sprocket gear mechanisms

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In general, a gear is a toothed wheel designed to mesh with other gears and transmit movement to them, which in turn can cause movement elsewhere. A sprocket, conversely, is a toothed wheel designed to engage and directly move a flexible indented or perforated item, like a chain or belt.The sprocket ratio is simply the number of teeth on the driving sprocket (T1) divided by the number of teeth on the driven sprocket (T2). If the front sprocket on a bicycle has 20 teeth and the rear sprocket has 80, the sprocket ratio is 20/80 = 1/4 = 1:4 or simply 4.Application:Sprockets are used in bicycles, motorcycles, 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.