The purpose of this unit is to enable the development of elementary knowledge and skills required for maintenance of Power Transmission Drives. This course offers the development of skills in servicing, fitting, aligning, assembling and maintaining of machines equipped with gears, belt drives, brakes, chain devices, clutches and couplings.
Also covered in this unit are the practical and calculation of Chain velocity ratios, Chain speed ratios, Chain tensions, Chain lengths, Chain alignments, Gear velocity ratios, Gear speed ratios, Gear meshing, Gear types, and Gear alignments.