Ergonomic Design Of Products And Worksystems - 21st Century Perspectives Of Asia (managing The Asian Century)

Annotation This edited volume focuses on research conducted in the area of ergonomic design. Chapters are extensions of works presented at the International Conference on Management of Ergonomic Design, Industrial Safety and Healthcare Systems. The book addresses the need to have the knowledge of ergonomics, human factors engineering and safety engineering in order to make worksystems ergonomically designed, operationally safe and productive. It is a useful resource for students, researchers, industrial professionals, and design engineers Front Matter ....Pages i-viii Ergonomic Performance and Evaluation of Worksystem: A Few Applications (P. K. Ray, V. K. Tewari, Esha Saha)....Pages 1-12 Decision Tree for Manual Material Handling Tasks Using WEKA (R. Rajesh, J. Maiti, M. Reena)....Pages 13-24 Interventions for Combined Manual Material Handling Tasks Based on Biomechanical and Physiological Responses (R. Rajesh, J. Maiti)....Pages 25-36 Computer-Assisted Industrial Ergonomics: A Review (Harish Kumar Sharma, Piyush Singhal, Pankaj Sonia)....Pages 37-48 Ergonomic Analysis of Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders for Radial Drilling Machine Operators (P. Ashok, G. Madhan Mohan, B. Siva Sankaran)....Pages 49-56 Ergonomic Evaluation of Bar Benders in Construction Industry (S. Drisya, B. B. Das, Ratri Parida)....Pages 57-67 Formulation of Mathematical Model to Investigate Magnitude of Musculoskeletal Pains Among Cotton Spinning Operators (Dhananjay Ikhar, Vishwas Deshpande)....Pages 69-81 Ergonomic Study on Work Postures of Sewing Machine Operators in Government Industry: A Case in Lean Environment Garment Industry (T. Sakthi Nagaraj, R. Jeyapaul)....Pages 83-101 Ergonomic Design and Development of Material Handling Equipment for Pantry Car Personnel (Abhijeet Arvind Raut, Jyotiraman De)....Pages 103-115 Study on Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Coir Industry Workers in the State of Kerala, India (M. Satheeshkumar, K. Krishnakumar)....Pages 117-130 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Workplace Analysis of Assembly Section in a Submersible Pump Industry: An EMG-Based Approach (P. Ashok, G. Madhan Mohan, K. Nitish)....Pages 131-138 QFD-Based Ergonomic Design of Drafting Table for Engineering Students: A Case Study (K. G. Durga Prasad, M. V. Prasad, Ch. Hima Gireesh, V. V. V. N. K. Chaitanya)....Pages 139-153 Ergonomics for Hand Screen Printing Workers: Cognitive Perception (S Shankar, J Karthick, R Naveenkumar)....Pages 155-162 Effectiveness of Classroom Interactions in Engineering Colleges (L Princy, S Swapnesh, R Rajesh, K Hridya)....Pages 163-175 Back Matter ....Pages 177-180