Lones Stone Saw Shoe

Workers experience back and hand pressure associated with using concrete saws while bent over and walking along cut distance

Project Summary

Industry

Concrete

Location

Lones Stone Landscaping & Supply

Business Situation

Lones Stone needed engineering services to test the physical impact of concrete cutting on operators using a saw shoe.

Technical Situation

During saw operation user is bent over and walking along cut distance, which causes high strain on the back and hands.

Solution

Occam Technology Group used a work glove lined with pressure sensors to measure the forces associated with cutting concrete.

Benefits

Occam provided Lones Stones with results that showed the overall improvements using the saw shoe. Results showed that the overall force experienced at the hands can be reduced by up to 60% for the left hand and 35% for the right hand. The saw shoe also reduces forces on the back by up to 53%.

Services

  • Industrial & Mechanical Design
  • Pressure Sensor
  • Validation Testing

Lones Stone Saw Shoe Physical Impact Testing

Lones Stone & Landscape Supply was founded in 2000 and is a family owned and operated business located in Zanesville, Ohio. They are a premier source for stone, landscaping supplies, pond supplies, and other outdoor living needs. Lones Stone is dedicated to their customers and is always prepared to meet the customers landscaping needs. They strive to provide quality products and excellent customer service daily.

Occam Technology Group provided Lones Stone with testing validation services for the saw shoe. As saw operators are bent over and walking along the cut distance, all the forces needed to make the cut translate through the hands and into the back. Lones Stone used a saw shoe to improve the physical impact on the saw operators. A Stihl 510 Concrete Saw was used to cut slabs of poured concrete with and without the Lones Saw Shoe. Occam used a work glove lined with pressure sensors while cutting with and without the Lones Saw Shoe. Data acquisition software generated visual representations of the forces on each hand. The results showed that the overall work is reduced by 46% when using the Lones Saw Shoe.