How multiplate clutches work! (Animation) 

The music make those clutch plates look freaking heroic. Great video.

Brilliant video - i always had a basic idea how these work but this animation makes it so clear. Perfect for all n00bs. Great job!

I agree with others, very clear understandable explanation about how the multi-disk clutch pack works, thanks.

So I just learned a lot from this this. THANKS A LOT!

Thanks for wonderful animation. Cleared concept regarding multiple clutch.

Thank you, your animations really clarify things.

Excellent animation.I was just confused from the diagrams and theory in the book and then i saw this.Great work👍👍

This is a great explanation and illustration. Thank you.

Wow! I really liked this. Very nicely explained. I am waiting for a similar animation on slipper clutches!

Thank you so much for your informative post, Mr. Thomas Schwenke!

I have a 1923 REO fire truck and this is exactly how the clutches work. Amazing that they had this technology back then.

As usual. You are doing a great job to the humanity

Thanks for uploading this! I actually understand because of your video!

Good job Thomas, i live in turkey and automative student.I was in a lot of trouble with it because there are not enough resources in Turkey. Thank you man. I wish you continued success :)

Thanks for your useful animation.

Thanks for all your videos! i'm so happy thank you :)

Thanks man, I was really stuck when I was studying and was in doubt why torque increased but the force remained same in the equations for multi disk vs single disk clutch.. after seeing this i finally understood..

Even in english, that's great. Keep going !!!

Brilliant work , be nice to mention a few other elements ( 1 ) friction material sometimes cork ( 2 ) sometimes in an oil bath , to remove heat ( 3 ) may be used to reduce overall diameter .

Thank you so much for this video! You have helped me alot. SMOOCHES hun!

great visualization!

Good explanation, so it's easy to learn, thanks!

Great video !!! Congratulations.

Great video!

Your videos are awesome! :)

Thanks for sharing these videos for free Thomas Schwenke, for me, I work, study and am a father, is helpful. You are doing a great job for the society. thank you alot.

Very good and clear video. You helped me studying engineering, thanks!!!

very well made

There's so much attention to detail! I can't wait for the next video! :D :D nice work too btw

Great video, thank you!

Awesome explanation!

brilliant. i totally understand. thanks

+indraidabagus the engine is on the left if this is inside a Ducati motorcycle. Your question is difficult to answer because there are so many applications and most clutches can be used in either direction. But, to give you an example, look at a Ducati motorcycle. The shaft on the left of the animation would be the shaft inside the engine connected to the piston rods. This means the inner plates are spun by the engine and the clutch transfers the rotation to the plates with the teeth on the outside. Then that can be used to turn a belt that then spins the transmission and finally the tires. So the most simple answer could be to say "engine on left" but because of the endless possibilities he didn't want to say it as a blanket statement.

The video is very good and clears all the things with a very precise animation :-) My kind request is you can try to duck the sound of background when the narrator is speaking because the background music is bit too loud which makes it a little difficult to concentrate on the narrators voice ... but the overall video is excellent ..Kudos (y)

thank you so much thomas sir

This actually works almost exactly like the wheel brakes on commercial aircraft, the obvious exception being the use of friction to reduce speed rather than transmit power.

This is such a good video. Now I can take my ducati apart!

Excellent.

This animation helped me. it took two videos to understand while the other videos Makes me go balls.

I 'really' learnt a lot from this clip. Friction between 'inner teeth' plate & 'outer teeth' plate......... As I didn't know about teeth difference, I always thought "what the heck is the difference between engaging/disengaging those packs?"

nice animation information

thank you so much brother

Thank you for the great explanation. There's one thing about multiple clutches that I don't understand. These clutches sit together with the gears in the gearbox and run in oil. Even though the friction disks and the steel plates are pressed together, why don't they slip (because of the oil) ?

great vids!

thank you

Genius!

excellent

Thanks I needed this 😁😁😁🤘

Perfect 🤝

Thanks man

Thanks buddy

ok sir, nice

thanks buddy

Thanks

Damn, the music is too good that I couldn't focus on the video😁

Very good vid , thank`s

thanks

Any idea on what the issue would be if the clutch would not disengage/catch the friction zone? I'm assuming the friction discs are stuck?

NYc video

When the pressure isn't applied the metal plates and friction plates magically separate... Every video I've watched never mentions how the plates seperate and why they don't continue to stick together after the pressure is removed...

Good work brother.... Tomorrow is my semester... Haven't studied anything... But your videos helped me a lot :) #Cheers #Champ

Great explanation on it all but not quite good on the disengaging of the clutches. How is the disegagement levere connected to the clutch plates

How will the steel disks rotate??? They are attached to the case.

What is the force required to disengage a multiclutch system as compared to a single disc clutch system

Wow those clutch plates take all of the Bresh'ah! 😀😀😀

Excellent Video. @Thomas Quite often my Bike Clutch Plate Eradicates, that is the friction does not work, resulting in low acceleration and some time no speed above 30 km/h, in that case i have to change my clutch plate [Changed already thrice] My mechanic told me it is due to half clutch, my question is why does it happen and how does it happen and how do i avoid it?

how if the 4 friction dics are brand new, and 1 of them is the old one?

Interesting

How do the spring move inward? They are fully bolted in.

Can i do "power shifting" with this kind of clutch without any modification with the motorcycle?

Thomas... who has made this animations... beautiful illustration

very good and clear video but the music is very noise with the description

awesome animation !!brother!! makes its easy to visualize! which software are you using?

The sims music, i cant 😂

Is there fluid within the clutch pack?

Could you do a video on the Hele Shaw clutch?

Great video but the music was distracting.

what are the differences of Multi Plate wet clutch vs Hydraulic radial pump clutch?

Hi. my 520i f10. While decelerating at 20 km/h, the car downshifts, and if I press the accelerator immediately, it makes a hard movement and starts accelerating. I wonder if the lock up clutch comes into play? It only does it when it's hot. thanks

now do they drive planetary members? and can it brake or hold them?

Just one question is it centrifugal driven cuz if i were to hold on the shifter ot would disconnected the power .My motorcyle is an honda ex5

hello thomas, what is the advantage of multiple clutch over single clutch plate? What is the purpose steel discs between friction plates? I dont see any advantage?

Hello, I will be glad, if you could tell me from where I can download the 3D model of the clutch you are presenting. Thanks in advance and great video!!!

Will riding the clutch cause wear or are they spaced enough to avoid that?

Thanks sir Thomas

The clutch plate's engage in the basket and the steel discs slot into the center, wrong way around but the principle is correct

now i can ride a manual mc.

l forgot to mention that the out resistance crank turns over with plugs removed but NUTS it does not turn over and has heavy grabbing and hard to go through full kick swing because of resistance.

have 1976 Triumph Bonneville which was rarely used(1128 miles)Sometimes it starts without any problems on kicking(one kick)..However lately in trying to kick start the crank does not rotate on pushing down. There is severe resistance like grabbing(in neutral of course) on kicking down..DRIVING me NUTS to figure out!! HELP SVP

What are the advantages of a multiple plate clutch over a single plate clutch?

Can anyone explain to me what is a shaft to shaft mount and what a shaft through mount?

Why are there multiple pressure disks ? Why not use only 1 or 2 ?

wonder why cars do not use a wet multi plate setup?

i thought the plates where the other way round? (just watched a clutch replacement)

this basically the concept of top fuel

Now the puzzle is solved

I don't understand how this works in relation to a torque converter.

There is only one ambiguity that i see,the friction disk and steel plates got interchanged?

Hello .. I have a question that at the car clutch the disengagement is 1 mm for small engines and 1.5mm for the big engines but what is the basic cam properties that usually used for this .. what is the distance between dome of the cam and the cam basic circle ... or what is its table .. f(x)=??? ... and what is the spring K(N/m) constant .... ... after I did some not much presiced calculations I can imagine while pulling the clutch handle of a motor bike small engine: like 125 cc that it is like pushing 500 kg isn't it ? Thank you !!! :)

the new 2019 Jetta auto has a very noisy torque converter and it uses multiplate clutches