Applications for noise control

Noise control is one of the most significant concerns in industries, architecture and numerous other applications. Noise control not only contributes to a more comfortable environment. When vibration gets out of hand, it can cause mechanical damage and other hazards to equipment, buildings and much more. There are a variety of solutions used for noise control but many of them are improvements upon technology that has been around for many years.

Injection Molded Rubber

Injection molded materials are among the most frequent solutions to noise control. The applications for these types of noise barriers include a great many different scenarios with which most people are familiar. For instance, injection molded materials on the interior of car doors provide noise control that keeps the road noise from overtaking the environment inside the cab. Of course, these materials also provide a buffer that prevents the metal parts of the door from being damaged by the vibrations generated when driving.

These materials are also found in a similar application in industrial buildings. Seals on doors provide a way to keep the noise of manufacturing restricted in one particular area of the building. They also provide an important environmental control by preventing materials from one section of the building from contaminating the other.

The Implications of Noise

Noise is much more than a nuisance. Noise, of course, is produced by concussion waves in the atmosphere. In an environment where noise levels are sufficiently high, these concussion waves can translate into vibrations that can damage machinery, electronic equipment and that can cause a serious health hazard. Rubber is commonly used as a noise controlling material. There are numerous different types of rubber available, some of them synthetic and some of them natural. Many of them are enhanced with other materials to give them greater softness, flexibility or other characteristics.

Noise control

In many cases, rubber molding is used to provide both shock absorption and noise control. These applications include ones where large machinery has a significant range of motion that, of course, generates a great deal of energy. Rubber molding can help absorb that energy and dissipate it harmlessly instead of having a transmitted to the atmosphere is noise or transmitted to other machinery as force.

Rubber molding is also used extensively in computer technology. While computers don't generate anywhere near the amount of energy during their operation that industrial machinery does, their parts are much more sensitive. Most of the computer fans and other equipment used in computer cases have rubber molding included on it to provide a better seal and to make sure that vibration doesn't cause damage to the parts.

Noise control is a huge consideration for any industry. In addition to keeping employees safe from permanent damage to their hearing, it also keeps machinery safe from being damaged due to the amount of energy that noise can transfer. Most of the time, the materials used to keep noise in check include rubber and synthetic rubbers that have been in use for many years and that still provide remarkably reliable results.