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APALYS has been developed to meet the increasing and demanding requirements in the field
of industrial and occupational safety. Due to analogous problems, high-performance sport
has inevitably become another field of application.
It is the basic idea of APALYS to shoot a video recording at the workplace to be analyzed
by means of a video camera. Afterwards this recording can be shown on a computer by means
of a video recorder and an appropriate video card. Single images of interest of this
recording are digitized, stored in the computer, and processed by APALYS. It is the multimedia
technology that makes APALYS possible.
The demand for a concept for workplace analyses in connection with vertebral column stress
and trouble has been the main reason for the development of this software package. There are,
however, numerous fields of application.
Spine problems caused by lifting and carrying heavy loads during occupational activities are
extremely frequent specific diseases. They become more and more important on an international
scale. Apart from load and exposure time, it is the body posture at the workplace that has a
crucial influence on the stress. So far data for the calculation of the vertebral column stress
have been determined by analyses on the spot. These, however, result in disturbances of the
production process.
A computer-aided image analysis, preferably by video recordings, allows a precise
three-dimensional determination of the body posture from almost any recording position.
The activity analysis may be reproduced. Additional data may be determined afterwards.
Data obtained are used as input quantities for stress analyses, with an out-of-limit
condition being indicated. The modified NIOSH-method (1993, also on ISO-CD 10288, 1994),
the REFA-method and the Pangert-calculation (Berlin 1988) are used. The exposure dosage
for a professional life or for the length of a work period is determined.
This software has been developed in close cooperation with technically competent partners.
It is sold by ILMCAD and distributors.
Features:
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Preparing, processing, and storing body poture analyses with a bitmap graph as starting point |
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Easy processing of a 3-D human model to determine the body posture |
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Calculating the load limit recommended according to NIOSH, and determining the force exerted on the
lumbar column according to Pangert |
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REFA method (German Fachausschuss Chemie 1987, is a further development of the methods to Siemens
(1969), Burandt (1978) and a method published by Verein Deutscher Ingenieure(VDI 1980) |
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Main Feature Method, from Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (FIOSH) Germany in 1996,
modified 2001 |
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Determining the stress dosage on the vertebral column during a professional life |
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Further procedures planned |
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Logging in an integrated text editor, by export or output to printer, if required |
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