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Pitch Circle

What is a pitch circle ?

The pitch circle is the circumference used as the standard of a pitch to express the size of gear teeth.
Its length is the circular pitch multiplied by the number of teeth.
The pitch circle is an imaginary circle and unlike the tip circle and root circle, it cannot be seen.

The diagram below graphically shows the pitch circle.

pitch circle
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