CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTIONS
1.1 Background of study
Every student who further studies in Diploma of Mechanical Engineering is
required to complete a final project for faculty. This project provides us with the
opportunity to bring together the academic knowledge and skills acquired from the
range subject already studied. This final year project required us to design and
fabricate a multipurpose function trolley which is can be used to transfer graduation
robes from BKBA building to Laman Perdana and to carry HEAs registration files.
This trolley is design to reduce the time taken to transfer graduation robes and can
be used during rain. It also can reduce the manpower used by HEA.
The main problem faced by HEA is difficulties to bring the graduation robes to
Laman Perdana due to the trolley they used is too big and heavy. It also cannot enter
the elevator in BKBA building because that elevator size is too small. The graduation
robes were stored on the second floor. So, they have to bring the graduation robes
from that floor to ground floor and put it on the trolley. For one trip it only supported
100 pieces of graduation robes and time taken for one trip is too long, which is 45
minutes to 1 hour. Moreover, lot of manpower were used to bring the graduation
robes, usually four persons for one trip and the process halted during rainy day.

Figure 1.1The rob e room Figure 1.2The robeone trolley

Trolley or hanger railing is the one of the transport for human to carry and
transfer their heavy items such as computers, files, cloths and others load. Every
trolley has different use and specific use. It is limited to do other job than the specific
job. For every common trolley, they have their own limitations such as hard to
cornering, cannot load or support many things and need much manpower to push or
pull the trolley. Trolley often used by those who organize and stock merchandise in
retail stores restock. In the fabrication of trolley, there are many process involve to
develop the product such as sketching, measuring, cutting material, gathering
material, grinding, joining and finishing process.

Figure 1.3 Hanger railing

By using trolley with the right way, it can help people to reduce the risk of
having back injuries and other health problems due to lift and carry heavy loads. The
process development is begun from designing the shape of trolley by considering the
functions as well. In order to produce user friendly product that is suitable to the
customer, the ergonomic factor which involves the measurement process before
cutting the material and before joining them together is taken into consideration. New
concept of the trolley is required to improve its durability and functions.