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Sprockets
A sprocket is a profiled wheel with teeth that meshes with a chain. It is used to transmit power from motors/gearboxes to a conveyor system. It can also be found in cars, motorbikes and many other applications. The sprockets come in various styles Pilot bore which means that the sprocket come with a stock bore requiring you to bore out and key to fit directly onto a shaft. Taper Bushed which means it has been bored already to fit a bush directly into the sprocket which in turn will fit onto your shaft. The Taper Bushes come in various shaft sizes. You can buy the sprocket as a Plate Wheel which has no boss. Simplex which means that it fits a single strand of chain. Duplex connected a double chain together, Triplex three chains connected together. Or Double simplex to connect two different chains with a boss in the centre separating to the chains. The sprockets come in different pitches from 3/8"pitch to 1/2" pitch, 5/8" pitch, 3/4" pitch and 1" pitch |
