Evaluation of a palletising aid
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Application of Design Aspects in Uniaxial Loading Machine Development
Published on: September 19, 2018
C G Drury1, D P Roberts, R Hansgen
1SUNY at Buffalo, Department of Industrial Engineering, 342 Bell Hall, Amherst, NY 14260, USA.
Abstract:
As an aid to manual stacking of boxes on to a shipping pallet, a rotating and levelling palletising aid was proposed. To evaluate the injury-reduction potential of this device, two simulations were run using manual handling personnel. Low-back stress, evaluated with a biomechanical model, decreased to safe levels and heart rate decreased to a level appropriate to sustained work when using the palletising aid. An economic justification was made in terms of reduced injury costs and reduced manning levels.
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