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In addition to supplying a full range of acoustical materials and developing new and innovative solutions to meet our customers' own development into new materials and production processes, American Acoustical Products can also offer acoustical design services to aid the OEM arrive at an optimized solution. 

In House Expert

Peter Jackson - Technical Director - Masters degree in Engineering from Cambridge University (England) - 30 years experience in noise control, including Industrial, Marine and Automotive Companies  both in Europe and North America.

Digital Recorder

Fully portable 4 channel  digital recorder capable of storing 17 hours of four channels uncompressed wave files for later analysis in narrow band, octave band and waterfall or sonogram graphical formats

Portable Equipment

Fully portable Larson Davis two channel analyzer with tachometer capability and MLS techniques for in-situ measurement of  reverberation times.

Laboratory Analyzer

Norsonic 840 Real Time two channel analyzer with Intensity mapping, MLS based software for  measurement of sound transmission loss, reverberation times and calculation of material absorption coefficients.

 

In House Facilities

Reverberation test chamber with unique design features that allows for small components and and material samples to be tested for absorption using spacer frames to create air cavities behind the materials being tested.

see SAE Paper 2003-01-1679

Composite panels can be inserted in the Sound Transmission Loss window and by using a dual microphone sound intensity probe the STL can be measured.

Despite the small size of the room 10.9m³ (384 ft³) the results compare very closely to those gained in a full sized NVLAP approved laboratory

VBT Damping Measurement System: A powerful hardware and software package for automated vibrating beam technique (ASTM E-756) data acquisition and associated data processing. The package includes:
• Automated Data Acquisition
• Data Storage and Data Management
• Data Processing – Temperature-Frequency Superposition and Curve-Fitting
• Multi-Layer Surface Damping System Design (Closed-Form Beam And Plate Models)

Scope of work

Visits to review current products and acoustical opportunities in support of New Business Director is usually part of American Acoustical Products' normal business costs.

Extended surveys and comparative measurements with full reporting and recommendations for remedial action can be quoted on a time or project basis. For more details please contact the customer support appropriate for your location.

 

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Last modified: November 05, 2008