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DOI101007/S0017000318433ORIGINALARTICLEINTJADVMANUFTECHNOL200525551–559SHMASOODBABBASESHAYANAKARAANINVESTIGATIONINTODESIGNANDMANUFACTURINGOFMECHANICALCONVEYORSSYSTEMSFORFOODPROCESSINGRECEIVED29MARCH2003/ACCEPTED21JUNE2003/PUBLISHEDONLINE23JUNE2004SPRINGERVERLAGLONDONLIMITED2004ABSTRACTTHISPAPERPRESENTSTHERESULTSOFARESEARCHINVESTIGATIONUNDERTAKENTODEVELOPMETHODOLOGIESANDTECHNIQUESTHATWILLREDUCETHECOSTANDTIMEOFTHEDESIGN,MANUFACTURINGANDASSEMBLYOFMECHANICALCONVEYORSYSTEMSUSEDINTHEFOODANDBEVERAGEINDUSTRYTHEIMPROVEDMETHODOLOGYFORDESIGNANDPRODUCTIONOFCONVEYORCOMPONENTSISBASEDONTHEMINIMISATIONOFMATERIALS,PARTSANDCOSTS,USINGTHERULESOFDESIGNFORMANUFACTUREANDDESIGNFORASSEMBLYRESULTSOBTAINEDONATESTCONVEYORSYSTEMVERIFYTHEBENEFITSOFUSINGTHEIMPROVEDTECHNIQUESTHEOVERALLMATERIALCOSTWASREDUCEDBY19ANDTHEOVERALLASSEMBLYCOSTWASREDUCEDBY20COMPAREDTOCONVENTIONALMETHODSKEYWORDSASSEMBLYCOSTREDUCTIONDESIGNDFADFMMECHANICALCONVEYOR1INTRODUCTIONCONVEYORSYSTEMSUSEDINTHEFOODANDBEVERAGEINDUSTRYAREHIGHLYAUTOMATEDCUS