Evaluation of Working Station for Paper Pallet Production Process to Improve The Efficiency of Material Transformation Processes

Authors

  • Pandiono, Dayal Gustopo Setiadjit, Fuad Achmadi

Abstract

This study focused on improving work stations to increase productivity at PT xxx. Improved work system with ergonomic approach to reduce fatigue and increase productivity. The first stage is research the working time of make paper pallet the result is 8.8 minutes/pallet. Also an observation of body posture as well as operators cutting and grooving the results through simulation on the rapid upper limb assessment score indicates that operators are in high risk conditions to musculoskeletal disorders. Using the mannequin pro software, it is known that the torque load on each cutting and groove machine operator is relatively high at 8 nm and 36 nm. after redesign the work station, the height dimension of the machine was found to be 89 cm. These results were obtained based on the use of anthropometric data after going through tests and statistical calculations. the results of the new design have the effect to working time of producing 4.6 minute /pallet, there is a decrease in the score in each body of a cutting machine or groove machine operator at a low risk score, operator is free from the problem of musculoskeletal disorders, while the test software mannequin pro, the torque load of each operator is obtained 2 nm. Conclusion the design of new work stations can reduce musculoskeletal disorders, operator torque load can increase production paper pallet time by 96%.

Keywords- working time; rapid upper limb assessment; torque load; efficiency

Published

2020-11-28

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