12the Guide To Pulleys12
12the Guide To Pulleys12
12the Guide To Pulleys12
Guide to
Pulleys
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INTRODUCTION
Pulley, in mechanics, a
wheel that carries a
flexible rope, cord,
cable, chain, or belt on
its rim. Pulleys are used
singly or in combination
to transmit energy and
motion. They are simply
a collection of one or
more wheels over which
you loop a rope (or
chain) to make it easier
to lift things. Pulleys are
examples of what
scientists call simple
machines. That doesn't
mean they're packed
with engines and gears;
it just means they help
us multiply forces.
A Quick Note
from A Levers 🥸
A lever is a simple
machine consisting of a
beam or rigid rod
pivoted at a fixed hinge,
or fulcrum. A lever is a
rigid body capable of
rotating on a point on
itself. On the basis of the
locations of fulcrum,
load and effort, the lever
is divided into three
types,
History 👴
The earliest evidence of
the lever mechanism
dates back to the
ancient Near East c.
5000 BC, when it was
first used in a simple
balance scale. In ancient
Egypt c. 4400 BC, a foot
pedal was used for the
earliest horizontal frame
loom.[4] In Mesopotamia
(modern Iraq) c. 3000
BC, the shadouf, a
crane-like device that
uses a lever mechanism,
was invented.[3] In
ancient Egypt, workmen
used the lever to move
and uplift obelisks
weighing more than 100
tons.
Back to the Topic 😶
The power into the lever
equals the power out,
and the ratio of output
to input force is given by
the ratio of the
distances from the
fulcrum to the points of
application of these
forces. This is known as
the law of the lever.
The types of Levers
Class I – Fulcrum is
located between the
effort and the
resistance: The effort is
applied on one side of
the fulcrum and the
resistance (or load) on
the other side. For
example, a seesaw, a
crowbar, a pair of
scissors, a balance
scale, a pair of pliers,
and a claw hammer
(pulling a nail). With the
fulcrum in the middle,
the lever's mechanical
advantage may be
greater than, less than,
or even equal to 1.
Virtual Work 🥴
Imagine you have a
super cool magic rope,
and you want to lift a
really heavy box. But
lifting it by yourself is
too hard. So, you decide
to use a pulley system.
Mechanical advantage is
a measure of how much
easier a machine makes
a task. For example:
Levers: If you use a
lever to lift the bucket,
the long end of the lever
gives you more
leverage, so you don't
have to push as hard to
lift the same weight. The
mechanical advantage
of a lever depends on
the length of its arms.