occurs according to the international standards, and is mirrored against the actual European legislation and scientific recommendations. Specific know-how and the measuring equipment used make it possible to evaluate and weigh the individual components of the total task, without interrupting the task. Advantage of this approach is that insight is given into the contribution of subtasks (certain parts of the total task) to the overall vibration exposure. If an improvement of this subtask is being suggested, an estimation of the anticipated effect of this improvement on the exposure as a whole can be calculated.

The effect of a measure is based upon objective and exact figures. This is important, for example to prevent investments in more generally formulated measures, which appear afterwards to fail to reduce exposure to a sufficient level.

Specific know-how is present in the field of vibration damping, for example when anti-vibration gloves are used or modern highly damped seats are applied.

Research of ErgoLab Research has shown that damping of the seat not always is tuned to the vehicle, so that even amplification of the vibration (compared to the chassis of the vehicle) can occur. Simultaneous measurements of the vibrations before and after the damper applied, and analysis of the vibration data in the frequency domain give insight in the functioning (if and under which conditions) of the damper (or: which of the damper alternatives can be applied best).

 

    

Source: www.ergolabresearch.eu.