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A Wearable Device for Clove Pluckers to Protect Their Health While Ensuring Them To Make Their Job Easy and Quick in a Secure Manner.

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dc.contributor.author Pathirana, H
dc.contributor.editor Samarawickrama, S
dc.date.accessioned 2023-04-27T07:57:38Z
dc.date.available 2023-04-27T07:57:38Z
dc.date.issued 2022-11
dc.identifier.citation ************ en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/20970
dc.description.abstract Sri Lanka is the fourth clove exporting country from the world. As a country which have the original clove specie exporting amount should be increased more than this. There are several issues effecting on the efficiency and this paper has been discussed about mainly effecting factors. From those factors, shortage of labor is playing a main role. There are more than one factors effecting to the shortage 'of labor from several aspects. Those components has been identified while empathizing their life styles, daily routines, social, political and economic backgrounds firmly. Physical health related issues are the things which can be solved from product design aspect. Suggesting wearable solution to harvesting clove with protecting the health of labors was the challenge of this project. The clove harvesting device is a wearable device to assist the clove pluckers to stay in high places while harvesting cloves. In addition to being a vital device for consumer protection, it helps clove pluckers ease the clove harvest activities. Currently, many pluckers are complaining about the comfortability of the prevailing clove harvest tool which they vernacularly create for themselves. This shows the shortcomings within the present tool layout. Some of those reported cases consist of issues to use, much less convenient form, less comfortability, and safety issues. These shortcomings have made users reluctant to do clove harvesting by climbing on a tall tree-like clove tree. The motive of this is to create a protection support by a wearable device for clove pluckers by using the User—Centered Design as a concept to determine the layout parameters of protection. This project outcome is to increase the protection and interest of clove plucking. Robust design, durability, flexibility, multifunctionality, and comfort are the components that this project considered. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Department of Integrated Design, Faculty of Architecture, University of Moratuwa. en_US
dc.subject Clove pluckers en_US
dc.subject Robust design en_US
dc.subject Multifunctionality en_US
dc.subject Comfortability en_US
dc.subject Postural health en_US
dc.title A Wearable Device for Clove Pluckers to Protect Their Health While Ensuring Them To Make Their Job Easy and Quick in a Secure Manner. en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Integrated Design en_US
dc.identifier.year 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.conference Integrated Design Research Conference 2022 en_US
dc.identifier.place Moratuwa, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos p. 57 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Proceedings of Integrated Design Research Conference 2022 en_US


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