Acoustic Enclosure
Unless you live far from heavy traffic and big city life, the idea of sound barrier walls may not have crossed your mind. Outdoor acoustic panels offer a variety of benefits to workers, residents, travelers and local wildlife.
Whether sound levels above 85 decibels come from a busy roadway or commercial HVAC equipment, or noise from electrical transformers, generators, or crowded warehouses, these sound levels can be hazardous to human health and well-being.
Many municipalities and government agencies around the world enact regulations and ordinances that limit the noise level in their communities.
What does an acoustic enclosure do?
These structures reduce noise by providing soundproofing in the outdoors. Acoustic enclosures eliminate offensive noise by dampening it. Sound waves over 85 decibels are harmful to people who live near highways and can lead to headaches, increased allergy symptoms, insomnia, and other health concerns.
Audio enclosures reduce these issues and help local governments comply with strict federal noise laws.
In general, any container classified as “acoustic” specifically designed to reduce, reduce, or eliminate the sound emitted by a particular source or sources.
The most common type of outdoor acoustic panels includes a series of useful noise canceling or reducing panels to help commercial and industrial companies maintain compliance with local and national noise laws.
These panels create quieter environments where people can work safely away from equipment noise or to surround equipment to protect nearby workers from loud noises.
For indoor applications, acoustic rooms may provide quiet places for people to meet or conduct business without traffic noise, HVAC noise, or utility equipment interference.
- Decibel levels for typical construction equipment
- Logging equipment such as chainsaws – 110 dB
- Hammer Drill – 115 dB
- Construction tools like jackhammers – 100 dB
- Cutter Saws – 105 dB
- Industrial acoustic panels reduce vibration effects
- What is an audio engineer?
A sound consultant or engineer is someone who investigates and solves noise problems. This person must go to college and earn an undergraduate degree in a specific engineering field.
These experts may study electrical, mechanical, civil, acoustic, human, or other engineering fields.
They work in various positions as an environmental science engineer, sound specialist, building designer, underwater sound management specialist, or highway design engineer.
They collect and conduct tests and study data, lead projects to dampen the sound, give lectures on various engineering topics, or work with business owners to develop a feasible building plan to create project blueprints.
Staying in compliance with noise regulations
By using an acoustic enclosure for the compressor noise, companies protect workers from the unnecessary effects of constant exposure to loud noise sources.
Living in an apartment block next to a popular movie theater would be a big problem if it weren’t for sound walls.
These soundproof panels help reduce noise coming out of the movie theater and affecting nearby residents and businesses.
- Industrial acoustic enclosures orders
- External generator enclosure to reduce the fixed frequencies of this equipment
- Warehouse office space to reduce equipment noise to meet office standards of 50 dB or less
- Industrial control rooms provide operators with a safe and noise-free environment for the duration of the work shift
- Transformer enclosures reduce equipment hum and high frequency sounds
- Compressor rooms to reduce noise levels beyond the sound enclosure
- Ventilation equipment for the rage residential areas, commercial complexes, health care facilities and warehouses
- Quiet areas for any construction project or business sector
How does an audio engineer assist in commercial projects?
On a larger scale, highways and high-traffic areas need noise barriers to reduce sound levels in a dense area. Audio engineers take the following steps:
- Study the problem
- Address the scope of the project
- Determine mitigating circumstances
- Create a solution that addresses all issues and custom features.
Finally, the audio advisor creates models and blueprints to effectively implement the solution. The engineer will work as part of the team to see the task through to completion. Any noise testing and monitoring will also be the responsibility of this person.
The benefits and applications of the acoustic louver
In different locations and across many industries, acoustic vents provide a solution to noise pollution from sources such as industrial plants and machinery.
Typically used to prevent noise disturbance in ventilation, heating and air conditioning applications prevalent in factory rooms, containers and acoustic outlets, this provides attenuation (noise reduction) while maintaining the required airflow.
Applications
- Building vents to reduce airborne noise while allowing airflow
- Screens around the mechanical plants where equipment requires airflow
- Mechanical fan noise control
- plant rooms
- general ventilation
- audio sorting
- adaptation
- boiler rooms
- station cooling towers
Types of acoustic vents
Noise reduction acoustic ventilation door systems are commonly used to provide access to factory rooms. 150mm to 300mm deep and with heavy-duty hinges on both sides, it comes with lockable hardware and box-section frame – bird netting also comes standard.
Acoustic louvers effectively reduce noise by creating an alternate path for the noise source that is transmitted to the receiver. Applications can include AC plant screens, refrigeration screens, and generator screens. Acoustic packing materials help reduce noise levels.
Benefits
The advantages of acoustic vents are numerous. They not only reduce noise levels, but also provide good ventilation and provide protection from the outside elements.
By ensuring that noise levels in the workplace remain within legal requirements, this protects employees from potential damage to their hearing and enables them to work in a comfortable environment. The louver also plays an important role in protecting neighbors from annoying noise caused by industrial equipment.
Vocal performance
It is crucial to determine the required acoustic performance before choosing an acoustic louvre that provides full noise reduction calculation services as well as installation services. The acoustic performance of our range of acoustic openings is based on British Standards Sound Reduction Index tests – a Sound Reduction Index is a set of values  measured by specific test methods to determine how much sound a material, panel or partition will suppress.
