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Calculate the diameter of sprocket and drive gear with their number
Act.1 1-2
of teeth. ( GS-150)
Calculate the spacing between two gears (sprocket and drive gear).
Act.2 3-4
What alteration we can do in gears/ teeth / chain / spacing to increase
Act.3 the torque. 5-6
Give a reason for selecting that alteration in the light of moment and
Act.4 drive force

Activity N0 01
Calculate the diameter of sprocket and drive gear with their number of teeth. (GS-150)

• Chain :428
• Links :118
• Sprocket .43 Rear Teeth/15 Front Teeth
Gear Ratio
Gear Ratio= No of teeth on driven gear\No of teeth on drive gear
No of Teeth in Drive Gear = 15
No of Teeth in Driven Gear =43
Gear ratio =43/15
Gear ratio= 2.86

Sprocket
A sprocket, sprocket-wheel or chain wheel is a profiled wheel with teeth that mesh with
a chain, track or other perforated or indented material. The name 'sprocket' applies
generally to any wheel upon which radial projections engage a chain passing over it. It
is distinguished from a gear in that sprockets are never meshed together directly, and
differs from a pulley in that sprockets have teeth and pulleys are smooth except for
timing pulleys used with toothed belts.
Diameter of Sprocket.
Sprocket Pitch Circle Diameter Equation
PD = P / Sin [180 /N] Where:
PD= Pitch Diameter
P= Chain Pitches in inches N=
Number of Teeth in Sprocket
Sol:
PD = P / Sin [180 /N]
PD = 0.5 / Sin [180/43]
PD = 6.849 inches

Sprocket Diameter Calculation.

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Activity : 02
Calculate the spacing between two gears (sprocket and drive gear).
(GS-150)
Sprocket Center Distance
When the distance between the driving and driven sprocket can be varied
to suit the length of the chain, this center distance for a tight chain may
be determined by the following formula Sprocket Center Distance
Equation.

C = P/8(2L-N-n+ √(𝟐𝑳 − 𝑵 − 𝒏)𝟐 − 𝟎. 𝟖𝟏𝟎(𝐍 − 𝐧)𝟐) Where:

C = Centre to center distance in inches,
L = Length in Pitches;
P = Pitch of Chain;
N = Number of teeth in large sprocket; n
= Number of teeth in small sprocket;
Data
L = 1499
P = 0.5
N = 43 n
= 15
Sol;

C= P/8(2L-N-n+ √(𝟐𝑳 − 𝑵 − 𝒏)𝟐 − 𝟎. 𝟖𝟏𝟎(𝐍 − 𝐧)𝟐)

C = 0.5/8(2*59-43-15+ √(𝟐 ∗ 𝟓𝟗 − 𝟒𝟑 − 𝟏𝟓)𝟐 − 𝟎. 𝟖𝟏𝟎(𝟒𝟑 − 𝟏𝟓)𝟐)

C = 7.153inches

Chain and Sprocket Calculation

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Activity No 03
What alteration we can do in gears/ teeth / chain / spacing to
increase the torque.

Torque can be increased by two simple ways.

1. Installing front sprocket of lesser number of teeth, usually

14 T is used. You can go for 12T, will cost less than rs500.
2. Installing rear sprocket of higher number of teeth.
o Either of this method will cause engine to run on higher
rpm than previous to produce same speed. Thus the
pulling force will increase and torque too

Steps Taken to improve torque in a bike

The main part of the bike is gearbox. Or we can say that heart
of the bike. In the gearbox there are number of gears with
different gear ratio.

In starting they have high torque and low speed setting with
gear arrangements. As speed increase torque decreases with
ratio.

Sometime gears are worn out, or any damage occurs, these

could be problem why proper torque is not coming out from
the bike. To run the bike proper torque must be necessity.

To improve torque change the gearbox according to the

requirements. Only by changing gear ratio you can improve
torque.

Primary reduction (engine to gearbox) and secondary

reduction (gearbox to wheel) these two reduction plays very
important role in torque. So by adjustment of these two
parameters you can get different torque ratio.
force
Activity No 04
Give a reason for selecting that alteration in the light of moment and drive

What is the relation between moment and force?

How can you Change an Object's Momentum to its Force? Force and momentum relation is given by the equation:
F=dp/dt. The second law of motion gives the following equation as stated by Newton.
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Difference Between Force and Momentum.
Force Momentum
Force = mass * acceleration or f=ma Momentum = mass * velocity or p=mv
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