BMW Uses 3-D Printing Methods to Make Customized Ergonomic PPE for Assembly Workers
As part of a pilot project at BMW Group’s Munich assembly plant, the automaker has developed an ergonomic tool designed to protect workers from excess strains on their thumb joints.
Using an additive manufacturing process, the automaker – with help from the Department of Ergonomics at the Technical University of Munich – customizes each “flexible finger cot” to match the form and size of a worker’s hand.
