The ergonomics of open-fronted C-frame presses.
This study comprised three phases: an industrial survey of press design and operation; a shopfloor evaluation of performance with a modified press and its comparison with the original design; and a laboratory simulation of the effects of three of the most pertinent ergonomics design factors. The survey showed that many features of press design were in disagreement with ergonomics criteria, often markedly so, and that these presented potentially important limitations to performance. The modified press layout produced evidence of superior performance in comparison with the original layout and this was substantiated by the simulation particularly in terms of the reach required to the die.
Tomlinson
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Department of Engineering Production, University of Birmingham.
Corlett
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