Sprockets are very important mechanical components. As the most common part used in conjunction with sprockets, chains can be defined as a series of joined (typically metal) links, flexible in only one direction and used to transfer power in machinery through enmeshing with the machine’s sprockets. Industrial manufacturing is one of the more common industries that benefit from sprockets. Read More…
Leading Manufacturers
Omni Gear & Machine Corporation
Joliet, IL | 800-876-7216Omni G & M Corporation is a leading gear fabricator specializing in precision machined and custom solutions in a variety of sizes and types. Please check out Omni G & M’s website or call a friendly personnel member today!
Commercial Gear & Sprocket Company, Inc.
East Walpole, MA | 800-491-1073Gears are what we do best, and we are experts in our field. We have three generations of experience backing our company, and we use all of it to benefit you in any way possible.
Gear Motions, Inc.
Syracuse, NY | 315-488-0100Gear Motions is a leading gear manufacturer specializing in supplying custom cut and ground gears. Our wide range of precision gear manufacturing capabilities and services deliver quality gears to meet almost any application.
Itamco
Plymouth, IN | 574-936-2112For almost 50 years, we have been a gear manufacturer. We have a multitude of capabilities — mining gearing, CBN ground transmission gears, grinding coarse-pitch external gears, grinding internal helical gearing, grinding planetary gears, grinding high-speed turbine gearing and more.
Southern Gear & Machine, Inc.
Miami, FL | 800-248-5152As an AS9001 certified gear manufacturer with over 50 years of experience, Southern Gear offers a complete line of gears & machining services to aerospace, defense & other industries. Our bevel gears, spur gears, helical gears, clutches, sprockets & more come with full precision hobbing, grinding & broaching services. Your order for 1 or 1000 receives the same attention, quality control & service.
Cleveland Gear Company
Cleveland, OH | 800-423-3169Cleveland Gear Company has specialized in worm gear technology including industrial gears, helical gears, worm gears and precision gears since 1912. Applications include steel production, electric power generation, and material transport. Fulfilling your exact requirements is what has and continues to make Cleveland Gear one of the top manufacturers of gearing and enclosed gear drives.
Sprockets Manufacturers List
Sprockets - Commercial Gear & Sprocket Company, Inc.However, additional industries include automotive, for power transmission applications; agriculture and forestry, in various types of equipment; film and paper, for film transport mechanisms found in move projectors and cameras; and electronics, for computer printers and electric motors.
Sprockets - Commercial Gear & Sprocket Company, Inc.Sprockets are made from a wide range of materials: stainless steel, which works best for high temperature and food processing applications; cast iron, most often used with flat wire conveyor belts; and plastics such as nylon, polyethylene and polyurethane, which allow for continuous use at high temperatures.
Sprockets are formed in much the same way as gears, through cutting techniques such as hobbing, so that they are able withstand harsh and repetitive use. Sprocket hobbing is the process of using a broaching machine to cut the grooves, known as teeth, into a component. Capable of cutting sprockets with different numbers and varying sizes of teeth, sprocket hobbing is used to make teeth for many different kinds of sprockets. Additional machining processes are used, such as drilling, in order to ensure the best teeth and closest tolerances. Secondary service including heat treating and hand finishing can be used in order to provide additional strength and quality. Often cut in both English and metric dimensions, there are many different types of sprockets available including idler, roller chain, split, timing belt and film.
Idler sprockets are used to prevent whipping action and to help obtain optimum chain tension in power transmissions. Also useful in power transmission, roller chain sprockets are light-weight, durable and often used for precision equipment components. Split sprockets, on the other hand, are useful in applications requiring detachment without having to dismantle machinery. Timing belt sprockets are also referred to as synchronous sprockets and provide timed, non-slip power transmission. Film sprockets refer to the type of sprocket used to move film through various machines by engaging with holes located along the two sides of the film strip.
