describe operator checks and safety concerns that apply to fixed speed couplings at your site. ____   ____
     
2.4 Explain what a variable speed coupling is and describe its general function. ____   ____
     
2.5 Define the term “slip.” ____   ____
     
2.6 Identify and describe variable speed coup- lings used at your site. ____   ____
     
2.7 Describe operator checks and safety con- cerns that apply to variable speed couplings at your site. ____   ____
     
     
Topic 3: Clutches    
     
3.1 Explain what a clutch is and describe its general function. ____   ____
     
3.2 Identify and describe a clutch used at your site. ____   ____
     
3.3 Describe some general operator checks and safety concerns that apply to clutch operation at your site. ____    ____


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