@inproceedings{118763070f314c8eaac90db526b2769b,
title = "Safe distance for machinery actuators: Is after-reach speed a constant?",
abstract = "A common setup for industrial machines is to install a pair of actuator buttons a safe distance from the point of operation. Safety codes specify that minimum distance by assuming a constant hand speed of 1.6 m/s. To examine the adequacy of that value, a simulated power press with a moving ram was set up for measuring actual hand speed for three placements of the buttons. For each placement, a randomized complete block experiment with nine students provided after-reach hand speed data. Results indicated that after-reach hand speed is not a constant because it varies both with placement of the buttons and distance within placement.",
keywords = "After-reach speed, Machine safeguarding, Power press, Safe distance",
author = "Roger Jensen and Terrence Stobbe",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.; International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2016 ; Conference date: 27-07-2016 Through 31-07-2016",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-41929-9_30",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319419282",
series = "Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
pages = "321--331",
editor = "Pedro Arezes",
booktitle = "Advances in Safety Management and Human Factors - Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Safety Management and Human Factors, 2016",
}