A poorly designed and functioning assembly worksite can lead to potential employee injuries and incur additional expenses. Assembly power tools increase productivity and reduce manufacturing costs. Tools that operate at high speeds increase risk factors. Power tools generally produce unwanted torque reaction that transfers over to an assembler’s hand. Over time, the daily assembly process will expose…
Workplace injuries are a multi-billion dollar dilemma, especially for the manufacturing and production industry. The cost of preventing these injuries before they happen is always lower than the cost of dealing with injuries after they occur. Power tools generally produce unwanted torque reactions that transfer to an operator’s hand. The daily repetitive process of fastening…
Many joints consist of more than one fastener and tightening together surfaces that are not completely flat can be a very challenging torque problem. The sequence of tightening fasteners can have a major influence on the resulting preload and clamping force, which is what holds two parts together. With such joints, consideration should be given…
The manufacturing process is constantly evolving in response to customer needs and emerging technology. Managing the assembly workstation, tooling requirements, production flow and employee safety is indeed a challenge. The daily repetitive fastening process exposes your assemblers to potential stress injuries. Increasing your awareness of ergonomic challenges and looking for ways to improve operator safety…
When using a power tool, torque control is only one element engineers must resolve and get dialed in for a fastening application. There are other issues that engineers should pay attention to as well. Is there any potential ergonomic issues that may arise from the application? What about cross threading and side load occurring as…