KANBrief 4/13 Responding to new products and requirements: a challenge for the standardization of PPE At many workplaces, personal protective equipment (PPE) is an essential element in measures for th
constitutes a focus of KAN's work. In this issue, we present a selection of current studies and projects with which KAN is making efforts to introduce the necessary knowledge of ergonomics into standards in a [...] comprehensible and...
exists for the performance of measurements on machines. In order to close these gaps in knowledge, KAN has commissioned a study. To operate levers, to swing hatches, covers and ladders into position or [...] nevertheless reproducibly. Spotlight...
distorts competition. KAN will lobby at national and European level for EN 388 not to continue to give rise unjustifiably to a presumption of conformity. Corrado Mattiuzzo mattiuzzo@kan.de KANBrief 4/13: Revision
in design and standardization Digital human models make work equipment and processes more ergonomic KAN puts ergonomics under the spotlight Recognizing and appreciating diversity in the world of work Slip
vomberg@kan.de KANBrief 3/13: "How to" guide to the proper application of anthropometric data in design and standardization Digital human models make work equipment and processes more ergonomic KAN puts [...] with other body dimensions. In...
KANBrief 4/13 Revision of the PPE Directive: what's new, what isn't? The PPE Directive was one of the first New Approach directives, being drawn up in 1989. It governs the placing of personal protecti
project group responsible for drawing up Fachbereich AKTUELL FBHM-119, together with other specialists. KAN maintains close contact with the working group and supports it in all matters relating to standardization [...] n system: timely...
the KAN portal could be used when the guide is updated in order for it to be made even more comprehensible by the inclusion of possible design principles. Workshop on further development of the KAN Praxis [...] mattiuzzo@kan.de The portal was...