EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS
The analysis and regulation of workplace, working instruments, the comfort of office chair, business environment (sound, lighting, climate, vibration, temperature, and humidity), work and break times, analysis and editing of the organization, are some of the topics of interest of ergonomics. Environ...
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| author | ÇETİN Münire Sibel KARABAY Gülseren ÖZTÜRK Hasan KURUMER Gülseren |
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| description | The analysis and regulation of workplace, working instruments, the comfort of office chair, business environment (sound, lighting, climate, vibration, temperature, and humidity), work and break times, analysis and editing of the organization, are some of the topics of interest of ergonomics. Environmental impact and conditions have important role on the employee’s working comfortably and efficiently. Therefore these conditions need to be aligned to the human body nature. Unsuitable working conditions (noise, etc.) cause additional load, which the human body endures, and this additional load reveals the signs of tiredness in the body. Even an office environment, unsuitable physical environment impairs health of workers and reduces the performance. Therefore, office climate, environmental factors such as lighting and noise must be harmonized with the employee’s body nature in all working environments.
Seating comfort is one of the important factors affecting the performance of employees in the office environment. There are so many studies about chair dimensions and the disorders on human body which were caused by the inappropriate chair dimensions and sitting positions. However, there are a spot of studies about the surface of the chair and the discomfort caused by the chair cover and its negative performance effects.
In this study, some results of seat cover analysis for the design of an ergonomic chair. Recently, ease of cleaning, low cost advantages caused the increasing of the use of artificial leather especially on the surface of the seat used in offices. The physical properties of natural leather and artificial leather were compared as the candidate covers to be used on the design of an ergonomic office chair. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-67c2b0239a2a4163a5b294d3b08973d32022-12-22T01:26:51ZengEditura Universităţii din OradeaAnnals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork1843-813X2016-05-01XVII2151154EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALSÇETİN Münire Sibel0KARABAY Gülseren1ÖZTÜRK Hasan2KURUMER Gülseren3Dokuz Eylül University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Textile Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Textile Engineering, Tınaztepe, Buca, 35397, Izmir, TurkeyDokuz Eylül University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Textile Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Textile Engineering, Tınaztepe, Buca, 35397, Izmir, TurkeyDokuz Eylül University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tınaztepe, Buca, 35397, Izmir, Turkey,Dokuz Eylül University, Engineering Faculty, Department of Textile Engineering, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Textile Engineering, Tınaztepe, Buca, 35397, Izmir, TurkeyThe analysis and regulation of workplace, working instruments, the comfort of office chair, business environment (sound, lighting, climate, vibration, temperature, and humidity), work and break times, analysis and editing of the organization, are some of the topics of interest of ergonomics. Environmental impact and conditions have important role on the employee’s working comfortably and efficiently. Therefore these conditions need to be aligned to the human body nature. Unsuitable working conditions (noise, etc.) cause additional load, which the human body endures, and this additional load reveals the signs of tiredness in the body. Even an office environment, unsuitable physical environment impairs health of workers and reduces the performance. Therefore, office climate, environmental factors such as lighting and noise must be harmonized with the employee’s body nature in all working environments. Seating comfort is one of the important factors affecting the performance of employees in the office environment. There are so many studies about chair dimensions and the disorders on human body which were caused by the inappropriate chair dimensions and sitting positions. However, there are a spot of studies about the surface of the chair and the discomfort caused by the chair cover and its negative performance effects. In this study, some results of seat cover analysis for the design of an ergonomic chair. Recently, ease of cleaning, low cost advantages caused the increasing of the use of artificial leather especially on the surface of the seat used in offices. The physical properties of natural leather and artificial leather were compared as the candidate covers to be used on the design of an ergonomic office chair.http://textile.webhost.uoradea.ro/Annals/Vol%20XVII-No%202-2016/Pielarie/Art.nr.194-pag.%20151-154.pdfNatural leatherArtificial leatherErgonomicsOffice chairSeat cover |
| spellingShingle | ÇETİN Münire Sibel KARABAY Gülseren ÖZTÜRK Hasan KURUMER Gülseren EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS Annals of the University of Oradea: Fascicle of Textiles, Leatherwork Natural leather Artificial leather Ergonomics Office chair Seat cover |
| title | EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS |
| title_full | EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS |
| title_fullStr | EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS |
| title_full_unstemmed | EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS |
| title_short | EXAMINING COMFORT PROPERTIES OF LEATHER and ARTIFICIAL LEATHER COVER MATERIALS |
| title_sort | examining comfort properties of leather and artificial leather cover materials |
| topic | Natural leather Artificial leather Ergonomics Office chair Seat cover |
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