Ergonomics data & mounting heights, Ergonomic ground rules – metric units – Ergotron 870-03-005 User Manual

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870-03-005 rev. 05/30/03

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50% of Population

Average

Person

Average

Female

5%

Female

Average

Male

95%

Male

95% of Population

Average

Person

Average

Female

5%

Female

Average

Male

95%

Male

To obtain optimum performance from a workstation, consider the following topics during installation of
your Flat Panel ARMS:

• The adjustment range of the ARMS product.
• The use-mode of the ARMS product…

> Monitoring/viewing only?
> Data entry?
> User will be sitting?
> User will be standing?
> User will be sitting and standing at different times?

• Vertical mounting height of the ARMS product in respect to user(s)…

> Female or male only?
> Female and male both?
> Average height of users?

Using the Eye-Height / Elbow-Height Tables:
Use these tables to help determine mounting heights of ARMS products.

Follow these Ergonomic Ground Rules during installation of ARMS products:

• Screen Height: Top of screen should be level with, or slightly below, Eye Height of user.
• Keyboard Height: Center-line of keyboard should be level with Elbow Height of the operator with

forearms and wrists in a level position.

• Screen/Keyboard Height Variance: The distance from top of monitor screen to center-line of

keyboard reflects Eye-to-Elbow Measurement of the average female to male users.

Remember that the actual attachment-point height of ARMS products varies because:

• Dimensions of monitors vary.
• Configurations of ARMS products vary.

Eye-Height / Elbow-Height Tables

For average range of users – anthropometric

data expressed in millimeters

Ergonomics Data & Mounting Heights

Eye Height

Elbow Height

Eye-to-Elbow
Measurement

Stand

Sit

Var.

Stand

Sit

Var.

Stand

Sit

Av. Female

1509

1118

391

986

584

401

523

533

Av. Person

1567

1171

396

1026

632

394

541

538

Av. Male

1636

1232

404

1080

686

394

556

546

Variance F/M

127

114

64

102

1

4

4

2

5

Stand

Sit

Var.

Stand

Sit

Var.

Stand

Sit

5% Female*

1415

1036

378

927

528

399

488

508

95% Male**

1742

1323

419

1153

749

404

589

574

Variance F/M

328

287

226

221

3

For 5% female to 95% male range of users

Fixed-height applications: Mount at height for average person.

Height-adjustable applications...

Sitting or standing for average range of users:

≥ 127 mm vertical adjustment range.

Sitting or standing for 95% range of users:

≥ 328 mm vertical adjustment range.

Sitting & standing for average range of users:

≥ 495 mm vertical adjustment range.

Keyboard placement...

Keyboard to monitor relationship: The optimal distance is 533 mm in all applications.

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Ergonomic Ground
Rules – Metric Units

† Anthropometry: The study of human

body measurements. Data based on
studies of US population.

* Denotes the female who is at the 5%

mark of a scale ranging 0% to 100%.

** Denotes the male who is at the 95%

mark of a scale ranging 0% to 100%.

Look for numbers in tables that
correlate with numbers in illustrations
on the following pages.

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