COUPLINGS, GEAR TRAINS, AND V-BELT DRIVES Section 3 V-Belt DrivesSECTION 3 V-BELT DRIVES Introduction 1. This electric motor is going to be used as the prime mover for this compressor. ‘the prime mover and the driven equipment are placed (end-to-end /side-to-side). side-to-side 2. A flexible coupling such as a plastic block or rubber tire coupling (can/eannot) be used to join the two cannot shatts. 3. Which of these three methods of joining the shafts may be used to couple that electrie motor and com- prescor? G44, ‘The shafts may be joined by a gear train or by a V- belt drive, Since the shafts are so fi gear train) is more pract apart, the (V-belt drive/ 5. A V-belt is a simple device for transmitting power between two parallel shafts. ONS DRIVE SHAFT A sheave (wheel) is mounted on each 6. The sides of the sheave form a groove. ‘The _____rides in this groove, 7, Name the parts of this V-belt drive. 65 V-belt drive V-belt, or belt A, shaft; B. groove G. sheave; D. V-belt