Differential pulley were. Next, the downward force acting on the lower pulley equal the upward forces acting on it, so Additionally, there is no net torque or moment around the compound pulley, so the clockwise torque is equal to the anticlockwise torque: Substituting "F" and "F" from the above equations, Rearranging gives As "F" = , Finally, the mechanical advantage, = or . Differential pulley A differential pulley, also called "Weston differential pulley", sometimes "chain hoist" or colloquially "chain fall", is used to manually lift very heavy objects like car engines. It is operated by pulling upon the slack section of a
Hoist (device) Hoist (device) A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The most familiar form is an elevator, the car of which is raised and lowered by a hoist mechanism. Most hoists couple to their loads using a lifting hook. The basic hoist has two important characteristics to define it: Lifting medium and power type. The lifting medium is either wire rope, wrapped