Jack removes the spare tire from a 1957 Chevy. While automakers use Jack primarily to design vehicle interiors, they also use him to evaluate maintenance tasks.
Jack fences with his nemesis, Bizarro Jack. When Bizarro Jack tries to pull a knife on his foe, Jack downs him, and gives him a little kick for good measure. This simulation took one of our developers about eight hours to make. He'd never built a simulation before.
Big Jack and Little Jack demonstrate two of the new features of the Occupant Packaging Toolkit. First, they're each seated using OPT's posture prediction tool (note the natural slouch). Second, they're both sporting attractive reach zones.
Jack operates a welding gun. This animation was created by using figure path motions. The first couple seconds of the animation show the paths that were defined in Jack to drive the motion of the weld gun. Jack's movements were created by establishing a constraint to hold the weld gun and defining his steps and the movement of his center of mass.
Jack works at a stamping plant. This kind of task can easily be optimized using the new Jack Task Analysis Toolkit. Tools such as NIOSH Lifting, Low Back Analysis, Predetermined Time and Recovery & Fatigue would prove valuable in optimizing worker productivity and safety.
Jill changes the oil and the oil filter on an off-highway vehicle. These movies demonstrate the robustness and versatility of Jack human motion and simulation. No other human modeling solution can so realistically depict a person scooching under a truck or getting up off the ground.
Jack changes the tooling on a machine. Common machine tool maintenance procedures like this can be made more efficient using Jack ergonomics analysis tools. The worker in this particular task was analyzed for exposure to low back injury risks and strength capability using the new Task Analysis Toolkit. The task has been divided into two movies.
Jack sorts the mail. Many organizations are using Jack to evaluate workplace tasks like this repetitive sorting operation. The new Task Analysis Toolkit helps these organizations improve the safety and efficiency of tasks by providing valuable information on worker performance. Check out the flashing button on the home page for more info. The first movie shows how far Jack has to bend to perform the sorting operation. The second movie gives a "Jack's eye view" of another aspect of the same task.
Jack changes a filter on an off-highway vehicle. Several off-highway manufacturers use Jack to identify and correct ergonomics issues related to maintenance tasks. This simulation illustrates Jack's ability to climb stairs realistically. It's also noteworthy for the WCW Goldberg-like pose that Jack strikes at the end!
Jack takes a factory job. This series of movies shows Jack working through a sequence of tasks in a workcell. With Jack's new Workplace Task Simulation module, users can evaluate how their job designs affect such characteristics of worker performance as: strength, fatigue, low back spinal forces, upper limb stress, motion timing, and lifting capability.
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Jack tests what he can reach in his car, first while maintaining his seated posture and then while bending from the waist. Jack allows organizations to create reach zones utilizing shoulder, elbow, waist, spine or any other joint. You can also generate reach zones to simulate such constraints as seat belts. Reach zones can be exported to CAD systems to serve as guides for design.
Jack and his big brother try to get into a small car. Automotive and ground vehicle manufacturers use Jack to evaluate whether their target users can get into and out of their vehicles safely and easily. Jack allows these organizations to define the ingress and egress movements, then swap in various sized digital drivers. When one of the models collides with the car, the affected part of the body gets highlighted in red. In these simulations, the first driver has no problem getting into the car. The second driver bumps his head.
Transom Jack performing a maintenance task on an F-22 fighter aircraft. In the aerospace industry, maintenance is a particularly costly activity, accounting for 30% of the total life-cycle cost of an aircraft. Several aerospace organizations, including GE Aircraft Engines, Lockheed Martin, Short Brothers and the U.S. Air Force, use Transom Jack to evaluate designs from maintenance accessibility, part removal and replacement, and manual task timing. The result: lower maintenance costs and more "mission ready" aircraft.
Jack checking the mirrors on his 18-wheeler. Several automotive and off-highway equipment manufacturers use Transom Jack to evaluate the ergonomics of vehicle interiors. Jack helps them ensure that vehicle operators of various sizes have proper visibility, can reach all the necessary controls, and are comfortable while driving. For this simulation, PACCAR modeled their drivers which extra girth to more accurately simulate the trucker population.
Transom Jack performing an automotive door assembly task, from both a "third-person" point of view and a "first-person" viewpoint, where you can see what Jack sees. Several major automakers use Transom Jack "virtual factory" models to refine workcell layout, manual workflow and assembly processes, and to anticipate and correct ergonomic hazards--all before committing to a single tool.
Jack performs a maintenance task on an aircraft.
