International Journal of u- and e- Service, Science and Technology Vol.8, No.5 (2015), pp.219-230 http://dx.doi.org/10.14257/ijunesst.2015.8.5.20 ISSN: 2005-4246 IJUNESST Copyright ⓒ 2015 SERSC Design Optimization and Simulation Study of the Engine Transportation Metal Pallet for Stationary and Movable Condition Manoj P. Talele 1 and Ashok J. Keche 2 1 Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT, Aurangabad (M.S), India. 2 Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, MIT, Aurangabad (M.S), India. Email: manojtalele523@gmail.com Abstract In transportation theory each and every equipment has its own importance. The main aim is only to be safe transport of finished goods. In the transportation many types of pallets are used. Generally the standard pallets are used in all the industry, because they are easily available and ordered from local market. The disposal of this standardize pallet is also easy. The engine transportation is the special case of transport when it comes to export of engines across countries. Before this type of design optimization it is needed to check with the all circumstance related to failures occurring while exporting the product across countries. The pallet design is optimized and simulated for the critical behavior of pallet. The design of pallet is simulated for the transportation and stationary (story building) condition with the aid of FEA analysis using analysis software. Keywords: Simulation, Design optimization, Engine metal pallet, and Transportation. 1. Introduction Packaging is one of the main parts of transportation of finished goods. The world becomes faster day by day and due to this time limitation all process to be completed within the customer time demand. In this process packaging is very important to contribute the safe dispatch. Internal and external transportations use different types of pallet like wooden, metal, plastic etc. In the transportation finished goods proper packaging is very important to prevent it from any types of damage the product. As for as the packaging concerned to be the safety transportation of engine packaging design consideration is required. It includes the packaging process and equipment. In packaging, selection of proper pallet is also important. Olden day’s many countries would use the wooden pallets for packaging. The wooden pallet is lighter in weight, easily available and manufactures with the less cost and has many more advantageous. Similarly plastic and metal pallet is alternative to wooden pallet. Metal pallet is beneficial due to its high strength and suitable for heavy material transportation. We can design different types of engine pallets by make with slight changes in the metal pallet. Non similar shape of finished goods packaging is possible with this appropriate change. Metal pallets reused in many times, dismantle easily and recycled. It makes from the cold rolled sheet and standardizes sections that are easily available in market. The engine manufactures prefer special metal pallets for packaging. But in this process non standard sections are used. The proper design study is therefore required before finalizing the pallet manufacturing process. Metal pallet is subjected to under the stresses of compression and tension when the pallets move from one place to another place with the engines. The material selection with standard sections is depends upon the primary criteria of engine load. To keep a fine balancing between engine and pallet design optimization of weight is required. Normally the overall peripheral design of