Aims of research:

The aim is to achieve better application and implementation of existing ergonomic findings in the day-to-day work of blast furnaces and that of the 'scarfer' (Flaemmputzer) through the development of a procedure for computer-assisted forecasting of the effects of combined physical stress at the workplace. For example, the procedure can be used prior to restructuring measures to provide an early estimate of the likely stress and strain response, so that these can be taken into account during planning.