SIES GRADUATE SCHOOL OF

TECHNOLOGY

A PROJECT REPORT ON

GCM ( GENEVA CONVEYOR MECHANISM)

SUBMITTED
BY:

1. ARVIND ARIVALAGAN (117A6003)

2. ARVIND BALASUBRAMANIAN (117A6004)

3. CHETTIAR RAGHAVENDRE KUMAR

5. IYER SHABHARISH SANKARANARAYANAN

Head of
department: ​R.S.
NEHTE

Guided by: ​DR.

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SR NO. TOPIC. PAGE NO.

1. ABSTRACT 3.

2. LITERATURE SURVEY 4.
 3. METHODOLOGY 5.

4. DESIGN AND CALCULATIONS 6.

5. COMPONENTS 7.

6. PROCEDURE 8.

7. RESULT 9.

8. CONCLUSION 10.

2.

ABSTRACT

The Geneva mechanism is a gear mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent
rotary

motion. The project comprises of geneva wheel having 4 drive

The wheels driven by driver which has two concentric circular wheel of different radius one wheel is
used

for driving the geneva wheel while the smaller is used for providing support to geneva wheel.

The rotating drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel advancing it by one step. The

drive wheel also has a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.

The movement of driver is hand controlled as there is knob provided on back side of wheel.The are
two

rollers used of which one is driven by geneva wheel and other roller is idle roller. The belt is
connected

between two
rollers.

As the driver is rotated the wheel also rotates which in turn rotates the roller and belt is displaced by certain

distance.
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INTRODUCTION AND LITERATURE

Geneva mechanism, also called Geneva Stop, one of the most commonly used devices for
producing

intermittent rotary motion, characterized by alternate periods of motion and rest with no reversal in direction.

The name, Geneva drive, is derived from the device's earliest application in mechanical watches, which

were popularized in Geneva, being the classical origin of watchmaking

In the most common arrangement of the Geneva drive, the client wheel has four slots and thus advances

the drive by one step at a time (each step being 90 degrees) for each full rotation of the master wheel. If
the

steered wheel has n slots, it advances by 360°/n per full rotation of the propeller wheel.
 One application of the Geneva drive is in film movie projectors and movie cameras, where the film
is

pulled through an exposure gate with periodic starts and stops. Other applications of the Geneva
drive

include the pen change mechanism in plotters, automated sampling devices, banknote counting machines,

and many forms of indexable equipment used in manufacturing

Application of geneva mechanism - film projectors

4.

METHODOLOGY /
WORKING
 As shown in the Figure the driver A carries a pin that fits in the four radial slots in the follower B.
Between

the slots there are four concave surfaces that fit the surface S on the driver and serve to keep the follower

from rotating when they are fully engaged. In the position shown, the pin is entering one of the slots, and, on

further rotation of the driver, it will move into the slot and rotate the follower through 90°. After the pin

leaves the slot, the driver will rotate through 270° while the follower dwells—​i.e., s​ tands still. The
lowest

practical number of slots in a Geneva mechanism is 3; more than 18 are seldom used.

The driven wheel (geneva) is connected to shaft of the roller. The two rollers are connected by a belt on

which loads or jobs are kept. As the C roller is rotated by geneva wheel the idle roller D is also rotated. The

rotation of the geneva wheel is done by hand as there is knob provided on the backside of the driving wheel.
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 The dimensions of geneva wheel- The dimensions of driving wheel
base diameter d= 12cm smaller wheel r = 4cm slot dimensions- l = 4.3cm, w = 1.5cm bigger
wheel r = 6cm The curve fillet radius r = 4cm the angular slot cut (smaller wheel) = 90 degree

CALCULATIONS
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To calculate the linear displacement of belt for one rotation of driving

Rotating roller radius r = 0.025m

Angular displacement of roller ​θ ​= 1.57 radians

The linear displacement of belt l =

= 0.03925m =
3.925cm.

Therefore the distance between two rollers stand is L= 38cm

Therefore the driving has to be rotated n= L/l = 9 times.

6.
DESIGN AND
CALCULATION

COMPONENT
S

1) Wood blanks for making for making the geneva wheel and driver wheel along with stand.

2) Plastic rollers.

3) Belt.
4) Pen as shaft.

5) Screws,nuts, bolts.

7.
PROCEDUR
E

First we designed the geneva wheel and driving wheel as shown below:-
Then we assembled all the parts and finally completed the
project.
Then we cut the geneva wheel and driving wheel from wooden blank.

Then we stand for rollers and fitted the rollers into the stands according to the
marking.
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RESUL
T

The project was successfully completed within the due date. The project has 9 links.

There is 3 degrees
freedom.
 The problems occured while balancing the driving wheel. It was solved by tightening it with
stand

with
nuts.

The another problem occured due to slip between roller and belt. It was solved providing
friction

between roller and belt. The driving wheel is to be rotated 9 times to move a job from roller 1 to roller 2.

9.

CONCLUSION

This is the report of our second year mini project (KOM) which comprises of every detail right

from process sheet to design to calculations etc. Thus the project of Hydraulic project was
successfully

completed by us.

The project was completed within the due date. The project was made as per design given in
synopsis

and perfectly resembles it.

We thank all those who helped us in making this project a