Journal
ERGONOMICS
Volume 58, Issue 2, Pages 195-207Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2014.968636
Keywords
hand use; movement strategy; horizontal distance; workstation design; order picking
Funding
- Vanderlande Industries
- European shared cost project 'Imoshion' - Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development of the European Union
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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.
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