Design & Fabrication of

8 slot geneva mechanism

By
Abhijith P
Arun Balakrishnan A
Athulraj M
Divithej P P
Aim
● The aim of this project is to design and fabricate
eight slotted geneva wheel.
Introduction
● Geneva drive is a gear mechanism that uses slots
and pins to translate a continuous rotational
motion into an intermittent rotary motion.
● The intervel of the irregular motion can be
manipulated by changing the pin, slot and shape
of the drive and driven wheel.
Design
Design
● As seen in the above picture, the mechanism
consists of two discs, driver disc and a geneva
wheel.
● This geneva wheel consists of 8 radial slots
through which the pin on the driver disc body
travels and causes the intermittent motion of
geneva wheel.
● The driver also consists of an extruded
semicircular disc which act as the locking
mechanism to stop the rotary motion of the
geneva disc when the pin is not in one of the slots
Design calculation
Design calculation
a, drive crank radius=30 mm
n, no.of slots=8
p, drive pin diameter=9.8 mm
t, allowed clearance=0.2 mm
c, center distance=a/sin(180/n)=78.3938 mm
b, geneva wheel radius=72.4264 mm
s, slot centre length=(a+b)-c=24.0326 mm
w, slot width=p+t=10 mm
y, stop arc radius=a-(p*1.5)=15.3 mm
z, stop disc radius=y-t=15.1 mm
v, clearance arc=Bz/a=36.4546 mm
Results & Discussions
Conclusion