The document discusses mechanical drives in industry, focusing on belt drives, rope drives, and chain drives, along with their definitions and applications. Belt drives use flexible material to transmit motion between shafts, while rope drives are effective for long-distance power transmission and chain drives are used in various industries including agriculture and transport. The selection of these drives is influenced by factors such as type of enclosure, bearings, power transmission methods, and noise levels.

1. Applications of Belt,
Rope and Chain Drives
and its Selection
Method for Industry
PRESENTER NAME – VAIBHAV ANIL WANI

2. Overview
• Definition of Drive
• Belt Drives
• Rope Drives
• Chain Drives
• Applications
• Selection Methods

3. • A Drive, more precisely, a mechanical drive is a series of components which manages
the transmission between two static or dynamic elements.
• This power can further be channeled to power other equipment like pumps, blowers, air
compressors, and other common industrial machinery.
• There are generally 3 types of mechanical drives, namely belt drives, chain drives and
rope drives.
Definition of Drive

4. Belt Drives
A belt is a loop of flexible material used to link two or
more rotating shafts mechanically, most often parallel.
Belts may be used as a source of motion, to transmit
power efficiently or to track relative movement. Belts are
looped over pulleys and may have a twist between the
pulleys, and the shafts need not be parallel.
A Belt may be of 3 types. Basically Flat belt, V-Belt and
Trapezoidal belt are of them.

5. Rope Drives
Rope drives were used for connections from stationary
engines to the jack shafts and line shafts of mills, and
sometimes from line shafts to driven machinery. Unlike
leather belts, however, rope drives were sometimes used
to transmit power over relatively long distances. Over
long distances, intermediate sheaves were used to
support the "flying rope", and in the late 19th century,
this was considered quite efficient.

6. Chain Drives
Rope drives were used for connections from stationary
engines to the jack shafts and line shafts of mills, and
sometimes from line shafts to driven machinery. Unlike
leather belts, however, rope drives were sometimes used
to transmit power over relatively long distances. Over
long distances, intermediate sheaves were used to
support the "flying rope", and in the late 19th century,
this was considered quite efficient.

7. Applications
Belt Drives
• The belt drive is used in the Mill industry.
• The belt drive is used in Conveyor.
Chain Drives
• Transportation Industry.
• Agriculture Machinery.
• Material Handling Equipment.
• Building construction.
Rope Drives
• Hunting, pulling, carrying purposes.
• Lifting purposes as well as climbing activities in the ancient era.

8. Selection Elements of
Drives in Industries
•Type of enclosure
•Type of bearings
•Method of power transmission
•Type of cooling
•Noise level
•Space requirement

9. Discussion
What makes the mechanical drives to be in
the List of Recommendation in Industries?
What sets it apart from other related Drives?