Noise and Vibration Technical Notes
The following are newsletters, technical notes and presentaion material covering a range of industry news, technical topics, noise and vibration innovations and best practice. Simply click on the links to display the PDF file in a new window. Additional technical notes are also available on some topics - contact us for more details if you cannot find what you need here.
New Technical Notes and Services
Noise Management Audit: repeat measurements - or best practice Action to reduce costs? [380kb]
Instead of yet another noise assessment telling you what you already know - that you have a noise problem - carry out a Noise Management Audit instead. It generates a detailed Action Plan to update procedures as necessary to reflect current best practice. This approach is not only the most effective way to ensure compliance, but it can also dramatically reduce the costs, resources and time required to manage the risks from noise at work - and can even make the whole programme self-financing.
HAV Management Audit: repeat vibration measurements - or best practice Action to reduce costs? [390kb]
200 tools measured using a transducer attached with insulating tape... paying the supplier to measure all our tools every year... basing risk assessments on the Hire Association traffic-light system... The HAV Management Audit ensures that you avoid mistakes like these, generating a detailed Action Plan to update procedures to reflect current best practice. The most effective way to ensure compliance, it can also dramatically reduce the costs, resources and time required to manage HAVs risks.
INVC Best Practice Newsletters
 These pdfs include features on noise reduction, vibration reduction, noise and vibration training, INVC services, case studies (with sound) and full lists of our free technical notes.
2008 environmental noise and vibration newsletter [ 370kb]
Remote control of noise; calibrated noise recordings from SLMs; entertainment noise competency training; the most successful fan noise control project in history; noise control best practicable means evaluation; construction / demolition noise and vibration control; Mata Hari complainant; noise training and innovation catalogues..
2007 self-financing noise control newsletter [672kb]
Self-Financing Noise Control; Noise Management Action programme Audit; HAV risk reduction via maintenance (and reduced maintenance costs); HAV measurement errors; Noise and HAV training updates; stack and fan noise reduction; monitoring noise complaints; entertainment noise assessment; environmental noise reduction - by increasing noise levels....
2006 noise control audit and HAV database newsletter [680kb]
Control of Noise at Work Regulations; Noise Control Audit; Noise Management Audit; vibration reduction on mowers; HAV database new version; HAV and hire company traffic lights; piling vibration; noise production testing; acoustic shock mythology; frequency analyser; EEF / HSE roadshows; Noise Management Briefings....
2004 noise assessment and risk management newsletter [396kb]
Noise audit; HAV audit; Top 10 noise control techniques; fan noise reduction at source; production noise testing; HAV database; HAV Test tool maintenance; HAV Management Manual; Noise and Vibration analysis and recording; chiller noise reduction; compressor noise control....
Technical Notes - Noise and Vibration Measurement, Management and Control
Self-Financing Noise Control: profit from noise control technology [608kb]
Noise control techniques and innovations that actually increase productivity, making the regulatory requirements a profitable exercise. Engineering modifications that can be justified on the grounds of increased efficiency and productivity alone.
Quiet Fan Technology: fan noise reduction at source - without silencers [461kb]
Unique fan silencing technology - without silencers, enclosures or lagging; no effect on fan performance, no maintenance over the lifetime of the fan, easily retro-fitted and a fraction of the cost of conventional techniques.
Product Noise and Vibration Control: designing quiet product case studies [363kb]
Developing inherently quiet products using engineering techniques to minimise costs. Gain a competitive advantage by meeting customer demand for low noise machines at a fraction of the cost of conventional noise control measures.
Noise and Vibration Presentations
Noise Management and Control Best Practice: British Plastics Federation / HSE: Autumn 2007 [710kb]
Review of the key best practice approaches for both noise assessment and control in the plastics industry - including low cost engineering noise control case studies.
Coming soon - more noise and vibration technical notes from the INVC.
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