What is Ergonomics?

The word Ergonomics comes from the Greek ergon and nomos, which refers to the law of work, that is, the design of work and products should be in line with people’s abilities and habits. Ergonomics takes the system composed of man-machine-ring as the research object, and takes the people in the system as the starting point, through the study of the characteristics of human physiology, psychology, perception, cognition, and organization, this paper puts forward the theories, methods, principles, and steps of the design and optimization of products, facilities, man-machine interface, workplace, microclimate, personnel work organization and so on, so as to realize the best match of man-machine-ring. Make people work and live efficiently, safely, healthily, and comfortably. Production efficiency can be improved by improving the three elements of Person, Machines, and Environments.

In the study of the man-machine-loop systems, ergonomics has gone through several stages of man-machine adaptation, machine adaptation, and man-machine mutual adaptation, and now it has gone deep into the man-machine-loop system with the coordination of man, machine, and environment. In the system, it develops from the simple study of individual physical and psychological characteristics to the study of how to improve people’s social factors.

Why should your control room be Ergonomics?

The control room is often the core part of the whole project, which controls and dispatches everything through the control room; the operator is the core part of the control room, and all activities should be centered on the operator. create the best equipment and working environment suitable for human operation, make the man-machine-environment system coordinate with each other, create the best man-machine relationship and work efficiency under the premise of reliability and safety.

The control room console is most concerned with ergonomics, which aims to improve the operators productivity, while closely related to ergonomics is the customizability of the control consoles. For example, the ergonomics chair can be flexibly adjusted according to the needs of users to ensure that users can carry out ergonomic work at different heights. In addition, the control consoles with an infinite height adjustment system also enable users to quickly switch from standing posture to sitting posture( and vice versa).

The most advanced industrial control consoles are usually modularly designed and can be expanded according to the user’s needs. Therefore, they are better adapted to the changing industrial environment and usage requirements.