DEVELOPING A COMFORT EVALUATION METHOD FOR WORK EQUIPMENT HANDLES

DS 77: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2014 13th International Design Conference

Year: 2014
Editor: Marjanovic Dorian, Storga Mario, Pavkovic Neven, Bojcetic Nenad
Author: Gust, P.,
Series: DESIGN
Section: INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Page(s): 2043-2050

Abstract

Comfort optimization for work equipment handles fails in practice because of high temporal complexity and high development costs, coupled with the pressure of shorter development times. In addition, handle design lacks an objective method to make comfort measurable. The aim is therefore to develop an objective method for comfort evaluation of work equipment and to enable the verification of handle design. After determining significant factors of the work equipment, a work equipment dependent pressure discomfort model is derived. The paper then focuses on practical validation of the method.

Keywords: grip comfort, discomfort model, comfort sensation, pressure pain thresholds (PPT), pressure discomfort thresholds (PDT)

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