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. 2014 Jun 27;52(6):461–470. doi: 10.2486/indhealth.2013-0232

Table 1. Characteristic parameters of workstations.

Workstation CT kR kL ICLR ICLL RTIL RTIR
Packing and controlling Manual assembly 22.5 12 12 0.110 0.091 1.54 1.59
Packing TVs 19.2 5 3 0.010 0.100 0.83 1.04
Checking appearance 41.1 17 17 0.086 0.088 1.26 1.26

Installing Programming option 1 22.8 6 5 0.016 0.033 0.75 0.79
Programming option 2 25.5 7 5 0.052 0.004 0.63 0.9

Packing and surveillance Unpacking circuit board 22.6 13 12 0.120 0.110 1.59 1.72
Controller 18.7 4 4 0.029 0.032 0.74 0.74
Scanning 12.5 8 7 0.121 0.105 1.84 1.9
Final check 196.2 217 175 0.077 0.135 2.34 2.59
Packing 23 16 7 0.130 0.060 1.00 2.00

Assembling small elements Circuit board operator 376.9 168 48 0.072 0.023 0.51 1.26
Circuit board assembly 11.8 5 6 0.110 0.103 1.45 1.55
Socket assembly 1 212.4 135 135 0.087 0.088 1.68 1.68
Electric socket assembly 46.3 33 33 0.091 0.090 1.86 1.86
Socket assembly 2 171 83 83 0.094 0.078 1.36 1.4

Operating tools Welder 157 98 28 0.117 0.084 0.77 1.75
Ironworker 794 128 128 0.176 0.105 0.79 1.03

Sewing Sewing car seat 87.3 37 37 0.090 0.086 1.26 1.28
Preliminary sewing 25.6 13 13 0.087 0.052 1.36 1.47
Sewing armchair backrest 91.9 59 59 0.078 0.102 1.74 1.67
Sewing − leather 100 57 57 0.183 0.200 1.94 1.88
Sewing headrest 110.2 64 52 0.100 0.092 1.37 1.6

CT: cycle time in seconds, k: number of phases of a work cycle, L: left upper limb, R: right upper limb, VR: number of movements during one second for the right limb, VL: number of movements during one second for the left limb, ICL: Integrated Cycle Load, RTI: Repetitive Task Indicator