Ergonomic Design of Products and Worksystems - 21st Century Perspectives of Asia

1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-981-10-5456-3
Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore

Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 4426 g

Reihe: Managing the Asian Century

This edited volume focuses on research conducted in the area of ergonomic design. Chapters are extensions of works presented at the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems. The book addresses the need to have the knowledge of ergonomics, human factors engineering and safety engineering in order to make worksystems ergonomically designed, operationally safe and productive. It is a useful resource for students, researchers, industrial professionals, and design engineers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maiti, Jhareswar

Ray, Pradip Kumar

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Wirtschaftsinformatik, SAP, IT-Management
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Produktionstechnik
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Angewandte Informatik Wirtschaftsinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Ergonomic Performance and Evaluation of Worksystems: A Few Applications.- Decision Tree for Manual Material Handling Tasks Using WEKA.- Interventions for Combined Manual Material Handling Tasks based on Biomechanical and Physiological Responses.- Computer Assisted Industrial Ergonomics: A Review.- Ergonomic Analysis of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders for Radial Drilling Machine Operators.- Ergonomic Evaluation of Bar Benders in Construction Industry.- Formulation of Mathematical Model to Investigate Magnitude of Musculoskeletal Pains among Cotton Spinning Operators.- Ergonomic Study on Standing Modular Concept Sewing Floor: A Case in Lean Environment garment industry.- Ergonomic Design and Development of Material Handling Equipment for Pantry Car Personnel.- Study on the Prevalence of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Coir Industry Workers in the State of Kerala, India.- Musculo Skeletal Disorder and Workplace Analysis of Assembly Section in a SubmersiblePump Industry-An EMG-based Approach.- QFD-based Conceptual Design of Ergonomic Drafting Table for Engineering Students.- Ergonomics Risk Factors in Small and Medium Scale Manufacturing Industries.- Ergonomics for Hand Screen Printing Workers – Cognitive Approach.- Effectiveness of Classroom Interactions in Engineering Colleges.

Über Autor(innen)

Pradip Kumar Ray is presently a Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, has more than twenty eight years of teaching, research and consultancy experience as well as eight years of industrial experience. He has published one text book titled ‘Product and Process Design for Quality Economy and Reliability’, thirteen book chapters, six lecture packages, and around 167 papers in international and national journals of repute and conferences in the areas of healthcare management, productivity measurement and evaluation, quality design and control, TQM, process optimization, ergonomics/human factors engineering, safety engineering and management and other related topics. His areas of interest and research include productivity modeling, quality engineering, ergonomics, safety engineering, engineering asset management and JIT-based/lean engineering operations management.

Dr. J Maiti, PhD, Professor & Head, Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India has more than seventeen years of teaching, research and consulting experience on data analytics, safety analytics, quality analytics, engineering ergonomics, and engineering systems safety design and management. He excels in teaching multivariate statistical modeling, engineering systems safety design and control, safety analytics, work system design, quality engineering and design of experiments. He has published more than 100 papers in international journals of repute and conferences. Presently, he is serving as the member of editorial board of Safety Science, International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, and Safety & Health at Work. His current research interests include Data Science, Safety & Health Analytics, Quality Analytics, Engineering Ergonomics, and Virtual Reality Applications.