For assessing the exposure to vibration to which users of handheld machinery are subjected, companies use emission measurements taken in situ under real use conditions, in compliance with Directive 2002/44/EC. Since such measurements are time-consuming…
Safety nets are fitted when falls from height cannot be avoided by other collective protection means. Performance of the nets is assessed in compliance with Standard EN 1263-1. That standard specifies lengthy and tedious natural or artificial…
Electromagnetic forming is an industrial process using pulsed magnetic field for shaping conductive material. With reference to the European Directive 2013/35/UE, evaluating the electromagnetic safety of workers seems overriding. Experiments…
Electromagnetic forming is an industrial process using pulsed magnetic field for shaping conductive material. With reference to the European Directive 2013/35/UE, evaluating the electromagnetic safety of workers seems overriding. Experiments…
In the 90’s, Seidel et al. have applied a biomechanical approach to develop a new method to assess health effects caused by WBV on seated drivers. Their works were based on the assumption that the intervertebral pressure may cause damage to the lumbar…
Each day, several million light utility vehicles: vans, light vans or delivery vans, are used on the roads by companies to transport the materials and goods required for their activity. During a frontal road collision, an unlashed load in the rear…
Test protocol NS 286 aims to assess the capacity of furniture installed in the back of a commercial vehicle to restrain the contents of its units of storage space in the event of a frontal collision. The purpose of this article is to take stock of…
In the 1990’s, Seidel et al. applied a biomechanical approach to develop a new method to assess the health effects caused by WBV on seated drivers. Their works were based on the assumption that intervertebral pressure may cause damage to the lumbar…