Equations for the Design of Standard Sprocket Teeth
This spreadsheet will generate the calculations needed to create an approximation of a sproocket tooth profile. Refer to the GEARS-IDS lesson Designing Drawing a Sprocket.
P (Chain Pitch) 1.00
N (Number of Teeth) 28 Dr (Roller Diameter) 0.625 PD 8.9314 Ds 0.6311 <B R 0.3156 A 37.1429 B 16.0000 ac 0.5000 M 0.3986 T 0.3019 E 0.8156 xy 0.2270 yz 0.0844 ab 0.8750 W 0.8695 V 0.0980 F 0.5114 H 0.3477 S 0.5358 procket Teeth ed to create an GEARS-IDS lesson Note: Depending on pitch, very low values will yield erroneous results (example any value less than 8 for a 25P sprocket yields erroneous results.