Ergonomic Design for Material Handling Systems

by Karl H.E. Kroemer

The ergonomics focus is on how to design work tasks, tools, and environments to fit the capabilities and limitations of people. Ergonomic Design for Material Handling Systems describes how ergonomics can be applied specifically to load handling, both in the original design of systems and in their modification to make jobs easier and safer. Proven techniques (such as flow charting, or job analysis) are combined with new considerations (such as biomechanics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566702240
• ISBN13: 9781566702249
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.6"