DESIGN OF WORKPLACE FOR THE ASSEMBLY OF MONOBLOCK PUMP

R.Arun Prakash, B.S.Arun, Nithin Narayanan, V.Yeshwanth

Abstract: Productivity is an important aspect of every industrial firm as well as for the economic growth of the country. High productivity means completing a quantum of work with minimum possible time and fewer amounts of resources. Work-study is required for designing the work system, which identifies the effective means of completing the work. Also, it is known that the workers suffer from fatigue and injury during long hours of monotonous work when proper workplace/working environment is absent. This may indirectly contribute to decreased productivity in an industry. Human factor issues arise in simple systems and in consumer products as well. Hence the ergonomic principles are to be considered while designing both consumer and industrial products. One of the most prevalent types of work-related injuries is musculoskeletal disorder. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMDs) results in continuous pain, functional capability loss and disability to work, but the prevailing disorder diagnosis is difficult because they are mainly based on complaints of pain and other symptoms. Hence a proper workplace is to be designed to overcome the above issues or to reduce them considerably. This research aims at improving the existing and proposed ways of doing work with Ergonomics and Anthropometric considerations, thereby improving the productivity rate.

Keywords: Productivity, Work study, Ergonomics, Anthropometry, and Monoblock pump.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0210053