Workload and Fatigue in the Technological Sewing Process

Abstract

The paper describes the impact of the bodily posture, working methods, conditions of working environment and work organization on the operator‘s load and fatigue in the technological sewing process. Unfavorable operators‘ postures occurring at workplaces where the height of sitting and of work space is nonconforming to anthropometric operators‘ sizes are described. Some of the methods for determining the operator‘s static and dynamic workload, applicability of the modem computer-based system for the analysis of work and workplace engineering in the technological sewing process, which is based on the simulation of a 3D human model, are described. By considering all the elements of working process and by applying the appropriate methods it is possible to engineer or reengineer a work place, what contributes to the reduction of workload and operator‘s fatigue, and in production terms it leads to an increase in quality and productivity.