MINOR PROJECT

AUTOMATIC PAPER CUTTING MACHINE GENEVA MECHANISM

A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF

THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
By

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
INDIA
APPROVED BY GUIDED BY
Dr. SIR Dr. SIR
HEAD OF DEPARTMENT Assistant Professor
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
INDIA INDIA
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives us immense pleasure to express our deep sense of

gratitude to our supervisor Dr. SIR for his valuable
guidance, motivation and constant inspiration and
above all for his ever co-operating attitude that enabled
us in bringing us this thesis in the present form.

We are extremely thankful to our Dr. SIR Head Of

Department and Department Of Mechanical
Engineering for providing all kinds of possible help and
advice during the course of this work.

We are greatly thankful to all the staff member of the

department and my entire well-wishers, classmates
and friends for their inspiration and help.
 ABSTRACT
The design and fabrication of paper cutting machine using
Geneva mechanism is useful to cut paper in equal and
accurate dimension. Geneva drive is an indexing
mechanism that convert continuous motion into intermittent
motion, due to which paper is moved between the equal
intervals of cutting periods then the paper cutting is
achieved by crank and lever mechanism. The cutter will be
back to its original position by lever crank mechanism. The
objective of this concept is to design the Geneva
mechanism operated paper cutting machine which
eliminates the most time taking process of paper marking
and helps in feed equal dimension of paper in each
rotation this machine is used to produce the manual work
of paper cutting and also time saving. This machine is very
useful for paper manufacturing industry also we can avoid
the human errors and also we can use this equipment also
in school, college, stationary shops, paper stores.

Keyword: - Geneva mechanism, lever crank mechanism,

paper cutter, paper roller, sprocket.
 OBJECTIVE
1. To cut the paper in accurate and equal
dimension.

2. To reduce the time for marking the

dimension In paper.

3. To get the paper cutting in low cost.

4. To design the machine in compact size.
CONTENT
 MECHANISM
1. Geneva wheel mechanism

The Geneva mechanism is used here to get

intermittent motion. This Geneva mechanism is also
called as indexing mechanism.

2. Crank and lever mechanism

Here the sprocket (crank) is connected to lever

(cutter) by a connecting link (string). When the
crank rotates this rotation is converted into
oscillating motion hence the cutter gets oscillating
motion to cut the paper.
 COMPONENT
1. Geneva Wheel
2. Sprocket
3. Roller chain
4. Paper cutting
5. Coil spring
6. Shaft
7. Paper roller
 In our Geneva, the driven wheel has four slots
and thus advances one step 0f 90º for each
rotation of drive wheel. Hence the intermittent
motion is achieved for ¼ 1/4 of 360º.

A Sprocket or Sprocket wheel Is a profiled wheel

with teeth, cogs or even sprocket that mesh with
chain. The sprockets are used for power
transmission between two shafts through the roller
chain.

Roller chain is a type of the chain drive most

commonly used for transmission of mechanical power
between two sprockets. It consists of series of short
cylindrical rollers held together with side links. It is
driven by a toothed wheel called a sprocket.

A Paper cutter is a tool, design to cut the

paper with a straight edge. Paper cutter
varies in size. This paper cutter is used as a
oscillator in the 4 bar crank and lever
mechanism.

A Coil spring also known as helical spring, is

a mechanical element, which is typically used
to store energy and subsequently release it.
This coil spring is used to bring the cutter to
its original position.

A Shaft is rotating machine element which is

used to transmit power from one place to
another. This shaft forms a integral parts of a
the machine itself. The crankshaft is an
example of machine shaft.

A Paper roller is an element which is used to

roll the paper while the intermittent motion.
The paper roller is used to feed the paper
without any damage.
 WORKING PRINCIPLE
The handle is fixed to the crank. If the handle is rotated ,

1. When the cam pin is in extreme right position i.e.

engage position the crankshaft will be at extreme
bottom position. Hence the cutter is in full open
position and spring will be in rest position.
2. When the cam pin is in extreme bottom position
i.e. disengage position, the crankshaft will be at
extreme left position. Hence the cutter is in partial
cutting position and the spring will be in partial tension.
3. When the cam pin is in extreme left position i.e.
Disengage position, the crankshaft will be at extreme
top position. Hence the cutter is in full cutting position
and the spring will be in full tension.
4. When the cam pin is in extreme top position i.e.
Disengage position, The crankshaft will be in extreme
right position. Hence the cutter is in partial cutting
position and the spring will be in partial tension.

Thus the paper cutting is achieved by above 4 processes

of Geneva and cutter.