Objective Goal of the DOPTEST Project (its scientific/technical activity divided into 3 work-packages covering a period of 3 years) consisted on developing a new test procedure aimed at measuring vibration levels on the machine surface and on the operator's hand. That in order to quantify, on the one hand, the "vibratory quality" of the machine, tool or component and, on the other hand, evaluate the vibration transmission/absorption by the operator from the ergonomic point of view.All the scheduled/foreseen Project results have been satisfactorily achieved in the due time.In particular:a) the applicability/reliability of the measurement procedure positively confirmed;b) the vibration behaviour of industrial products/components, i.e. hand held machines, hand guided tools/agricultural machines, earth-moving machines control levers/steering wheels, analysed and evaluated as far as the vibration transmission/absorption mechanisms to the operator's hand are concerned;c) the performance of vibration insulation devices, systems, materials and components applied to hydraulic breakers checked (supporting their development phase) by means of the measurement procedure.The research program has been carried out as a parallel development of:a) the no-contact laser technique applied in order to measure vibrations on the machine under test and on the operator's body;b) capacitive sensor matrixes based on polymeric films in order to measure dynamic contact pressure and force distributions at the man-machine interface.The measurement procedure has been applied on different test cases:a) hydraulic breakers;b) hand guided agricultural machines;c) components of earth-moving machines. Fields of science engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticslaser physics Programme(s) FP4-SMT - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of standards, measurements and testing, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 0102 - Measurement and testing in the industrial development phase Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) EU contribution No data Address Via Canal Bianco 28 44044 Cassana Ferrara Italy See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BREAKERS A/S Denmark EU contribution No data Address 3,Anker Engelundsvej 3 9200 AALBORG See on map Total cost No data Novel GmbH. Elektrische Spezialgeräte Germany EU contribution No data Address 8,Beichstrasse 8 80802 München See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITA POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE Italy EU contribution No data Address Via Delle Brecce Bianche 60131 ANCONA See on map Total cost No data