Let's start with the fact that you are here on this page. This tell us you're serious about your sound control project and are a few short steps ...

Enclosures can be rugged industrial grade steel enclosures, or simple frames built around your sound source used to suspend our sound control blankets. Both will trigger good results, the ...

The majority of industrial sound sources are not encloseable. In these cases, we do a step-down analysis of your treatment to determine if we can build partial enclosures, or ...

OSHA requires hearing protection for any employee exposed to a time weight dB reading of 85 or greater over an 8 hour work day. If your dB readings ...

Buy a hand held dosimeter. We don't sell them, but you can find them online. Figure $1200 for an average unit cost. Before you ...

Enclosures will help, but you will also want to explore the machine mounts featured here on our site. By decoupling vertical vibrations down into your floor, you can help ...

To ensure proper machinery installation, we recommend you contact our engineering staff at 1-800-600-6715 or submit a Machine Analysis Worksheet to us via fax to 1-517-764-5607. Experience has shown ...

Our Applications Guide does a good job of stepping you down through the treatment options, starting with the "path" driven treatments and ending with the "source" driven treatments.  ...

No. Open cell foam absorbs sound reflections off surrounding walls, ceilings or floor mounted stands on your factory floor. By controlling echo, you control background noise and ...

Most sound control products range in price from $2 to $14 per square foot. The cost associated with your project will clearly depend on the strategy you implement, the ...

No. But remember that enclosure treatments should cover as much of the sound source as possible, barrier sound walls should extend floor to ceiling, wall to wall, in order ...

Place machine mounts under the legs of your machinery. They are designed to decouple the vibrations down into your floor and minimize structural contact with the rest of your ...

Factory noise is almost always a combination of the two. As we discuss in our Academy and the Industrial section of our Applications Guide, your goal should be to ...

Foam absorbs sound reflections off surrounding walls and ceilings. This clears out the background noise in the room, and although the original sound source remains just as loud, the ...

On one hand, this is a step of blind faith for you. On the other, the science behind sound control is undeniable, measurable, and proven over time to ...

No. The reason has nothing to do with the confidence we pour into our product mix, it has everything to do with the room or sound source being treated. ...

Fiberglass based products are typically fire rated, as are melamine foam products. Polyurethane products are not. They are UL94 HF-1 approved, which is a fire test for ...

Thicker panels are going to trigger better results for low bass tones or impact sounds. If your working with foam panels, the 3" thick is the standard for ...

For barrier treatments designed to block noise from bleeding, yes. For absorption treatments designed to lower reverberations in the room, no. Call our help desk at ...

Foam panels can be sprayed with tuftane skin to make them spongeable and moisture resistant. Fiberglass panels can be wrapped in waterproof or water resistant skins, yes.

Our USDA panels are approved for use in kitchens, food processing plants, pharmaceutical plants, and so on. These are fiberglass based panels wrapped and heat sealed in a PVF ...

If you're comfortable with your level of understanding about sound control, click through to the Applications Guide and target your specific treatment. If you can't find yours pre-listed, call ...