Increasing automation and design of a user interface to improve the physical working situation for band saw blades straightening
Other conference contribution, 2011

The manual work of straightening band saw blade includes tasks of poor physical ergonomics, since the needs to bend and twist the back and neck to be able to see the horizontal line of the blade. This paper presents a case study of how a physical manual work task successfully can be transferred to be machine operated, by developing a graphical user interface, and thereby improving the physical working conditions of the operators.

cognitive ergonomics

physical ergonomics

automation

user interface

Author

Lars-Ola Bligård

Chalmers, Product and Production Development, Design and Human Factors

Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Nordic Ergonomics Society Conference - Wellbeing and Innovation Through Ergonomics

146-150
978-951-42-9541-6 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics

Human Computer Interaction

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Production

ISBN

978-951-42-9541-6

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Created

10/7/2017