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Path: https://www.kan.de/en/30-years-of-kan/milestones-from-30-years-of-kan

conference, held in Munich, is attended by over 200 delegates. 2008 Ergonomics lecture modules are published Standards in the area of ergonomics enable products and workplaces to be shaped with better consideration [...] launched a project in...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/safety-of-construction-machinery/producer-meets-consumer-a-means-of-achieving-safe-construction-machinery

manufacturers and consumers can inspire simple solutions even for quite complex issues, such as better ergonomics for work equipment or safety aspects, and can also support the process of European standardization [...] stages. The four...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/changes-in-ergonomics-standardization/we-can-only-win-by-working-together

we can only win by working together. KANBrief 3/15: Ergonomics standards to be made more practicable and visible Practical standardization of ergonomics for tomorrow's world of work KAN faces the changing

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/new-guideline-documents-on-ergonomics/european-working-party-on-standardization-brings-the-state-and-social-partners-closer-together

European Commission. Eckhard Metze metze@kan.de KANBrief 2/12: The new EN ISO 26800 basic ergonomics standard Ergonomics in the Guide to application of the Machinery Directive Test finger: tested and found

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/the-prevention-instrument-of-standardization/from-industry-to-the-standard-and-back-again

project. Users realize very quickly when a machine has not been designed with consideration for ergonomics. Such information is rarely passed back to the manufacturers, however, much less to the market [...] committees. The ErgoMach...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/personal-protective-equipment/responding-to-new-products-and-requirements-a-challenge-for-the-standardization-of-ppe

safety requirements for a product to be addressed if at all possible in a single standard. The ergonomic design, combination of items of PPE and their mutual influence when used simultaneously are topics [...] opportunity for greater attention...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/1/21/an-appeal-from-the-skilled-crafts-sector-to-the-standardization-community

particularly in recent years. The latter govern aspects such as machine safety, product safety, ergonomics or accessibility, but not with respect to a specific product. This makes them much more difficult [...] Schwannecke Secretary-General of...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/occupational-safety-and-health-in-japan/robots-are-not-able-to-improve-processes-the-pragmatic-use-of-robots-at-toyota

assembly. An optimum combination of workers and automation was now sought, and priority given to ergonomics. Carefully crafted equipment was made available to support workers in all physically demanding [...] pragmatic use of robots where it...

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/what-we-do/design-of-accessible-workplaces

(pdf) , is: how must machines be designed so that people with disabilities can also work on them ergonomically and safely? The recommendations made as a result of the study (pdf) are intended to raise awareness

Path: https://www.kan.de/en/publications/kanbrief/2/21/smart-glasses-from-pilot-project-to-application-in-the-field

They also attach great importance to the information being presented ergonomically: although the principles of software ergonomics are described in general terms in the EN ISO 9241 series of standards