Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (한국산업보건학회지)

Korean Industrial Hygiene Association (한국산업보건학회)
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Assessment of Anti-vibration Gloves for Reduction of Hand-transmitted Vibration Exposure

수전달 진동 피폭 저감을 위한 방진 장갑의 성능 평가

  • Choi, Seok Hyun (Center for Product Design Technology, Institute for Advanced Engineering) ;
  • Hong, Seok In (Digital Appliance Division, Samsung Electronics) ;
  • Jang, Han Kee (Institute for Technology, Doosan Infracore)
  • 최석현 (고등기술연구원 제품기술연구센터) ;
  • 홍석인 (삼성전자 생활가전사업부) ;
  • 장한기 (두산인프라코어 기술원)
  • Received : 2007.03.12
  • Accepted : 2008.01.16
  • Published : 2008.03.31
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Abstract

In order to evaluate performance of anti-vibration gloves, it is necessary to measure the transmitted vibration to the hand and the applied forces at the same time while gripping the vibrating handle. In the study a system was developed to measure both the vibration and the forces. The system consists of a measurement handle with eight strain gauges and two accelerometers and a PC-based system with a software for signal processing, evaluation of the hand-transmitted vibration and for control of applied forces in the pre-determined range. The handle was installed on the vibration shaker which is strong enough so as not to be affected by dynamic coupling with the hand-arm. Whole procedure of ISO 10819:1996 to determine the vibration transmissibility of anti-vibration gloves was programmed into the system. As an example of the application, three subjects joined the test to get vibration transmissibilities of 9 anti-vibration gloves where each glove was tested twice a subject. Average and standard deviation of the corrected vibration transmissibility were also calculated. All tested gloves fulfilled criterion for M-spectrum($\overline{TR_M}$<1.0), but one glove fulfilled criterion for H-spectrum($\overline{TR_H}$<6.0),

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