Bahra university students build segwheel

Ambika Sharma

Tribune News Service

Solan, January 17

Automobile engineering students of Bahra University, Waknaghat, have built a prototype segwheel, which will provide mobility to elders from one place to another in large buildings like malls, hospitals, universities, etc. 

Dr SK Bansal, Vice Chancellor, Bahra University, said students of the seventh semester comprising Suryapratap Singh Thakur, Vikas Verma, Rohit Sood, Rohit Verma, Anish Chauhan and Abhishek Verma have developed this segwheel with their month-long efforts. 

This machine can be used at homes, in big institutes like universities and even in malls to transport elders from one place to another. Even children can handle it with ease due to its low speed. Bansal said its low cost, simple system and meagre maintenance cost sets it apart from others.

Throwing light on their innovative invention, Suryapratap explains that the wooden framed segwheel was fitted with 18 inch wheels. It moves with the help of two motors, one for each wheel, which in turn run on two 12V batteries. A 12 V solar panel has been fitted in the segwheel which can be put to use in case the batteries stop working.

He said his team constructed the segwheel after a month’s hard work in a makeshift garage created on the hostel premises. The students worked on it after their college hours.

He thanked Dr SK Bansal and the faculty of automobile engineering department, especially Rupinder Kanwar, Chetan Sharma and Gaurav Sharma, for their support and guidance.