Aspects to improve cabin comfort of wheel loaders and excavators according to operators

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-271

  Kuijt Evers, L F M ^a   Krause, F ^a   Vink, P ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cabin comfort; Earth moving equipment; Operators' opinion

Indexed keywords

EXCAVATORS; LOADERS; MACHINE DESIGN; RELIABILITY;

WHEEL LOADERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRIVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEAT; WHOLE BODY VIBRATION;

EID: 0037963278     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-6870(03)00032-2     Document Type: Article

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