Biomechanical Study on the Convenience of Loading and Unloading Laundry in Clothes Dryer

Sang Hun Bae; Dong Hyun Kim; Han Sung Kim; Kyung Chun Kim

doi:10.1007/s12541-018-0107-y

Biomechanical Study on the Convenience of Loading and Unloading Laundry in Clothes Dryer

Sang Hun Bae, Dong Hyun Kim, Han Sung Kim, Kyung Chun Kim

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Abstract

Recently, household appliance designs have been emphasizing ergonomics and reducing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders for users. When laundry is taken out of a washing machine and put into a clothes dryer with the inlet in the front, a great deal of force is applied to users’ shoulders, waist, and knees. This study proposes a new door system for clothes dryer that can be used more conveniently. The characteristics of the human body when moving laundry were first analyzed. For this purpose, experiments were carried out to determine the important biomechanical and design factors. We used Rapid Entire Body Assessment (REBA) to evaluate the postures of the body. Motion data were then obtained from subjects using a three-dimensional motion analysis system. A biomechanical analysis of the internal organs in the human body was then performed using three-dimensional virtual human modeling.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	907-915
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
Volume	19
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12541-018-0107-y
Publication status	Published - 2018 Jun 1

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Funding Information:
This study was conducted jointly by LG Electronics, the Department of Biomedical Engineering and Research at Yonsei University, and the School of Mechanical Engineering at Pusan National University. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant with funding from the Korean government (MSIT) through GCRC-SOP (No. 2011-0030013) and Institute for Information & communications Technology Promotion (IITP) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP) (No. R7520-16-0005, Development of creative technology based on complex 3D printing technology for labor, the elderly and the disabled).

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© 2018, Korean Society for Precision Engineering and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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