Ergonomic hand tool and desk and chair development process.
This paper suggests a practical and simple process consisting of 8 stages: needs assessment, ergonomics guidelines, anthropometry, brainstorming and idea sketch, preliminary model, drafting and rendering, working prototype, and user trials. The feasibility of this process was verified with the development of a modified clamping hand tool and a new student desk and chair. The case studies showed how design difficulties were overcome by integrating ergonomics guidelines in the process.
Shin
Dongmin
D
Information and Industrial Engineering, Hanyang University, Ansan, South Korea.
Kim
Jung-Yong
JY
Hallbeck
M Susan
MS
Haight
Joel M
JM
Jung
Myung-Chul
MC
D012090:Cumulative Trauma Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D006804:Ergonomics; D006801:Humans; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D017751:Safety Management; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students