STRAINING ISSUES
(2024) IDEM05 20241Industrial Design
- Abstract
- This project is focusing on one of the underlying issues within the plumbing
industry (called “Värme Ventilation Sanitet” in Sweden). Strain injuries was
the focus of this project to find a solution and discover the reasons to why
these injuries keeps happening. The project then goes into a suggestion of
which direction the industry might need to take to become better. Getting a
solution to the injury problem is very time consuming and needs more parties
involved to make a change, which this project was not able to cover.
The project then focuses on a quite common area that service plumbers
struggle more with regarding strain, working underneath the kitchen sink
or cramped smaller compartments (suspended foundation). To combat... (More) - This project is focusing on one of the underlying issues within the plumbing
industry (called “Värme Ventilation Sanitet” in Sweden). Strain injuries was
the focus of this project to find a solution and discover the reasons to why
these injuries keeps happening. The project then goes into a suggestion of
which direction the industry might need to take to become better. Getting a
solution to the injury problem is very time consuming and needs more parties
involved to make a change, which this project was not able to cover.
The project then focuses on a quite common area that service plumbers
struggle more with regarding strain, working underneath the kitchen sink
or cramped smaller compartments (suspended foundation). To combat this
a vest / jacket with an implemented blow up open-cell-foam function was
made, which would help people working on their back with bad uneven
surfaces. (Less)
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- author
- Lindstrand, Jakob LU
- supervisor
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- Anna Persson LU
- organization
- alternative title
- Inflatable backrest vest
- course
- IDEM05 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- VVS, Aid-product, inflatable pad, RSI, Plumbing
- language
- English
- id
- 9174365
- date added to LUP
- 2024-09-12 11:50:19
- date last changed
- 2024-09-12 11:50:19
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