Virtual ergonomics and time optimization of a railway coach assembly line

Procedia CIRP

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 555-560

  Marzano, A ^a   Agyapong Kodua, K ^a   Ratchev, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital human modelling; Ergonomics analyses; Work cell assembly simulation

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY MACHINES; ERGONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL RAILROADS; MANUFACTURE; PRODUCT DESIGN; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS; TRANSPORTATION;

DIGITAL HUMAN MODELLING; DIGITAL HUMAN MODELS; ERGONOMICS ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS; FLEXIBLE ASSEMBLY LINES; MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES (MES); MANUFACTURING PROCESS; WORK CELL;

ASSEMBLY;

EID: 84879194207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22128271     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procir.2012.07.095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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