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Factory data collection system
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Factory data collection system
The discomfort of air screaming out of the exhausts of pneumatic tools can now be relieved by using silencers made of sintered polyethylene (Nopol) manufactured by Oy Nokia Ab of Helsinki, Finland. The material can be moulded in a variety of shapes and fittings and thread connections and b e s i d e s a c t i n g as an efficient silencer Nopol has environmentally desirable characteristics in that it repels water, attracts oil and gasoline, and will filter out dust particles from 1 to l 5 microns. The material is mechanically robust, almost completely chemically inert, and operates around 80°C without trouble.
Hawker Siddeley Aviation have placed an order with Singer Business Machines for a factory Data Collection System (DCS~ for installation at their plant in Hatfield. Herts. The new system, designed to provide an on-line message validating system to monitor work in progress on the factory floor. cost approximately £80.000. It consists of 23 model 100 Jo b Information Terminals on-line to a Singer System Ten computer comprising a 30K central processor. model 40 disc drive, model 45 magnetic tape drive and model 70 workstation.
Residential standards for the
handicapped A co-ordinated governmental-ANSI effort is underway to expedite development of standards for making residential buildings fit the needs of
I'he main function of the system allows for messages relating to the various stages of completion of 'work m p r o g r e s s ' , inspection reports, and subsidiary time keeping information for payroll to be transmitted direct from the network of terminals on the factory floor to the System Ten computer. Up to 17 different types ot
Designing buses to help the
m e s s a g e s are being catered for. The
movement of persons in wheelchairs and and other hazards for the handicapped, Such standards would be applied to homes and apartment houses financed under Federal Housing Administrationinsured loans, There is an American National Standard in this field, ANSI A 117-1961 (R 1971), Specifications for Making
which ts designed for use under factory conditions even by operatives using safety gloves, l'erminal detected errors are clearly identified and can be corrected on the spot without need to re-enter the entire message,
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The MINEC miniature edge control by N.S.F. Limited, Keighley, Yorkshire, BD21 5EF has undergone further developments. The ergonomic wheel design has been improved to give even clearer readings with no obscuring 'spikes' or projections, and a system of index stops has been incorporated for individual customer fitting. Variations include coloured thumbwheels and optional accessories such as d u m m y modules and divider plates.
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message data is entered to the system via any combination of pre-punched information in the form of job cards and plastic personnel identity badges plus variable data such as quantity completed, through a simple keyboard
residential construction. The scope of the committee, now limited to public buildings, will be expanded.
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Singer Model 100 job information station at Hawker Siddeley Aviation
the physically handicapped. The USA'b Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced it wilt set standards for the interior and exterior of single- and multi-family dwellings that would eliminate barriers to
Buildings and Facilities Accessible to, and Usable by, the Physically Handicapped, but it does not apply to
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Over hall ot Britain'~ elderly and disabled population - nearly tour million people are unlikely to be able to negotiate the current legal maximum bus entrance step height of 17 in (430 mmL ThLs ts one of the conclusions in a report giving the results of the first phase of a research contract placed by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory with British Leyland Bus and Truck Division. Fhe object o] this programm~ is to obtain comprehcnsive and detailed information about the needs and abilities of disabled passengers lot use in designing buses. In the first part of the work. the ability of some 200 elderly or infirm people to enter, stt in and leave a conventional bus was examined. Other factors considmed were: the location, size and shape ol hand-holds and rails; the grip and pulling strength of disabled passengers to resist acceleration and braking; the ability to reach bell pushes and emergency-door locks; seat height and spacing and the direction of seat facing. The tests showed that to pl ovide e a s e of entry for the majority of elderly and disabled people the bus entry step height should not exceed 7 in (I 78 ram): it is believed that s~ep height alone may well be a majot influence in the usage of buses by some six million people. These mvcs~igat~ons were carried out on a static mock-up bus. In the second phase further trials wilt be
Factory data collection system
The discomfort of air screaming out of the exhausts of pneumatic tools can now be relieved by using silencers made of sintered polyethylene (Nopol) manufactured by Oy Nokia Ab of Helsinki, Finland. The material can be moulded in a variety of shapes and fittings and thread connections and b e s i d e s a c t i n g as an efficient silencer Nopol has environmentally desirable characteristics in that it repels water, attracts oil and gasoline, and will filter out dust particles from 1 to l 5 microns. The material is mechanically robust, almost completely chemically inert, and operates around 80°C without trouble.
Hawker Siddeley Aviation have placed an order with Singer Business Machines for a factory Data Collection System (DCS~ for installation at their plant in Hatfield. Herts. The new system, designed to provide an on-line message validating system to monitor work in progress on the factory floor. cost approximately £80.000. It consists of 23 model 100 Jo b Information Terminals on-line to a Singer System Ten computer comprising a 30K central processor. model 40 disc drive, model 45 magnetic tape drive and model 70 workstation.
Residential standards for the
handicapped A co-ordinated governmental-ANSI effort is underway to expedite development of standards for making residential buildings fit the needs of
I'he main function of the system allows for messages relating to the various stages of completion of 'work m p r o g r e s s ' , inspection reports, and subsidiary time keeping information for payroll to be transmitted direct from the network of terminals on the factory floor to the System Ten computer. Up to 17 different types ot
Designing buses to help the
m e s s a g e s are being catered for. The
movement of persons in wheelchairs and and other hazards for the handicapped, Such standards would be applied to homes and apartment houses financed under Federal Housing Administrationinsured loans, There is an American National Standard in this field, ANSI A 117-1961 (R 1971), Specifications for Making
which ts designed for use under factory conditions even by operatives using safety gloves, l'erminal detected errors are clearly identified and can be corrected on the spot without need to re-enter the entire message,
i ' ~i
Miniature edge control
developed
54
AppliedErgonomics
i ~ t ~ ! i;
I
The MINEC miniature edge control by N.S.F. Limited, Keighley, Yorkshire, BD21 5EF has undergone further developments. The ergonomic wheel design has been improved to give even clearer readings with no obscuring 'spikes' or projections, and a system of index stops has been incorporated for individual customer fitting. Variations include coloured thumbwheels and optional accessories such as d u m m y modules and divider plates.
{
NSF Miniature edge control
March 1975
(
disabled
message data is entered to the system via any combination of pre-punched information in the form of job cards and plastic personnel identity badges plus variable data such as quantity completed, through a simple keyboard
residential construction. The scope of the committee, now limited to public buildings, will be expanded.
t
Singer Model 100 job information station at Hawker Siddeley Aviation
the physically handicapped. The USA'b Department of Housing and Urban Development has announced it wilt set standards for the interior and exterior of single- and multi-family dwellings that would eliminate barriers to
Buildings and Facilities Accessible to, and Usable by, the Physically Handicapped, but it does not apply to
r
! ~ !
Over hall ot Britain'~ elderly and disabled population - nearly tour million people are unlikely to be able to negotiate the current legal maximum bus entrance step height of 17 in (430 mmL ThLs ts one of the conclusions in a report giving the results of the first phase of a research contract placed by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory with British Leyland Bus and Truck Division. Fhe object o] this programm~ is to obtain comprehcnsive and detailed information about the needs and abilities of disabled passengers lot use in designing buses. In the first part of the work. the ability of some 200 elderly or infirm people to enter, stt in and leave a conventional bus was examined. Other factors considmed were: the location, size and shape ol hand-holds and rails; the grip and pulling strength of disabled passengers to resist acceleration and braking; the ability to reach bell pushes and emergency-door locks; seat height and spacing and the direction of seat facing. The tests showed that to pl ovide e a s e of entry for the majority of elderly and disabled people the bus entry step height should not exceed 7 in (I 78 ram): it is believed that s~ep height alone may well be a majot influence in the usage of buses by some six million people. These mvcs~igat~ons were carried out on a static mock-up bus. In the second phase further trials wilt be