SUBJECT: Lifting Heavy Loads - Part 3 TOPIC: Levers, Fulcrum and Mechanical Advantage OBJECTIVE: Understand Basic Lifting Principles using Levers, Fulcrum, and Mechanical Advantage TASK: Given a ...

Levers use mechanical advantage to make lifting or applying pressure easier. All levers are made of a bar and a pivot/fulcrum. Levers have three main parts: Effort - the amount of force applied by ...

Although all of these levers have the same functional parts, they vary in where the different components are located. How much effort does it take to lift a heavy load using a common type of lever?