Hip to reduce the burden on the tension of the reflective material with support software introduction

NIPPO is 29 days, in pavement construction and asphalt materials for the plant, announced the introduction of the support software that can reduce the burden of the hip due to the work. Agriculture and logistics, to the lumbar support wear of Morita Holdings with a proven track record in the nursing care field “rakunie (Rakunie)”, adopted a new model fitted with a cover-type reflective material the company has proposed. Reduce the fatigue accumulation in such work and transport at room temperature when material in the kneeling position to use the dragonfly and the scoop. Safety vest marked with a reflective material to wear in outdoor work also becomes unnecessary.

The company as one of the working environment improvement measures starts the test introduction of fatigue mitigation suit in 2002. Paver, product manufacturing, such as to about 50 people, including a woman in charge of the testing operations asked to wear a plurality of types of suits such as a motor-driven or compressed air type, it was evaluated in the assist force and a feeling of wear.

Paving work, in addition to often work in the kneeling position, crouching, such as marking work and operation of the machine, one is working posture is different depending on the contents in the work you do in one day. For this reason, it was decided to adopt the wearing feeling and desorption of labor is less Rakunie.

It was released Rakunie to 12 years, using the tension of the previous of stretch elastic reflective fabrics using the back (rubber) to support the lumbar region. In the experiment to lift the luggage from knee to waist height, make sure that the burden of the erector spinae muscles and thigh (roughly) biceps to support the stooped posture can be reduced an average of 17%.Any color is black. Selling price is 23,000 yen; there are about 12,000 pieces sales of so far.

The company has been required to wear a safety vest equipped with a reflective material in the outdoor work, there were numerous opinion that “when used in conjunction with support software and safety vest in the summer of field sultry”.

For this reason, we proposed a reflective material of the cover expression that can be retrofitted in the fastener to Morita Holdings. Increasing the visibility of the night worker, also improved the safety of the work.

Reputation of the new model is the very best, the person who was wearing in a total material factory is referred to as “the fatigue accumulation is small; it has become a necessity not do without.” Aida Engineering Division General Engineering Department production machinery center machine development manager has been with the “I want to continue to provide appropriate to a person in need.”