Bamboo Composite Welding Cart Conceptual Design for Oil and Gas Industry

A. F. Ab Ghani; M. A. F. A. Megat Muda; M. H. Amat Sahari; S. S. Mohamed; N. Mohamad  Zawawi; W. R. Wan Roni

Authors

A. F. Ab Ghani Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.
M. A. F. A. Megat Muda Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.
M. H. Amat Sahari Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.
S. S. Mohamed Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.
N. Mohamad Zawawi Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.
W. R. Wan Roni Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FKM), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka(UTeM), Hang Tuah Jaya, 76100 Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia.

Keywords:

bamboo cart, natural composite, welding cart, composite design, bamboo composite

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.