A fixed pulley is the only pulley that when used individually, uses more effort than the load to lift the load from the ground. The fixed pulley when attached to an unmovable object e.g. a ceiling or...
A fixed pulley is different from a movable pulley because a movable pulley has one end of the rope attached to it fixed on an unmoving object. The pulley is free to move with the rope. You pull the...
A single fixed pulley merely changes the direction of the pull, without adding any mechanical advantage. (It will actually add effort due to friction)A moveable pulley shares the load between the...
A fixed pulley confers no mechanical advantage, but will convert motion in one direction into another direction. A movable pulley system, if the pulleys change their distance from each other, will...