A sprocket is a profiled
wheel with teeth that
meshes with a
track,
chain or other
perforated or indented material. 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.
a
gear in that
sprockets are never meshed together directly, and
differs from a
pulley in that
sprockets have teeth and pulleys
are smooth.Sprockets are used in bicycles, motorcycles, cars, tracked vehicles, and other machinery either to transmit rotary motion between two shafts where gears are unsuitable or to impart linear motion to a track, tape etc.