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Cognitive aspects affecting human performance in manual assembly

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posted on 2016-11-03, 10:58 authored by Anna Brolin, Keith Case, Peter Thorvald
This paper concerns the handling of information in assembly work environments. Several studies involving both literature reviews, case studies and observations were conducted to find factors that affect human performance in manual assembly. The main experiment with 36 subjects used a mixed method design with a quantitative study, including time and errors as dependant measures, a qualitative study, including workload ratings, and a questionnaire. The experiment involved the assembly of a pedal car and the components were presented using structured kits, unstructured kits and material racks. Assembly information was presented as text & component numbers or photographs, and situations with and without component variation were considered. Among the results it was found that assembly times and workload ratings were lower when using a kit, whereas using a material rack resulted in perceived decreased workflow and increased stress and frustration. Assembly times and workload ratings were lower when using photographs, whereas using text and numbers increased mental workload.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

Published in

Fourteenth International Conference on Manufacturing Research Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXX

Pages

231 - 236 (6)

Citation

BROLIN, A., CASE, K. and THORVALD, P., 2016. Cognitive aspects affecting human performance in manual assembly. IN: Goh, Y.M. and Case, K. (eds). Advances in Manufacturing Technology XXX, Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Manufacturing Research (ICMR 2016), Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK, September 2016, pp. 231-236.

Publisher

IOS Press

Version

  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publisher statement

This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Acceptance date

2016-08-29

Publication date

2016

Notes

The final publication is available at IOS Press through http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-668-2-231

ISBN

9781614996675

ISSN

2352-751X

eISSN

2352-7528

Language

  • en

Location

Loughborough University, UK

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