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Jockey pulley
- A jockey pulley is an idler pulley and is used to increase the angle of contact in an open belt drive.
- It is mounted near the smaller pulley of the two pulleys and placed on the slack side of the belt.
- It increases the angle of contact lead to the increased power transmission capacity of the drive.
‘V’ groove pulley
- These pulleys have one or more ‘V’ grooves to carry the V belts.
- Figure shows a V belt pulley having three V grooves.
- These pulleys are widely used in transmission of motion in machine tools and are made from cast iron, wrought iron, mild steel or wood.
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