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Nowadays, the leveling operation is carried out by tractor-driven equipment. However, in developing countries like India, there are many farmers who level their lands by traditionally designed leveller (local name paata). Also in hilly regions or where the space is limited, leveling by tractor is quite uncommon, and land leveller is a better alternative. Therefore, in this study, an attempt has been made to present an ergonomic design of the land leveller while considering physiological and psychophysical parameters viz heart rate, overall discomfort score, and body part discomfort score (BPDS). Ergonomic design of land leveller aims to minimize these discomfort scores while ensuring the safe range of heart rate of workers. This land leveller help in improving the working capacity and efficiency of the workers and therefore they can work for longer duration with lesser fatigue. A field setup is selected near the Industrial Kinesiology laboratory of University Department, to carry out experimental work to find out the optimum handle height of leveller. Heart rate data is collected at four different handle heights using BioHarness Telemetry System. Psychophysical data are recorded using Corlett and Bishop technique (1976). On the basis of the results of experiments and the anthropometric data of local workers, a handle height of 92 cm is recommended for land leveller.
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The authors are thankful to the Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Deemed University, Dayalbagh, Agra, for providing the facilities in Industrial Kinesiology laboratory. This work is supported by UGC, New Delhi, under Grant F. No. 3-38/2012 (SAP-II) dated 02/10/2012; and by DST, New Delhi, under Grant No. 100/IFD/2563/2012-2017 dated 20/07/2012.
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Singh, P., Srivastava, S., Thakur, N.S. (2021). Design of Land Leveller Height Measuring Physiological and Psychophysical Parameters. In: Muzammil, M., Khan, A.A., Hasan, F. (eds) Ergonomics for Improved Productivity. Design Science and Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9054-2_21
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