Investigation of ergonomic parameters of easy chairs in Moratuwa furniture manufacturing establishments

Author(s):  
S A L P Silva ◽  
H S Amarasekera
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Kuswanto Kuswanto ◽  
Juan Junius ◽  
Anita Christine Sembiring

Facility layout is integrated planning of the flow of a product in an operating system to obtain the most effective and efficient interrelation between workers, materials, machinery, and equipment as well as handling and transferring materials. A company engaged in furniture manufacturing has a problem in its production process, namely, the distance between machines is too far so that it affects the cost of handling materials. Distant workstations are found on profile machines, milling machines, measuring machines, cutting machines. Therefore, improvements must be made to the layout of facilities on the production floor so that facility layout is efficient and material handling costs are reduced. The problem-solving approach used is the Graph Method and CRAFT Algorithm. The results of the research show that material handling costs are reduced by 7.58% or Rp. 17,765 using the CRAFT algorithm.


2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 545-553
Author(s):  
Shafaqat Ali ◽  
Saima Aslam Bharwana ◽  
Mujahid Farid ◽  
Muhammad Zubair ◽  
Muhammad Rizwan ◽  
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Forests ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 873
Author(s):  
Andreja Pirc Barčić ◽  
Manja Kitek Kuzman ◽  
Tihana Vergot ◽  
Petra Grošelj

Monitoring consumer buying behaviors in terms of their preferences and attitudes has been known as an important driver for the success and development of various industries, including a wood furniture manufacturing. The aim of this study was to identify and compare the purchasing behaviors of furniture consumers in the period before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two surveys were conducted in Croatia, the first in April and May 2020 with the assumption that consumer purchasing behaviors will change during the COVID-19 pandemic in the following year and the second one during March 2021. Differences regarding consumer purchasing behaviors and preferences for wood furniture between respondents regarding demographic and economic factors before and during the pandemic were found. The coronavirus pandemic is teaching us all hard lessons about resilience and adaptability, and new opportunities and solutions are essential. Nowadays, it is becoming increasingly important to produce information. Research offers insights into future design and building communication to better meet the information needs of different types of consumers and to more broadly increase the acceptance and appeal of wood furniture in society in the spirit of sustainable and bio-based circular economy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Lorincová ◽  
Jarmila Schmidtová ◽  
Jana Javorčíková

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Soongkhang ◽  
W. Laohasiriwong

Background Wood furniture manufacturing factory workers are at high risk of exposure to wood dust in wood working processes. Wood dust exposure could cause respiratory symptoms, such as reduce lung function, chronic bronchitis, and asthma. The Northeast region of Thailand has many wood furniture manufacturing factories. However, limited studies were carried out to explore the effect of wood dust exposure on workers.Objective This study aimed to assess the respiratory symptoms and determine factors associated with these symptoms among wood furniture manufacturing factory workers.Method This cross-sectional analytical research used a multistage random sampling to select 511 workers from three provinces in the Northeast of Thailand. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire interview. The content validity of questionnaire was tested by 3 experts and had a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.82. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple logistic regressions.Result The result indicated that 29.94% of these workers had respiratory symptoms, including coughing(18.79%), nasal secretion (15.66%), and stuffy nose (15.07%). Factors that were significantly associated with respiratory symptoms (p–value<0.05) were (a) not always wearing mask (adjusted OR=2.26;95% CI=1.37-3.72), (b) low to medium level of knowledge on dust prevention (adjusted OR=1.83;95% CI=1.23- 2.73) and (c) contacted softwood dust (adjusted OR=1.97;95% CI= 1.06-3.64).Conclusion About 30% of wood furniture manufacturing factory workers had respiratory symptoms with related to both personal preventive behaviors and their working environments. Therefore, the raising awareness for using personal protective equipment during work will help them to prevent from various respiratory track problems.


2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Larisa Ponomarenko ◽  
Ekaterina Kantieva ◽  
Maksim Posluhaev ◽  
Aleksandr Chernyshev

Abstract Glues are widely used to connect various materials, especially since in some cases other options for combining materials are not suitable. The paper deals with the bonding of solid hardwood with modern adhesive materials. Currently, a large group of adhesives of various brands from Russian and foreign manufacturers is presented on the market. In the woodworking industry, adhesives are used in the carpentry and furniture, manufacturing, in wooden house-building, in the production of finishing materials, etc., which are operated outside and inside the premises in constant and variable humidity conditions. Therefore, the correct choice of adhesives plays an important role both for the manufacturer and subsequently for the consumer of the resulting product. In this work, we have studied the dependence of the tensile strength when chipping along the adhesive layer on the type of glue, wood species, and operating conditions. We have selected the following adhesives based on polychloroprene, polyvinyl acetate and rubber. The greatest strength of the adhesive bonding when gluing solid hardwood is given by polyvinyl acetate adhesives. When using the product in conditions of changing temperature and humidity, the bonding strength decreases, in some cases significantly. In fairness, it should be noted that not only the type of glue, but also the type of wood affects the bonding strength


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