Description / Abstract:
The task force was assigned responsibility for the following
activities:
1. Formulate a recommendation for an acceptable ride meter
including features, functional performance, and design
specifications.
2. Conduct a survey to determine if there is a commercially
available ride meter conforming to the recommendation.
3. It an acceptable ride meter is not commercially available,
work with an electronics supplier to initiate a design and build a
working prototype of a meter conforming to the recommendation.
Purpose- The purpose of this report is to
record the activities and recommendations of the Ride Meter Task
Force assigned by the Chairman of the SAE Joint Seating
Subcommittee to determine availability of instrumentation to
measure operator ride on mobile equipment. The desired
characteristics of the meter included relatively low cost, easy to
operate, highly portable, and sufficiently rugged to withstand the
vibration levels encountered on agricultural or construction
machines. It is recognized that a ride meter type instrument with a
single numerical output provides only approximate indication of
ride vibration quality, but is useful for general field evaluation
or overall ride comparisons. A narrow band analysis of the
vibration frequency spectrum is recommended for more accurate and
complete results.