Geneve Drive

Specifications

Geneve Drive is a manually operated working model designed for Theory of Machines and Kinematics Laboratory applications. It consists of a Geneva wheel, driving disc, crank/handle and locking arrangement mounted on a rigid metal base panel. The mechanism demonstrates the conversion of continuous rotary motion into intermittent rotary motion, including indexing and dwell periods. The model is constructed from metal components with a painted/powder-coated finish and requires no external power supply. It is suitable for demonstrating Geneva mechanism operation, indexing, angular displacement, driver-driven wheel relationship and intermittent motion in engineering colleges, polytechnics, ITIs and technical training laboratories.

Range of Experiments

1. Study the Geneva Drive mechanism and its working principle.
2. Demonstrate conversion of continuous rotary motion into intermittent rotary motion.
3. Study the indexing and dwell periods of the Geneva mechanism.
4. Determine the angular displacement of the Geneva wheel.
5. Study the relationship between driver rotation and driven-wheel rotation.