[juniormachinist]

hey guys how do i make a 530 pitch sprocket using solidworks?

[broby]

Have a look in the Machinist's handbook for the formulae to calculate a sprocket tooth form.
BTW... you generally need more information re the chain specs, to be able to draw a sprocket.
Number of teeth.
Roller Diameter of the chain.
Chain pitch.

When you state "530 pitch sprocket" what are you referring to with 530?

[juniormachinist]

Have a look in the Machinist's handbook for the formulae to calculate a sprocket tooth form.
BTW... you generally need more information re the chain specs, to be able to draw a sprocket.
Number of teeth.
Roller Diameter of the chain.
Chain pitch.

When you state "530 pitch sprocket" what are you referring to with 530?

530 is the pitch of the chain that we buy and we no how many teeth and stuff and we need to use we're just unsure of an easy way to drawing it

[Kiwi]

hey guys how do i make a 530 pitch sprocket using solidworks?

Advise number of teeth and I can give specs as per attached pic.

[broby]

Attachment 133869

I have used the attached spreadsheet to do the calculations for simple sprockets for years.
Never had any issues with the profile having problems in service...(well...so far!)
To draw a sprocket using the information from the spreadsheet, I create the circular disk first then create a sketch on the face of the disk representing the "Extrude Cut" of the tooth gap.
Follow the point locations as calculated and then "cut" the tooth gap.
Once you have the gap, create a circular array of the gaps to create the required number of teeth.
Cheers
Brian.

[broby]

Original Sprocket Sheet.xls
maybe this time the attachment will work?
Grrrr

[austin.mn]

I haven't spent too much time with solidworks for a while, but I am pretty sure you can import a DXF to extrude from. Here is a program I have used in the past to make sprockets on my plasma table, it works great.
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[juniormachinist]

Advise number of teeth and I can give specs as per attached pic.

what program is that?

[Kiwi]

what program is that?

It's a program I have written with VBasic.

[juniormachinist]

It's a program I have written with VBasic.

where do i get it from?

[Kiwi]

where do i get it from?

The program is not for general use at present as it is still under development.
If you advise the number of teeth, I can supply the specs to draw one tooth.

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[mcphill]

Not sure if this can be used for "technical" solutions (it is focussed on making meshed gears that work together), but it may have chain/sprocket functionality as well... In any case, a great program, and free for the moment...

Gearotic Motion