Title
Effect of horizontal pick and place locations on shoulder kinematics
Author
Könemann, R.
Bosch, T.
Kingma, I.
van Dieën, J.H.
de Looze, M.P.
Publication year
2015
Abstract
In this study the effects of horizontal bin locations in an order picking workstation on upper arm elevation, trunk inclination and hand use were investigated. Eight subjects moved (self-paced) light or heavy products (0.2 and 3.0 kg) from a central product bin to an inner or outer order bin (at 60 or 150 cm) on the left or right side of the workstation, while movements were recorded. The outer compared to inner bin location resulted in more upper arm elevation and trunk inclination per work cycle, both in terms of number of peak values and in terms of time integrals of angles (which is a dose measure over time). Considering the peak values and time integrals per minute (instead of per work cycle), these effects are reduced, due to the higher cycle times for outer bins. Hand use (left, right or both) was not affected by order bin locations.
Subject
Resilient Organisations
SP - Sustainable Productivity and Employability
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Work and Employment
Workplace
Healthy Living
Hand use
Horizontal distance
Movement strategy
Order picking
Workstation design
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2014.968636
TNO identifier
520945
Source
Ergonomics, 58 (2), 41-61
Document type
article