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compound

1. a mechanism used to transmit power from the engines to the pump, the drawworks, and other machinery on a drilling rig. It is composed of clutches, chains and sprockets, belts and pulleys, and a number of shafts, both driven and driving.

2. to connect two or more power producing devices, such as engines, to run driven equipment, such as the drawworks.

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