Vergelijking van de fysieke belasting bij het laten zakken van tomatenplanten bij gebruik van verschillende hoge draad haken = Effect of different high wire hooks on the physical load during lowering of tomato plants

Summary

The modern way of producing tomatoes involves a high wire system with metal hooks, holding a rope that guides the growing tomato plant. Each rope is to be lowered periodically. The standard working technique requires one-handed lifting of the hook. This is generally experienced to be physically very heavy. An alternative hook, the Tomahaôk, claims a strong reduction of the physical load, because lifting is eliminated. The present research aimed to investigate the load reduction claim in practice, and to eventually indicate further improvements of this new hook.