CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
January 2012
Product News
Jack and Process Simulate Human
Product Overview
Manufacturing companies in a variety of industries are addressing the ergonomic aspects of manual operations during early stages of product design and manufacturing planning. Jack and Process Simulate Human enable the user to improve the safety, efficiency and comfort of your workplace environment using digital human models. One can analyze the workplace environments with virtual people that can scale to match different population characteristics. You can test your designs for a wide variety of human factors, including injury risk, timing, user comfort, reachability, lines-of-sight, energy expenditure, fatigue limits and other important parameters.
KEY CAPABILITIES AND BENEFITS
Capabilities
Scalable human figures that are anthropometrically and biomechanically accurate
Support ergonomic analysis of your global workforce using country-specific population databases
Comprehensive suite of ergonomic analysis tools
Advanced posture algorithm that can also analyze how a body reacts to exerted force in a specific direction
Manage a wide range of workplace scenarios that include working at different levels of elevation, stairs and ramps
Eye-view windows and field-of-vision analysis
Reach envelopes for fast workplace configuration
Movie and screen captures for documentation and presentations
Broad virtual reality motion capture hardware support
Benefits
Improve compliance with ergonomic standards during product design and manufacturing engineering stages
Avoid rework costs by uncovering human performance and feasibility issues early
Improve communication of engineering issues related to workplace safety violations
Visually capture and store best practices for future programs
Enhance workplace safety and efficiency
For more details please visit: http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/tecnomatix/assembly_planning/jack/index.shtml?&ku=true&a=0
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