Training Ergonomics risk analysis

 

Ergonomic two-month online workshop - from October 2, 2021 

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Movement analysis

 

The study of schedule of a technological operation reveals the schedule that allows a shorter path of movement and optimal sequence of grips and movements in the operation. Better schedule and sequence lead to the increasing of labour productivity and better humanization in work, as well as better utilization of existing resources, shortening the total length of moving the objects of work, reducing the number of grips, shortening the duration of the operation.

Organizational model is different from the production technology and it can be made in a written form or acquired during a long series of repetitions, and it is caused by:

• schedule in the workplace,
• sequence of performing the task and
• interdependence of performing the grips.

 The following rules are particularly important:

• workplace must have the optimal size,

• working conditions should correspond to standards,

• equipment should enable work in a standing or sitting position (employee elects)

• equipment should be located in the optimal zone is selected according to the frequency of handling,

• arrange the equipment to provide the optimal sequence of movements in the operation and

• arrange the equipment for supplying the workplace so that it should be optimal in relation to employees and inter phase transport.

We need to stand more often

Because:

1. Standing reduces risk of weight gain and obesity.
2. Standing vs sitting lowers risk of heart disease.
3. Standing helps lower risk of type 2 diabetes and other metabolic diseases.
4. Standing lowers long-term mortality risk.
5. Standing helps reduce the risk of cancer.
6. Standing can help ease or reduce chronic back pain.
7. Standing helps increase energy levels and improve mood.
8. Standing while working boosts productivity.
9. Standing while working helps tone muscles.

INTERNATIONAL ERGO-FRIENDLY

Be one step ahead of the others ...

Increase your target group with an additional value by the ERGO-FRIENDLY Certificate.

Ergonomic muscle-bone disorders are the fastest growing among all the categories of diseases. They account for 56% of all diseases, and 90% of the population have frequent spinal problems. Show your customers that you take care of their back, shoulders, neck, ankles ...

Call our team to make a short ergonomic assessment. In order to obtain a certificate it is necessary that the equipment, the interior of your hotel (restaurant, cafe) or your product meet at least 50% of the ergonomic principles and standards.

What are the benefits?

- The analysis was carried out by a neutral expert team of ergonomists.

- The certificate is a valuable instrument for increasing your customers' loyalty. It shows that you care about their health.

- You distinguish yourself from the competition.

- You get new customers in a new way.

Contact Information

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Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials

Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials

Ineta Vilumsone-Nemes

Assistant professor at the University of Novi Sad

Industrial Cutting of Textile Materials, Second Edition, is a comprehensive guide to cutting room operations, offering step-by-step information on processes, technologies and best practice. This new edition is updated to present the latest advances in automated cutting technology, including advanced spreading methods and machines, advanced knife cutting systems, and pattern matching methods processing garment, home and technical textiles. Drawing on her extensive practical experience, the author begins by reviewing initial steps, such as unloading, sorting and quality control of materials, before discussing subsequent operations, including lay planning and marker making, manual and automated spreading and cutting, fusing of cut components, and final work operations such as sorting cut components for further joining. 

The book also covers manual and advanced automated marker making, spreading and cutting methods for more intricate fabrics, such as striped fabrics and fabrics with check, motif and border patterns, narrow lace and fabrics with pile.

With essential information on cutting room operations and best practice, this book provides engineers, technologists and managers with the knowledge they need to maximize accuracy and efficiency, to control production processes effectively, and to improve product quality. The book also enables academics and students engaged in the field of textile and clothing technology to gain a solid understanding of cutting room procedures.

8th International Istanbul Textile Conference

Year 2018 looks set to be an exciting year for the textile and apparel industry all over the world.

8th International Istanbul Textile Conference (ETT2018) will be held concurrently with ITM 2018 International Textile Machinery Exhibition and  HIGHTEX 2018 7th International Technical Textiles & Nonwoven Trade Fair.

International Istanbul Conference on Evolution Technical Textile with a theme of “Recent Advances in Innovation and Enterprise in Textiles and Clothing”.

Read more: here

New book: Handbook of Textile Coloration and Finishing

Colovic G., Dyeing and Finishing Denim (Mohammad Shahid, Ren-Cheng Tang, Guoqiang Chen, Handbook of Textile Coloration and Finishing, Studium Press, LLC, USA, 2018 

Ergonomic design by e-mail

At your request SE-ERGO ergonomic design by e-mail.

Jobs / mobile offices / housework / gardening ... wherever you are ...

Send a photo of your workplace - and you will receive an email with an analysis and recommendation for ergonomic positions and postures.

Quickly and efficiently - time is money! Money invested in ergonomics returns multiple times ...

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V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - TEXTILE INDUSTRY

10 June 2016, The College of Textile Design, Technology and Management and Belgrade Chamber of Commerce will organised the

V INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND INNOVATIVE APPROACH

IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

TEXTILE DESIGN / TECHNOLOGY / MANAGEMENT

STANDARDIZATION OF WORK

Standardization of work is a sensitive area of management activity, so mistakes are very common to occur. The risk of error is twofold: if the standards are set too low and if they are set high. In both cases the work efficiency is being lost.

Standardization of work and determining of standards are carried out through seven steps:

ERGONOMICS IN THE GARMENT INDUSTRY

Table of Contents:

1 ERGONOMICS DEVELOPMENT

1.1 Definition of ergonomics

1.2 History of ergonomics

1.3 Standards

2 DIVISIONS OF ERGONOMICS

2.1 Categories of ergonomics

2.1.1 Physical ergonomics

2.1.2 Cognitive ergonomics

2.1.2.1 Aspects of cognitive ergonomics

2.1.3 Organizational ergonomics

2.2 Types of ergonomics

2.2.1 Conceptual ergonomics

2.2.2 System ergonomics

2.2.3 Corrective ergonomics

2.2.4 Software ergonomics

2.2.5 Hardware ergonomics

2.3 Micro-ergonomics and macro-ergonomics

3 ERGONOMIC CONDITIONS OF WORK

3.1 Physiological conditions

3.2 Psycho-sociological conditions

3.2.1. Motivation

3.2.2 Fatigue, monotony and stress

3.3 Anthropometric conditions

3.3.1 Biomechanics

3.4 Ecological conditions

4 ERGONOMIC PRINCIPLES

4.1 Ergonomic principles in designing workplace

4.1.1 Analysis of workplace 

4.1.2 Analysis of movement

4.1.3 Standing workplace

4.1.4 Sitting workplace

4.2 Ergonomic principles in designing working processes

4.3 Ergonomic principles in determining working time

4.4 Ergonomic principles in handling material and tools

4.5 Ergonomic principles in designing environment

4.5.1 Microclimate

4.5.2 Light

4.5.3 Noise

4.5.4 Vibration

4.5.5 Colour and music

4.5.6 Hygienic conditions

5 ERGONOMIC DESIGN OF WORKPLACE IN GARMENT INDUSTRY

5.1 Ergonomics in the storage of textile materials

5.2 Ergonomics workplaces in garment manufacture preparation

5.3 Ergonomics in cutting room

5.4 Ergonomics in sewing room

5.5 Ergonomics in finishing room

5.6 Ergonomics workplaces in garment warehouse and distribution

5.7 Ergonomics workplaces in the clothing store

5.8 Ergonomics maintenance workplaces

Index

Support

I would like to thank Professor Dr Danijela Paunovic for her professional support, Professor Sladjana Milojevic for editing, Company NexGen Ergonomics Inc., Laguna Clothing Company, Ramax Company and my publisher Woodhead Publishing India.

Ergonomics in the Garment Industry

Ergonomics in the Garment Industry discusses the importance of ergonomics in the garment industry, with a detailed scientific analysis and examples from the garment industry. Application of ergonomics through the standardization of micro and macro environment in the garment industry provides an example of how to design the present and future processes; increases the efficiency and productivity of production; improves health, safety and comfort of people in the working environment.

Knowledge of ergonomic conditions prevents employee discomfort, fatigue and physical injury. Injury related to poor ergonomic conditions can be prevented by designing the physical work environment around the physical needs of individual employees. Therefore, it is necessary to know physiological, psycho-sociological and anthropometric ergonomic conditions.

It is important to analyze each workplace in the production of garments and find the way how to reduce the health problems of workers to a minimum with maximum increase of productivity. Chapters analyze divisions of ergonomics; conditions of work; ergonomic principles in designing workplace, working processes and environment, determining working time and handling material; ergonomics in the storage of textile materials; ergonomics workplaces in garment manufacture preparation, cutting room, sewing room and finishing room, and garment warehouse and stores.

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing India Pvt. Ltd

ISBN: 9789380308265

Pages: 220

Pub Date: 25-Jan-2014

Price: Rs. 1495.00

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Muscle-bone disorders

Ergonomic disorders are the fastest growing category of all the occupational illnesses. They include 56% of all diseases. Ergonomic risk refers to the physical stress factors and workplace conditions that carry a risk of damage or muscle-bone disorders of the employees. The risk is always present when the job requirements exceed the ability of workers to perform the task. If the tasks or movements repeat frequently (for example, every few seconds) the strain upon the muscles and tendons can accumulate, which can lead to permanent tissue damage. Tendons and muscles can often recover from the effects of repetitive stress if there is enough time to rest between these repetitions. Unfavorable working postures increase the fatigue of workers and the time of performing technology operations.

The main objective of physical ergonomics is to increase comfort, to reduce pain and the occurrence of muscle-bone disorders. The International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) defines a Muscle-bone disorders (MSD) associated with work as such disorders and diseases of musculoskeletal system that have a causal determinant which is associated with work. Damages and degenerative changes of the musculoskeletal system are the consequence of mismatch between the requirements for the load of organism and the abilities of organism to respond to those requests.

Ergonomics standards

Ergonomics (Greek: Ergon = work + Nomos = custom, law) is an interdisciplinary scientific approach to problems of adjusting work to humans, aiming to increase productivity, i.e. working efficiency, work safety and humanization of human labour.

Name of ergonomics is used in most European countries, the name of human factors or human factors engineering in the US, and the name of the engineering psychology in the former Soviet Union. The goal of ergonomics is to be studied and adapted to conditions of work, means of work, work process and the product as a result of human work from the psychological, physiological and anatomical aspect, instead of adjusting a worker to the needs of a job.

The first ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation) standard based on ergonomic design of work systems ISO 6385 (1981), i.e. ergonomic principles of work system design, was developed on the basis of the German standard DIN 33 400 (1975), designing systems according to the ergonomic guidelines.