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Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry

Nowadays, in manufacturing industries field the competition are more intense and more competitor try won the heart of their customers. Hence, the demands for the product increase and the company need to fulfill the demand. As the demands increases, the company should produce more product than usual....

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Main Authors: Seri Rahayu , Kamat, Mohamad Firdaus , Ain
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Language:English
Published: 2014
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TS Manufactures
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
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spelling my.utem.eprints.139922015-05-28T04:35:28Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13992/ Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry Seri Rahayu , Kamat Mohamad Firdaus , Ain TS Manufactures TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Nowadays, in manufacturing industries field the competition are more intense and more competitor try won the heart of their customers. Hence, the demands for the product increase and the company need to fulfill the demand. As the demands increases, the company should produce more product than usual. In the same time the welfare and health of the workers should be consider. Some factors such as workstation design should taken into consideration in order to increase the productivity and at the same time protect workers from any hazard, injuries and health problem such as Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD). Therefore, the workstations need to be redesign by applying the ergonomics principles to reduce the risks of MSD. In order to improve and redesign workstation, Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Analysis that available in CATIA software is used to analyze and evaluate the working posture of the workers. The anthropometry of the workers and the workspace design measurement data were used in RULA Analysis. The RULA scores and action level is determined to indicates the working posture. Besides, the assessment of manual lifting – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Approach is used to recognized and addressed the problem of work related back injuries and has formulated the equation for lifting tasks. The productivity of the company before and after improvement is calculated using mathematical equations. After redesign the workstation, the RULA scores of the worker’s working postures improved. 2014-10-15 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13992/1/ISoRIS_2014_-_Design_and_Analysis_Ergonomics_Workstation_in__Stamping_Industry.pdf Seri Rahayu , Kamat and Mohamad Firdaus , Ain (2014) Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry. In: International Symposium on Research in Innovation and Sustainability 2014 (ISoRIS ’14), 15 and 16 October 2014, PPS UTeM Melaka.
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topic TS Manufactures
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TS Manufactures
TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Seri Rahayu , Kamat
Mohamad Firdaus , Ain
Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
description Nowadays, in manufacturing industries field the competition are more intense and more competitor try won the heart of their customers. Hence, the demands for the product increase and the company need to fulfill the demand. As the demands increases, the company should produce more product than usual. In the same time the welfare and health of the workers should be consider. Some factors such as workstation design should taken into consideration in order to increase the productivity and at the same time protect workers from any hazard, injuries and health problem such as Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD). Therefore, the workstations need to be redesign by applying the ergonomics principles to reduce the risks of MSD. In order to improve and redesign workstation, Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) Analysis that available in CATIA software is used to analyze and evaluate the working posture of the workers. The anthropometry of the workers and the workspace design measurement data were used in RULA Analysis. The RULA scores and action level is determined to indicates the working posture. Besides, the assessment of manual lifting – National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Approach is used to recognized and addressed the problem of work related back injuries and has formulated the equation for lifting tasks. The productivity of the company before and after improvement is calculated using mathematical equations. After redesign the workstation, the RULA scores of the worker’s working postures improved.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Seri Rahayu , Kamat
Mohamad Firdaus , Ain
author_facet Seri Rahayu , Kamat
Mohamad Firdaus , Ain
author_sort Seri Rahayu , Kamat
title Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
title_short Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
title_full Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
title_fullStr Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
title_full_unstemmed Design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
title_sort design and analysis ergonomics workstation in stamping industry
publishDate 2014
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/13992/1/ISoRIS_2014_-_Design_and_Analysis_Ergonomics_Workstation_in__Stamping_Industry.pdf
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