Guide to Manual Materials Handling

Klappentext Designed to include all activities involved in MMH lifting! pushing! pulling! carrying and holding! it provides an outline of the problems and reviews the design approaches to solving the MMH problem. It also provides specific design data and Zusammenfassung Designed to include all activities involved in MMH lifting, pushing, pulling, carrying and holding, it provides an outline of the problems and reviews the design approaches to solving the MMH problem. It also provides specific design data and Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: the world-wide scope of manual materials handling; factors to be considered in designing manual materials; design approaches to solving manual materials handling. Part 2: lifting; pushing; pulling; carrying; holding; materials handling in unusual postures; designing and evaluating multiple task manual materials handling jobs; high and very high frequency manual lifting / lowering and carrying load transfer; determination of rest allowances; mechanical aids.

Product details

• Authors: A. Mital
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.1997
• EAN: 9780748407286
• ISBN: 978-0-7484-0728-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Public Health, MEDICAL / Preventive Medicine, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Industrial Health & Safety, Public health & preventive medicine, Public health and preventive medicine, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Labor / General, Health & safety issues, Health and safety in the workplace, Ergonomics