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DESIGN OPTIMIZATION, FABRICATION AND MANUFACTURING OF WHEEL CHAIR FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED AND DISABLED PEOPLES AT LOWEST AFFORDABLE PRICE

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Sarang P. Joshi, Gunale Rahul Bhaskarrao
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2022.11.11.24

Abstract

Across globe of the world and in the country India itself the physically disabled population is more and they needs to depend on other to accomplish daily work. The wheel chair is the way or medium through which the disabled person can perform their task independently. The varieties of wheel chairs are available in market but they are costly or they do possess so operating limitations and disadvantage and that made wheel chair either un-affordable or inconvenient to the peoples. And in the view of this the research work is undertook to design and develop the wheel chair which will be less costly and easy in operation. The proposed model of wheel chair is applicable to the peoples who are at their age 60 or above. The model is also applicable to use by physically challenged peoples though the disability are various types. The problem of wrist pen due to continuous use of joy stick is tried to eliminate in current research work. The proposed model of wheel chair is easy to convert in stretcher/bed and vice versa which eliminates the risk of damage happened when patient may transfer from wheel chair to hospital bed otherwise. The wheel chair serve dual purpose one as a wheel chair and other as a stretcher/bed. In the hospital when scarcity of bed would arrive this wheel chair can be used as a stretcher/bed and will be very beneficial under such circumstances at all.

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