Internal Geneva Mechanism

Aim: To carry out a MBD simulation of a Geneva Wheel

Introduction: A typical Geneva wheel setup consists of a driver wheel and a driven wheel. The driver wheel is connected to a motor which influences the rotatory motion required for the driver wheel.

Procedure:

1. Design of driver wheel and driven wheel from the given CAD drawings

2. Assembly of Geneva wheel from the designed part models

3. Motion Analysis of Geneva wheel with the given parameters (rpm, frames per second etc)

4. Comparative analysis for different values of given parameters

5. Tabulation of plots and results

CAD drawings and CAD models:

Driven wheel 2D sketch

Driven wheel 3D model

Driver wheel 3D

Geneva Assembly

Precise contact selection

Plots and Results:

Motion Analysis Simulation: The AVI file has been attached below