A technique for field measurement of knife sharpness

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 635-640

  McGorry, Raymond W ^a   Dowd, Peter C ^b   Dempsey, Patrick G ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

^b Anago Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Knife; Meatpacking; Sharpness

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; CUTTING; FOOD PRODUCTS; FORCE CONTROL; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

FIELD MEASUREMENT; KNIFE SHARPNESS; MEAT CUTTERS; SHARPNESS TESTERS;

ERGONOMICS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; MATERIALS TESTING; MEASUREMENT; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY;

EID: 20444435376     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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