1. VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING PRESENTS: ARYEH HOROWITZ

2. CONTENTS WHAT IS VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING? COMMON KEYWORDS BENEFITS OF USING VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING MORE APPLICATIONS ERGONOMICS DESIGN COMMON PRODUCTS REFERENCES

3. WHAT IS VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING? VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING IS THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING A MODEL OF A REAL SYSTEM AND CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS WITH THIS MODEL FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERSTANDING THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SYSTEM.

4. KEYWORDS ERGONOMICS MTM - METHODS-TIME MEASUREMENT GARG FORMULA OWAS METHOD NIOSH VIRTUAL REALITY

5. BENEFITS OF USING VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING IDENTIFY THE BOTTLENECKS OF THE SYSTEM. OPTIMIZE THE SYSTEM BY VIRTUALLY ADDING RESOURCES (EQUIPMENT/ MANPOWER) TO OBSERVE PERFORMANCE RESPONSES. PERFORM COST ANALYSIS PER MANUFACTURING PROCESS. PREDICT AND ELIMINATE ON-THE-JOB INJURIES AS WELL AS ENSURE MANUFACTURING FEASIBILITY, PART BY PART.

6. OTHER APPLICATIONS AIRPORT OPERATIONS. URBAN TRAFFIC STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT. MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS. NATIONAL ECONOMY STUDY. WAGING MILITARY BATTLES. MATERIAL AND WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS.

7. ERGONOMICS DESIGN AN ILLUSTRATIVE REAL-LIFE CASE STUDY PACKAGING ORANGES. FROM BEN GAL AND BUKCHIN ARTICLE (SEE REFERENCES) THE MAIN GOAL IS TO FIND THE PARAMETERS A,B,C,D THE MOST FEASIBLE POSTURE.

8. ERGONOMICS DESIGN THE EXAMINED WORKSTATION. (THE PICTURE IS FROM THE ROBCADMAN / EMPOWER INTERFACE).

9. ERGONOMICS DESIGN

10. COMMON PRODUCTS LEADING COMPANIES: TECNOMATIX ESI-GROUP

11. COMMON PRODUCTS - TECNOMATIX

12. COMMON PRODUCTS ESI-GROUP esi-video esi-profile

13. SUMMARY THE VIRTUAL REALITY METHOD IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO TEST AND IMPROVE THE PROJECT / PRODUCTION LINE. ERGONOMICS CONSIDERATIONS CAN BE WELL MODELED AND OPTIMIZED. 2 COMMON PRODUCTS: TECNOMATIX AND ESI.

14. REFERENCES VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING, TECH TIPS, ACI TECHNOLOGIES. THE ERGONOMICS DESIGN OF WORKSTATIONS USING VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING AND RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY, BY IRAD BEN GAL AND JOSEPH BUKCHIN. ESI-GROUP SITE: HTTPS://WWW.ESI-GROUP.COM/HTTPS://WWW.ESI-GROUP.COM/

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