Baby Stroller – How Product are Made

By Kristin Palm

Baby Stroller Manufacturing

Raw Materials

The primary materials used in manufacturing a baby stroller are aluminum or steel for the frame, cloth for the seat and/or hood and rubber and plastic for handles and wheels.

The Manufacturing Process

Baby strollers come in many varieties and are typically manufactured on an assembly line. An upright, collapsible stroller would typically be made according to the following manufacturing process :

The frame

1.      Steel or aluminum tubing is bent, using a press, to form the components of the frame.

2.      The metal frame components are then dipped into an antioxidizing solution that prevents rusting and also helps the paint adhere to the frame.

3.      The frame components are spray-painted using a process known as powder-coating (this is the same process by which automobiles are painted). A powder-coating apparatus works like a large spray-painter, dispersing paint through a pressurized system evenly across the metal frame.

4.      The frame components are pre-heated then coated with a powder resin finish.

5.      The components are heated again to bake the finish onto the frame.

6.      The various components of the frame are assembled using rivets, screws and/or bolts.

The seat and hood

7.      The seat and hood are cut from a large swath of material with an overhead cutting apparatus known as a cutting die. The die can cut 10-20 pieces at one time.

8.      The seat and hood are stitched together on a large, mechanical sewing machine.

9.      Trim is stitched onto the seat and hood, again using a large, mechanical sewing machine.

Final production

10.  The seat and hood are attached to the assembled frame.

11.  The wheels are attached to the assembled frame.

12.  The final products are placed in polybags (plastic bags) and boxed for shipping.

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