Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process
Arm are essential in order to perform manual material handling work that normally involves lifting, handling, placing, push and pull, carrying and moving heavy loads. When these work elements are performed over prolonged periods repeatedly, it will expose workers arm to awkward posture and possible...
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| author | Rahman Aliff Mohamaddan Shahrol Abdul Majid Noor Aliah Andrew-Munot Magdalene Razali Nur Tahirah Md Deros Baba Ahmad Bakri Syah Runniza |
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| description | Arm are essential in order to perform manual material handling work that normally involves lifting, handling, placing, push and pull, carrying and moving heavy loads. When these work elements are performed over prolonged periods repeatedly, it will expose workers arm to awkward posture and possible ergonomic risk factor. For example, work element that requires repetitions frequently may lead the arm to face physical stress and mental fatigue. The situation can be extremely risky if the worker task requires higher focus or time consumable. These issues are unavoidable in palm oil harvesting process since the workers are still using manual handling when harvesting the fresh fruit bunch (FFB). The worker using a chisel to harvest the young palms and a sickle mounted on a bamboo or aluminum pole to harvest taller palms. When perform this work element combining with heavy physical workload, it may lead to work-related muscle disorders (WSMDs). This study was conducted to identify the force reaction and inverse dynamic analysis during oil palm harvesting process using ergonomics software called Anybody Technology. Inverse dynamic analysis is a technique for figuring strengths and/or moments of power (torques) taking into account the kinematics (movement) of a body and the body’s inertial properties. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4bfc209c2170407a83255e71afad5e832022-12-21T22:24:07ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2017-01-01870201510.1051/matecconf/20178702015matecconf_encon2017_02015Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting ProcessRahman Aliff0Mohamaddan Shahrol1Abdul Majid Noor Aliah2Andrew-Munot Magdalene3Razali Nur Tahirah4Md Deros Baba5Ahmad Bakri Syah Runniza6Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaFaculty of Computer Science and Mathematics, Universiti Teknologi MARAArm are essential in order to perform manual material handling work that normally involves lifting, handling, placing, push and pull, carrying and moving heavy loads. When these work elements are performed over prolonged periods repeatedly, it will expose workers arm to awkward posture and possible ergonomic risk factor. For example, work element that requires repetitions frequently may lead the arm to face physical stress and mental fatigue. The situation can be extremely risky if the worker task requires higher focus or time consumable. These issues are unavoidable in palm oil harvesting process since the workers are still using manual handling when harvesting the fresh fruit bunch (FFB). The worker using a chisel to harvest the young palms and a sickle mounted on a bamboo or aluminum pole to harvest taller palms. When perform this work element combining with heavy physical workload, it may lead to work-related muscle disorders (WSMDs). This study was conducted to identify the force reaction and inverse dynamic analysis during oil palm harvesting process using ergonomics software called Anybody Technology. Inverse dynamic analysis is a technique for figuring strengths and/or moments of power (torques) taking into account the kinematics (movement) of a body and the body’s inertial properties.http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20178702015 |
| spellingShingle | Rahman Aliff Mohamaddan Shahrol Abdul Majid Noor Aliah Andrew-Munot Magdalene Razali Nur Tahirah Md Deros Baba Ahmad Bakri Syah Runniza Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process MATEC Web of Conferences |
| title | Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process |
| title_full | Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process |
| title_fullStr | Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process |
| title_short | Simple Arm Muscle Model for Oil Palm Harvesting Process |
| title_sort | simple arm muscle model for oil palm harvesting process |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20178702015 |
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