Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment
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Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment

  1. 227 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment

About this book

Machines increasingly pervade the mining industry, reducing manual labor and raising production. While the use of new technologies such as remote control, vision enhancement technologies, continuous haulage, and automated equipment has grown, so has the potential for new health and safety risks. Written by leading experts from Australia and North A

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Yes, you can access Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment by Tim Horberry,Robin Burgess-Limerick,Lisa J. Steiner in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Physical Sciences & Optics & Light. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781439802311
eBook ISBN
9781439802335

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. The Authors
  6. chapter one: What is human factors,and why is it importantfor mining equipment?
  7. chapter two: Equipment design
  8. chapter three: It is not just about design
  9. chapter four: Manual tasks
  10. chapter five: Workstation design andanthropometric variability
  11. chapter six: Physical environment and climate
  12. chapter seven: Vision, visibility, and lighting
  13. chapter eight: Controls and displays
  14. chapter nine: Automation and new technologies
  15. chapter ten:Organisational and task factors
  16. chapter eleven: Training
  17. chapter twelve: Conclusions
  18. References
  19. Index
  20. Back cover