Low-Cost Wheel Chair
dc.contributor.author | Redmond, Brian | |
dc.contributor.author | Escalante, Eduardo | |
dc.contributor.author | Barclay, Evan | |
dc.contributor.author | Mack, Ryan | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Kota, Sridhar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-06-06T14:48:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-06-06T14:48:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2008 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/58680 | |
dc.description | ME450 Capstone Design and Manufacturing Experience: Winter 2008 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A low-cost wheelchair has been developed for use in third wold countries. The need for a wheelchair which is not only inexpensive but will function properly is a real demand in countries without standardized healthcare. This new wheelchair is easy to manufacture and assemble, and rugged enough to support up to a 250 lbs load. The main aim of this project was to create a wheelchair which costs so little, it can be sold profitably for under $20, making the decision to help a population in need much easier. A great deal of the utility of this design comes from the fact the bearings are recycled from roller-skates, saving much of the cost of manufacturing, and the chair can be manufactured from low-cost plastics. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Prof. Srihdar Kota | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 11342 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.title | Low-Cost Wheel Chair | en_US |
dc.type | Project | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Mechanical Engineering | |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Engineering | |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | ME450 Students | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/58680/1/me450w08project21_report.pdf | |
dc.owningcollname | Mechanical Engineering, Department of |
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