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Digital test assembly of truck parts with the IMMA-tool - an illustrative case

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Hanson, L.; | Högberg, D. | Söderholm, M.

Affiliations: Industrial Development, Scania CV AB, Södertälje, Sweden | Wingquist Laboratory, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden | Virtual Systems Research Centre, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

Note: [] Corresponding author. E-mail: lars.hanson@scania.com

Keywords: digital human modelling, anthropometrics, ergonomics assessment, vehicle manufacturing

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0447-2248

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 2248-2252, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

Several digital human modelling (DHM) tools have been developed for simulation and visualisation of human postures and motions. In 2010 the DHM tool IMMA (Intelligently Moving Manikins) was introduced as a DHM tool that uses advanced path planning techniques to generate collision free and biomechanically acceptable motions for digital human models (as well as parts) in complex assembly situations. The aim of the paper is to illustrate how the IPS/IMMA tool is used at Scania CV AB in a digital test assembly process, and to compare the tool with other DHM tools on the market. The illustrated case of using the IMMA tool, here combined with the path planner tool IPS, indicates that the tool is promising. The major strengths of the tool are its user friendly interface, the motion generation algorithms, the batch simulation of manikins and the ergonomics assessment methods that consider time.

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