Silent chain, or inverted-tooth chain, is definitely a type of chain with teeth created upon its links to activate with one's teeth in the sprockets. Silent chains drives aren't really silent. The links in a silent chain drive, however, build relationships the sprocket teeth with little effect or sliding, and as a result a silent chain produces less vibrations and noise than additional chains. The amount of noise produced by a silent chain drive depends of many factors including sprocket size, rate, lubrication, load, and drive support. A web 
