Desk Height

The laboratory workers office space should be as close as possible to work areas and to fi equently used files. There should also be room for a typewTiter, if required. The work may be done on a separate desk or a section of desk-height work bench. 

Cabinets come in a variety of units to suit individual needs. These are then bolted together to make benches. Any combination of drawers, cupboards, and knee-hole units is possible. Some fume hoods come complete with their own base cabinets. Where desirable, desk-height units can be integrated into the system. All units come with legs which can be acijusted for an uneven floor. Standard installation leaves room behind the counters or along the middle of peninsulas for utilities. After the cabinets are installed, counter tops are put in place and bench-mounted fume hoods added. 

Note 1 Some oil companies specify the level of illumination to be floor level, whilst others prefer it at a working desk height, e.g. 0.7 to 0.85 m. 

Even though the home monitoring devices are extremely easy to use, technique is important to assure accurate blood pressure measurements. It s best to sit at a table or a desk, wrap the cuff around the arm as directed in the instructions, and relax for a couple of minutes before inflating the cuff. Keep both feet on the floor and try to remain still, since movement can decrease accuracy. Your arm and cuff should be at the same height as your heart. Hit the start button and note your blood pressure. Many machines also measure heart rate. Wait a couple more minutes and repeat the procedure. You ll probably find that the first measurement is higher. 

Field measurements were performed in a model room (office) with a surface of 17.3 m and a height of 3.7 m (V = 64 m ). The air exchange rate is = 0.3 Ih" (door and windows closed). The floor is covered with textile carpet and the walls are of gypsum board coated with water-based paint. The room is equipped with desk, chair, bookcase and wooden shelf board. 

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Some of these problems are relatively simple in nature, and simple to cure. In one local school where evidence was gathered recently, a new Acorn Rise PC system had been set up on a purpose-built trolley. The VDU was positioned well above normal head height, even for a tall Year 6 child. This meant that the pupils had to look upwards at quite a steep angle to use the system comfortably. In reality, pupils were observed standing to nse the computer, so that the monitor was at a suitable height. This then caused problems with control of the mouse and keyboard on the desk-top, which was situated much lower down. Sustained use of such a system would be likely to induce spinal problems. The solution here would be to move the system off the trolley and place it on a table of the correct height. In another school, the computer was set up on a cupboard with no leg room for the pupils. This meant that they had to sit twisted sideways to use it, forcing them to adopt bad posture. The solution here would be similar. 

The desks or trolley and chair should be of the correct height for pupils. This is particularly difficult with small children—they should be positioned so that they look down at the screen (which implies the screen being positioned relatively low down). Many trolleys are too high for the pupils they are intended for, and if a monitor is placed on top of a computer processor on a desk of the correct height, the combined height will be too great. 

An industrial robot is a computer-controlled, reprogrammable, and multipurpose unit that can move in three or more directions. This is similar to length, width, and height. Imagine the movements your arm would go through if you wanted to touch each corner of your desk. Most industrial robots are basic arm robots. The technical name for this type of robot is an articulated robot (Figure 17-11). An articulated robot has two or more... 

Automated machine tools and robots move through three-dimensional space. We describe this space with the Cartesian coordinate system. Using your desk as an example, the desktop has width and depth and is some height off the floor. We commonly refer to the width as the x-axis, the depth as the y-axis, and the height off the floor as the z-axis. 

Other unnecessary obstacles should be avoided as well, such as low-hanging signs, water fountains, desks, chairs, tables, etc., and similar devices which may protrude into a corridor, or even safety devices such as deluge showers with low hanging chains which could strike a person in the face in a partially dimmed or darkened corridor. The corridors must have a minimum of 80 inches of headroom. Door closers and stops caimot reduce this to less than 78 inches. Between the heights of 27 inches and 80 inches, objects cannot protrude into the corridor by more than 4 inches, approximately the length of a door knob. 

An adjustable office chair that allows variation for seat height, seat depth, seat width, lumbar support, backrest, armrests, and the ability to swivel. These adjustments increase comfort and positioning in supported, neutral positions. To reduce the risk of work-related injuries from long periods of time spent at a desk or on a computer. See also Ergonomics. 

Attention needs to be given to the seating positions, both in relation to relative height and layout (if the interview is conducted while seated). An interviewer can interpose a desk or choose not to. What difference does this make to the atmosphere of an interview ... 

You could then consider, if you were only allowed in terms of price to allow one adjustment, what that adjttstinent would be. There is more than Jrrst height to consider with a desk, particttlarfy once you put the user on a chair. Another possibihty is to consider the design of kitchens or latmdries, domestic and commercial. 

If the bench, desk or table carmot be adjusted for height, a foot support may be required. Some stools have height adjustment. Figure 11.4 gives useful information on the ergonomics of a working table or desk. 

Non-adjirstable and adjustable tables, stoves, sirrks, baths, rrrachine tools, desks and benches can be considered from an ergonomic viewpoint. The issues irrvolved have been partly dealt with in relation to chairs. For work performed standing, or with stools, or with sit-stand supports, this will further affect placement and adjustability of other parts of the work station The height, reach distarKe, and hence shape, and angles of tilt can be important, depending on the type of work. Thighs must be able to fit corrrfort-ably under the table, or desk if seated. Reach distance is affected by late pregnancy. 

The keyboard should be detachable so that it can be positioned anywhere on the desktop and a correct posture adopted while working at the keyboard. The chair should be adjustable in height, stable and have an adjustable backrest. If the knees of the user are lower than the hips when seated, then a footrest should be provided. The surface of the desk should be nonreflecting and uncluttered. 

Faculty using ladders or step stools to access items at a height rather than climbing on desks and chairs... 

The size of the desk is determined by the horizontal distance between the user and the display this is a factor of the eye-to-monitor distance and the viewing angle. There is some controversy over the most applicable screen height and viewing angle. 

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