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What are vibrations?
Mechanical oscillations (synonym: percussions, vibrations) are one of the physical environmental factors to which people can be exposed at their place of work.
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What are the effects?
An estimated 4.4 million workers in Germany are exposed to hand-arm vibrations. Many years of intensive exposure to hand-arm vibration can have chronic effects, i.e. health damage to humans.
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What does the law say?
Since the European Vibration Directive 2002/44/EC (DIRECTIVE 2002/44/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 25 June 2002) came into force companies throughout Europe have been obliged to carry out a risk analysis for workplaces with vibration loads since working with vibrating hand-held and manually-guided tools can jeopardise the health and safety of the operating personnel.
How are vibrations measured?
The vibrations that occur are measured as acceleration characteristics in the dimension m/s² in each of the three spatial directions x, y, z in a defined frequency range.
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The RHODUCER
In order to improve employee protection against vibration loads, Rhodius has developed a low-cost model that reduces vibrations by up to 30%.
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