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Basic Data for the Design of Consoles

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Ergonomic Data for Equipment Design

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Consoles, information boards and panels are elements especially suitable for the installation of displays and controls. These elements are usually placed in central departments of a system (control rooms and stations) and provide for the monitoring and controlling of technical processes.

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  1. Institut für Ergonomie, Technischen Universität, München, Germany

    Heinz-Peter Rühmann

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  1. Institute of Ergonomics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Federal Republic of Germany

    Heinz Schmidtke

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Rühmann, HP. (1984). Basic Data for the Design of Consoles. In: Schmidtke, H. (eds) Ergonomic Data for Equipment Design. NATO Conference Series, vol 25. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4904-4_8

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