Virtual Ergonomics is a technology helping global companies – such as automotive and aerospace manufacturers as well as power and energy providers – to better understand relationships between humans and the products they manufacture, install, operate or maintain.
A tool for creating these outcomes is Dassault Systemes’ three dimensional DELMIA Human.
An international expert on the subject, France’s Julie Sharland, will be conducting a workshop in Melbourne on Friday, August 22.
Julie Sharland has been invited to Australia by Concentric Asia Pacific which represents DELMIA and its complementary solutions from Dassault Systemes.
Julie Sharland has been involved in the field of ergonomics since 1994. Her Master’s degree in Kinanthropology (ergonomics/biomechanics) allowed her to specialise in applied research in ergonomics.
This research exposed her to many different problems and solutions associated with work places and work place safety. She joined the Dassault Systeme Virtual Ergonomics Solution Team in 1999 and is now managing the world wide Industry Solutions & Consulting team for Virtual Ergonomics. Julie Sharland has assisted the likes of Lockhead Martin, Boeing, Bombardier, Pratt & Whittney, Cessna, Toyota, Chrysler GM, Airbus and Northrop Grumman.
Julie Sharland says the ability to analyse human tasks early on in the product lifecycle – in a virtual environment - offers many advantages to employers including conformance to OH&S standards, optimising work place and work cell design, increasing productivity, accelerating time to market and improving employee satisfaction.
The three hour workshop ‘Virtual Ergonomics using DELMIA Human’ will include the following topics:
- Loading workplace CAD data
- Manikin generation
- Standard manikins based on nationality specific anthropometric databases
- Customising manikins to reflect workforce
- Positioning manikins in working postures
- Posture catalogues
- Inverse kinematics
- Standard poses
- Automatic reach and grasp functions
- Manikin vision (see through manikin's eyes)
- Posture Analysis
- Angular limitation and preferred joint angle libraries
- Compute local and global postural assessment score and chart
- Automatic posture optimisation (comfort angles)
- Tool Integration
- Link tools to manikins (automatic grasp, attach constraints)
- Dynamic sectioning to validate tool positioning
- Human Task Simulation
- Automatic activity creation (walk, pick and place, move to posture, climb ladders and stairs, track product assembly trajectories)
- Simulate worker activities
Julie Sharland will also include customer case studies in her presentation.