Ergonomic engineering of technological devices

This book is specifically addressed to professional designers, lecturers, students and doctoral students of technological universities. The presented ergonomic engineering method of technological processes (Ergonomic Engineering of Technological Devices, EETD) provides grounds for improving knowledge and running research experiments in the fields of ergonomics, safety engineering, automation of processes, etc. This work focuses on the following components of the process of designing ergonomic technological devices: – modification of the process of TD operation concurrently to the processes of managing the operation of technical facilities, – dynamic analysis of the chain of operation, – systems analysis of the sociotechnical system, – identification of the relevant relations between cognitive processes and components of operator activities.

Contents
Foreword 7
1. INTRODUCTION TO ERGONOMIC DESIGN 11
1.1. Introduction 11
1.2. Design concepts 15
1.3. Fundamentals of ergonomic design of technical devices 16
1.4. Methodological principles of ergonomics 18
1.5. The link between ergonomics of sociotechnical systems and other disciplines 23
1.6. The information environment of manufacturing process operators 26
1.7. Conclusions 29
2. PRINCIPLES OF ERGONOMIC DIAGNOSIS 33
2.1. Introduction 33
2.2. System load 37
2.3. Chain of operation 39
2.4. Environment of a TD’s chain of operation 41
2.5. Human-work system research methods 45
2.6. Conclusions 54
3. ERGONOMIC ENGINEERING OF TD METHODOLOGY 58
3.1. Introduction 58
3.2. Structure of the research process in ergonomics 59
3.3. Control of the TD chain of operation 63
3.4. Review of the system of TD operation 68
3.5. The ergonomic subsystem 73
3.6. Conclusions 75
4. VARIANTS OF ERGONOMIC ENGINEERING OF TD 80
4.1. Introduction 80
4.2. Management of the TD operation subsystem 81
4.3. Safety management of the work system 83
4.4. Efficiency of TD operation processes 87
4.5. Effectiveness of the TD chain of operation 90
4.6. Conclusions 96
5. PRACTICAL PART – CYCLICAL MODEL SUPPORTING
ERGONOMIC REENGINEERING 100
5.1. Introduction 100
5.2. Cyclical model of design of ergonomic technological devices 103
5.3. Lessons from practical experience 111
Summary 114
References 116