Vibration Damping Mounts

Vibration Damping Mounts

AirLoc -®Wedgmount Precision Levelers Save Days on Steam Turbine-Generator Install

Recently, Mr. Ross Hill, P.E., Project Manager for ESI of Tennessee approached AirLoc for assistance on an installation technique that could reduce or eliminate the grouting on a 5 MW, skid mounted, steam, turbine/gearbox generator. The standard approach of grouting with a cementitious grout would take the better part of a day to construct forms, then a day to pre-soak the concrete, a day to mix...

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AirLoc Wedgmounts Provide Building Floor Load Support & Vibration Isolation
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AirLoc Wedgmounts Provide Building Floor Load Support & Vibration Isolation

It is a common occurrence that upper floor loadings in existing buildings are changed with the installation of new and frequently heavier machinery. Therefore, existing floors may reach their load limits. In addition, there is danger of exciting critical vibration frequencies when floors, with low natural frequencies, are coupled with the disturbing frequencies of machinery supported on them. In...

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AirLoc Washing Machine Pads Quiet a Noisy Laundry Room

Residents of an assisted care facility west of Boston were complaining about noise coming from the laundry room next to their living quarters. With the complaints becoming more frequent, management proposed an investment of $15,000 to have the walls and ceiling of the laundry room lined with damping material. AirLoc was made aware of the problem and proposed a cost effective solution. Based on...

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AirLoc Reduces Harmful Vibration on Okuma Lathe!
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AirLoc Reduces Harmful Vibration on Okuma Lathe!

Recently AirLoc was invited to the Okuma facility in Charlotte, NC to perform tests, evaluating AirLoc Elastomeric Pad materials' ability to reduce internal machine vibration. An Okuma Captain L370 CNC lathe was selected for the test, performing a heavy cut on a 4 dia. steel bar. After obtaining machine and floor baseline readings, the accelerometer was placed on the machine frame, next to the...

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AirLoc Application News...
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AirLoc Application News...

Early last year, AirLoc worked on a forging press application with special installation requirements, in addition to the usual precision leveling and isolation features offered by AirLoc Wedgmounts. A National Model 1600 Maxipres, weighing 200,000 pounds was being moved and installed in a pit with special height and clearance specifications. The solution was a special 7 in. thick steel plate...

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Vibration Isolation Workstation has 650 lb max capacity.
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Vibration Isolation Workstation has 650 lb max capacity.

Offering Class 100 cleanroom-compatibility, MK26 utilizes Minus KÂ-® negative-stiffness vibration isolators and comes with 30 x 36 in. or 36 x 48 in. tabletop in honeycomb or composite construction. Unit can be customized for various applications where external vibrations would adversely affect operation of sensitive equipment. Adjusted to Â-½ Hz natural frequency, workstation achieves...

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Storage Rack System protects against earthquake forces.

Tested up to full 200% of AC156 seismic qualification with little or no merchandise shedding or rack damage, Seismic Storage System reduces effects of violent ground forces created during earthquake. Base isolated pallet rack storage system is positioned between columns of upright frames and anchored to floor, allowing rack's upright frames to travel during seismic event. It will not obstruct or...

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