Ergonomics product development of over bed table for bedridden patients

ABSTRACT

The ergonomic design is very important parameter for many products. When designing a human control product, the ergonomics factors should be satisfied to make a product which will not harm the user. Considering ergonomic factors in the design process are really important. This paper presents a design methodology for developing an ergonomics product. The ultimate goal of this research is to design and to produce a new type of over bed table for bedridden patients. A survey has been conducted and the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) was developed. A virtual ergonomic analysis has been implemented in Jack SIEMEN® using virtual human models and anthropometric data.

GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT

KEYWORDS:

• QFD
• conceptual design
• ergonomics analysis and simulation
• design for manufacturing

ORCID

Than Lin http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0522-4073

Akhila Ekanayake http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1166-7858

Lewis S. Gaweshan http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1167-9365

Zareer A. Hasan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1753-9358