Maximum Forces in Simulated Meat Cutting Tasks
- 1 October 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Proceedings of the Human Factors Society Annual Meeting
- Vol. 33 (11) , 641-645
- https://doi.org/10.1177/154193128903301103
Abstract
This study attempts to evaluate maximum force capabilities of subjects performing fourteen different simulated meat cutting tasks. The different tasks represent different cutting positions related to the orientation in which the meat is presented and the types of trimming cuts. The experiment was conducted to measure maximum force capability against two constant velocities produced by a Cybex II dynamometer through the range of motion for the simulated meat cutting tasks. The results of this experiment produced a basis for selecting cutting orientations based on force capability for cutting in these fourteen motions. Based on this, the desirability of different cutting orientations for meat trimming jobs has been established.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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