Design Development Of A Pallet Stacker Through Integration Of Ergonomic Assessment And Quality Function Deployment (QFD) At Machine Shop In UTeM

Mohd Fahmi, Baharuddin (2008) Design Development Of A Pallet Stacker Through Integration Of Ergonomic Assessment And Quality Function Deployment (QFD) At Machine Shop In UTeM. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Material handling device (MHD) is an equipment used to help workers in manufacturing activities especially in transferring goods and materials. The advantage of MHD is it can reduce the load of lifting task thus minimize the potential risk of musculoskeletal problems. This study presents the design and development of MHD through integration of ergonomics assessment and Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The specific objectives of this study are to determine the safe lifting limit, redesign the MHD i.e. pallet stacker and evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed design. To achieve mentioned objectives, Rapid Upper Limb Assessment (RULA) was used to evaluate the working posture; Quality Function Deployment (QFD) was utilized to redesign the pallet stacker; Push and pulling analysis was adopted to determine the lifting limit of worker. Based on result obtained, the RULA score and push pulling analysis shows the injuries happened which neck, arm, and lower back while are working. Meanwhile, based on the QFD results some part of pallet stacker which handle, platform, wheel should be improve in order to reduce risk of injuries. From conducted study, the author concluded that the approaches are able to adopted redesign a pallet stacker that saves to the worker.

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