Puts the brake on noise plant
May 1st 2007

Problems caused by noisy testing plant at a Wirral-based engineering firm have been overcome by Kimpton Acoustics.

The Faiveley Transport factory manufactures brake control systems for the rail industry and uses a test cell for critical checks.

Relocation of an assembly line adjacent to the test cell presented potentially disturbing noise emissions for personnel, with a noise survey of test equipment indicating levels of 104dB(A).

Kimpton Acoustics supplied a set of high performance acoustic double doors with dual glazed windows and heavy-duty ironmongery. An independent noise survey carried out after the installation indicated that the potential noise level of 104dB(A) had been attenuated to the predicted background noise level of 60dB(A), well within health and safety regulations.

Bob Jones at Kimpton says "Our bespoke acoustic doors provided an immediate solution and the installation was completed with minimum disruption."

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