Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Calculating Sprocket Pitch Diameter

When working with synchronous sprockets you'll need to know about pitch diameter.
In the image below you can see that the pitch diameter on a sprocket is an invisible dimension that represents where the pitch line of the belt would be if it was wrapped around the sprocket. Calculating pitch diameter is simple. 

Pitch Diameter = (Belt/Sprocket Pitch) * (# of sprocket grooves) / π


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