Published in Journal of Industrial Engineering and Robotics, Volume 4, Number 1
Written by BORCAN Maria-Alexandra, NEACȘU Angela-Miruna, VLAD Mihaela-Marilena
Scientific coordinators: Ileana DUGĂEȘESCU, Elisabeta NICULAE

The "Geneva Drive" mechanism has been influencing the industry for over a century and does not appear to have replaced it in the near future. It has a complete rotational movement of the main wheel, and the difference between the Geneva Drive mechanisms and other speeds is that the Geneva Drive mechanisms have unusual teeth. The kinematic elements of the Geneva Drive mechanism were modeled in a specialized software, namely Inventor. Also with its help they were assembled so as to achieve the movement. Coaxiality and concentricity constraints were used to make the mechanism work. Due to the deterioration of the friction mechanism, bushes for spacing were introduced.

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