Bamboo Composite Welding Cart Conceptual Design for Oil and Gas Industry

Abstract

Cart is a one type of vehicles that design for transport with two or more wheels and normally was pulled or pushed by one or more people. The function of cart is to carry heavy items/industrial goods and typically works as carriage. The paper presents a conceptual design of a welding cart in oil and gas industry application with a base fabricated using natural composite which is Bamboo. The idea of the design is to test and propose weight reduction yet not compromise in load bearing capability and structure integrity of the welding cart. The design process undergone conceptual design, Pugh method, analysis of design, fabrication and testing stages for the proposed bamboo based welding cart. The conceptual design welding cart could be catalyst for other material handling equipment design used in oil and gas industry especially in tackling weight to strength ratio and corrosion resistance issues.