Improved Cell Design using Digital Ergonomic Tools

Abstract

Work related Musculoskeletal Disorder (MSD) such as back pain, erroneous body postures, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, carpal tunnel syndrome, eye strain are exacerbated mainly due to the intensity of work and working environment. These Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSD) are cumulatively called monotonous injury or overuse injury. These injuries arise due to various reasons such as lifting of bulk load, vibrations, surrounding noise, bending, stretching, awkward posture in the workplace. This results in discomfort among the workers and decreases the productivity rate. Poor ergonomics disrupts the working environment of the employee and may cause partial paralysis. Hence application of ergonomic solutions is necessary to overcome difficulties including muscle exhaustion, tiredness, boredom among the workers because of tedious processes for a long time. This journal is concerned with the improvement of assembly cell design using digital ergonomic tools. This study was based on the workers and working environment of the manufacturing industries. The objective of the work is to analyse and simulate the discomforts faced by the workers in the assembly cell using a software named DELMIA. The purpose of this ergonomic program is to eradicate work related Musculoskeletal Disorder and to reduce stress level, so that employee performance is enhanced. This improves the production efficiency in an assembly cell