The following are some of the proprietary "best practice" innovations and benchmark services that are unique to the INVC.

The Noise Control Audit - Quantify the Noise Control Options
The most effective way to satisfy the primary Control element of the regulations is a Noise Control Audit. This engineering assessment generates a costed list of the noise control options and associated benefits for a single machine - or for a whole site - using the best of current technology. Backed by the largest available database of source control techniques, the results provide the basis for planning the most practical and cost effective noise control programme possible - including certification where noise control is impractical. The Audit can be used to update existing risk assessments or included as part of an assessment review to cover the changes in the regulations. Noise Control Audit - more >>

Digital Noise Assessment (DNA) Update
The DNA benchmark Noise Assessment template has been updated to reflect the revised HSE expectations. DNA provides a high quality standard in electronic form which dramatically reduces the costs associated with risk assessment and management. Benchmark Noise Assessments - more >>

Noise Management Best Practice Briefing and Noise Policy Review
This short briefing can be used to review your noise management procedures and practices against current best practice benchmarks - and can dramatically reduce time and resources required to meet the new regulatory requirements. Based on an intimate knowledge of precisely what constitutes “best practice”, it provides a forum to discuss and establish the best strategy to comply with the new regulations as cost effectively as possible. Noise Management Briefing - more >>

Remote Control of Noise
We can solve a significant proportion of noise control problems remotely from photographs and video recordings forwarded by email (we have developed specialised software to facilitate diagnosis from video). Where practical, this dramatically cuts costs and the time required (no site visits, no carbon footprint involved). Remote Control of Noise - more >>

Non-academic Noise and HAV Competency Training
Our training courses contrast strongly with the highly academic conventional approach used elsewhere. Coupled with the unique non-mathematical method to noise units that we have developed, this makes our courses the most practical and pragmatic (and enjoyable) available. Noise and HAV training - more >>

Buy Quiet Noise Purchasing Policy
Probably the most cost effective long term noise maangement measure that a company can take. The de-facto UK standard template policy for specifying and policing the noise from new plant.

Quiet Fan Technology
Unique fan noise control at source - no silencers, no maintenance, no effect on fan efficiency and a fraction of the cost and down-time required for conventional silencing. Quiet Fan technology - more >>

Combustion Noise Control at Source
Proprietary control techniques that can reduce combustion noise at source at a tiny fraction of the cost and time involved in the implmentation of conventional noise control techniques. Combustion Noise Control - more >>

Psy-lencer - Psychological Silencing
An elegant, very low cost alternative to conventional noise control for low level noise nuisance management.

HAV-Base Hand Arm Vibration Database: Version 4 - Never Measure Vibration Again!
You would have to be mad to volunteer to stand in a muddy ditch, in the rain, measuring tool vibration for a risk assessment. Fortunately, as we’ve already done it - you don’t have to. As the largest set of accurate field data available, HAV-Base allows you to spend your resources on risk management rather than high cost risk assessment - as advised in the guidance. The NOISE-Base module kills a second bird with the same stone, facilitating assessments for mobile and hand-held plant under the new noise regulations. Purchase HAV-Base to carry out your own risk assessments or send us your tool register for a virtual assessment from the database by email - at a fraction of the cost and time required for conventional measurement based assessments. HAV Database - more >>

NOISE-Base: Tool and Mobile Plant Noise Database
An add-on for HAV-Base that allows you to kill two birds with one stone by including mobile plant noise data with the HAV information. Integrating noise and HAV data to simplify risk management, NOISE-Base also includes automatic calculation of the "safe" working distance within which PPE is mandatory for each piece of plant - best practice made simple. NOISE-Base - more >>

HAV-Test
The only vibration test system currently available that automatically assesses the mechanical condition of tools. This not only reduces tool maintenance costs by c50% (typical), but also ensures that HAV risk is minimised by detecting tools that are faulty.

H-AR-D Noise Annoyance Recorder V4 - Faster, Simpler and Lower Cost
From the developers of the first bespoke DAT based noise annoyance recorder. This recorder is already the simplest and most efficient solid state noise nuisance recorder available. The new version 4 is smaller, lighter and reduces the time required to process complainant recordings to 10% of that of any other system. Uniquely, it has an end-to-end Type 1 specification - even at low noise levels; time travel function; auto high quality recordings; auto calibration; listen on site - and so simple to use that anyone can be confident in using it within minutes. Noise Nuisance Recorder - more >>

Dynamic Vibration Absorbers
We have developed a unique range of dynamic vibration absorbers that have been used to control pipe vibration in the petro-chemical and other industries. We have also used the technology to control noise on large machines - simply bolted inside existing guards. Dynamic Vibration Absorbers - more >>

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noise control audit - digital noise assessment - noise competency training - noise training - product noise control - fan noise control - VWF (Vibration White Finger) - Hand-Arm Vibration (HAV) assessment - HAV competency training - HAV database (HAV-Base) - Whole Body Vibration (WBV) measurement - environmental noise control - noise nuisance - environmental noise monitoring - production line testing (noise and vibration) - noise nuisance / annoyance recorders - frequency analyser and noise analyser software

Industrial Noise & Vibration Centre
889 Plymouth Road, Slough Berks SL1 4LP
Tel: 01753 698800 Fax: 01753 567 988
email:consult@invc.co.uk