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EXERCISE: MATERIALS HANDLING DEVICES
Discuss the materials handling devices in Table 10.9. If possible, make a study visit to a
local manufacturing company. Make a map of the facilities and indicate which handling
devices are used. Analyze the materials handlings solutions and transportation, and
propose a redesign. Discuss how the devices listed in Table 10.9 and Figure 10.7 can be
used to rationalize transportation and improve ergonomics.
RECOMMENDED READINGS
The reader is referred to the following topics:
Chaffin, D.B., Andersson, G.B.J., and Martin, B.J., 1991.
Occupational Biomechanics,
3rd ed.,
New York: Wiley.
Kroemer, K., Kroemer, H. and Kroemer-Elbert, K., 2001,
Ergonomics: How to Design for Ease
and Efficiency,
2nd Ed., Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
