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In short open-belt drives, an idler pulley is used in order to decrease the angle of contact on the smaller pulley for higher power transmission.

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In short open-belt drives, an idler pulley is used in order to decrease the angle of contact on the smaller pulley for higher power transmission.

(a) True

(b) False

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The above asked question is from Pulleys in section Belt, Rope and Chain Drives of Machine Kinematics

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Right option is (b) False

The explanation is: In short open-belt drives, an idler pulley is used in order to increase the angle of contact on the smaller pulley for higher power transmission.

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