... presented in this paper represents one of the few practical examples available in the literature where systematic conceptual design procedures are presented. More specifically, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the very first application of systematic design methods to compostable packaging...

.../mechanism design Conceptual design Design methods Cycloidal drive To reduce friction losses, the better configuration foresees pivoted rollers that are free to rotate respect to their centre. However, to reduce manufacturing costs, it is possible to adopt stationary rollers (or lobes...

...Dereje Engida Woldemichael; Fakhruldin Mohd Hashim Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the framework of conceptual design support tool (CDST) developed to assist designers during conceptual design process. The premise of the study is that, by combining human creativity with computer...