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How and when do we calibrate our gauges?

The routine administrative aspects of an ergonomics consulting business are pretty mundane – renew software licenses and insurance plans, make sure everyone gets their annual training, pay the bills, send the invoices….not the stuff of dreams when I launched this business 30 years ago. Maintaining our equipment isn’t exciting, but it has to be done. […]
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A force gauge is an ergonomist’s best friend!

Force gauges are used by ergonomists to collect quantitative data for PDAs and ergonomics assessments of pushing, pulling, and lifting tasks. We often take measurements 5-6 times, to ensure we are collecting the most accurate data possible, so it’s important to have a force gauge that can “measure” up to the task. A variety of […]
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