 Noise is becoming more of an issue, because of increased health & safety

legislations, industry growth and residential areas encroaching onto

industrial and “brown field” areas.
 Noise is therefore affecting more people and with the more stringent noise
level legislation now in force, every employer has the responsibility to
ensure noise pollution does not effect their workforce or surrounding
neighbors.
 The noise in industries are two ways, firstly the nature of industrial process and
secondly type of work. Most of the industrial process can happen within the factory
buildings. So that the industrial noise can be considered at the design stage and in
this point of view no need to worry about noise. Where in case of industrial process
in open sheds, yards and approach roads, such industries should be well way from
the residential and other vulnerable buildings.
 Industry & Machine Type
 The current Control of Noise at Work regulations strongly emphasis' that
each company must implement noise control at source to reduce deafness
risks, instead of relying on ear protectors. So, noise control is an essential
element of any programme to comply with the regulation in all factory and
industrial environments where the noise level is high.
 Below are some examples of manufacturing industries and
types of machine
 Chemical industry: vibrator, feeders, fan, classifier, pulverize,
hopper, furnace, mixers.
 Component / Product manufacture: coater, printer, slitter,
test machine, assembly machine, bowl feeders, compressed
air gun, labelling machine, product conveying.
 Drinks industry - Brewery / Distillery: cask and keg line,
filler, washer, labeller, bottling line, can dryer, air knives.
 Food industry - General: label machine, frozen and chilled
food production line, freezer, dryer, fan, manufacturing line,
production and packing machine, can making machine, pie
line, desert production line, filling line, capper, vibrator;
Vegetable factory equipment - splitter, washing, cleaning,
dicing, slicer, peeler, and puree machine, food processing
machine, processor and packaging machine
 Food industry - Bakery: divider, pan shaker, depanner,
packing machine, tray wash, conveyor, pan cleaner, dough
mixer, pneumatic exhaust, compressed air jet, vibrators, bread
line, bread slicer, bun plant, mixers, cooler, crumpet line, day
goods manufacture, packaging machine, divider, vacuum hood,
pan stop, pan turner, stacker, pan cleaner, dolly loader.
 Food industry - Sweet Manufacture: vibrating feeder, fan,
multi head weigher, bagging machine, wrapper, hopper.
 Food tray manufacture: tray presses, trim press, extruder.
 Industrial products: packer, laminating machine, trim extract,
mixers, grinder, driers, fans, hydraulic drive, impact noise
sources, industrial boiler, fillers, bagging machines, slitter,
grinder, extruder, washer, paint booth, conveyors, labeller,
ultrasonic welder, chiller, air condenser, packing lines, oven,
presses, air guns, CNC machines, blower, compressor,
shredder, finishing machines, printer, coater, sander, assembly
machines, bowl feeder, pump, air conditioner, cutter, binder,
packaging machines, gluer.
 Metalworking / Engineering industries: assembly
machine, pump, press, auto lathe, ultrasonic welder, CNC
machine, mill, guillotine, manufacturing machine, production
machines, lid making machine.
 Non industrial products: brick manufacturing machine, tile
cutter, tile production machine, packer
 Packaging industry: Packaging machine, wrapper, gluer,
box maker, printing press, cut and crease machine, fork lift
truck, case maker, Bobst die press, corrugated cardboard
slitter, shredder, corrugator, cutter, chopper fan, vacuum
pump.
 Pharmaceutical industry: wide range of production and
packaging machines, fans, assembly machine, bowl feeders,
fillers, tablet compression machine, boiler.
 Plastics industry: blow mould machine, extruder, cyclones,
granulator, coating machines, injection moulding machine,
grinder, ultrasonic welder.
 Printing industry: binding line, trimmer, stitcher, feeder,
cutter, printer, binder.
 Water industry: blower, pipe noise
 Woodworking / Furniture industry: belt sander, drum
sander, saw, edgebander, CNC router, compressor,
extraction fans, motor, planer, thicknesser, shaper,
pneumatic exhaust, bandsaw, circular saw.
 Examples of Noise Reduction Solution
in Industry
 Air Knife. A purpose designed silencer and air flow
modifications were used to reduce noise from an air knife by
11 dBA. The noise at the nearest worker fell from 93 dBA to
82 dBA.
 Air Jets. Compressed air jets are commonly used in industry
to dry, cool, or eject components. Using minor engineering
modifications, we have achieved noise reductions of 7 - 15
dBA on numerous air jets while reducing compressed air
usage and energy consumption at the same time.
 Belt noise. Technique used: engineer noise out at source.
Result: 10 - 12 dBA noise reductions on a range of different
machinery drives where belt noise was the problem.
 Blower. Noise reductions of 13 - 15 dBA achieved on a
variety of different industrial blowers.
 Blow mould machine. The diagnostic tests carried out
showed that most of the noise was generated by
compressed air jet nozzles used for cooling. Treating these
cooling air jet nozzles gave a noise reduction of 7 - 9 dBA on
a range of different blow mould machines. Air jets are a very
common cause of high noise levels in industry
 Cardboard slitter & cutter. Guard modifications provided 9
dBA noise reductions on a slitter and cutter machine used in
the cardboard industry.
 Compressed air. Numerous compressed air noise problems
have been solved successfully. For example, treating
compressed air jet nozzles on a can drier in the drinks
industry provided a 15 dBA noise reduction at very low cost.
 Compressor. Noise reductions of 6 - 10 dBA achieved on
various types of compressor by purpose-designing a
silencer. Our silencers are all designed to have a very low
resistance to air flow. In contrast, most commercial high
performance types of silencer have high resistance, which
can impair fan performance and cause overheating.
 Cyclone. Advanced technology has been applied to several
types of cyclone, reducing noise by 21 dBA. This very large
noise reduction was achieved at very low cost using minor
engineering modifications fitted inside each cyclone.
 Drier. 10 - 11 dBA noise reduction achieved on several
different driers by purpose-designing a high performance
silencer. Each silencer was designed to have low resistance
to air flow, and so cause no significant loss of fan or drier
performance.
 Drink industry filling machine impacts. Practical engineering
modifications were fitted to a filling machine in the drink
industry, reducing the impact noise generated by the filler by
7 - 11 dBA at low cost.
 Electric motor. Noise reductions of about 10 dBA achieved
on a many different types of electric motor by purpose-
designing a silencer.
 Fan noise Where there is a fan “hum” or “whine”, we can
often provide higher noise reductions than are possible with
common types of solution.
 Food chopper. A purpose designed silencer was fitted to the
material infeed and outfeed ports, reducing noise on a food
chopper machine by 22 dBA
 Hydraulic noise. Minor engineering modifications were designed for the
hydraulic drive on a mixer, reducing the noise by 7 dBA at very low
cost. This practical noise control solution can be applied to most types
of hydraulic noise problem and a wide range of hydraulic machinery &
equipment.
 Hydraulic pump. Low cost engineering modifications were used to
reduce noise by 15 - 17 dBA on a hydraulic pump that drives a large
industrial mixer. This solution was very successful, reducing noise from
97 dBA to 80 - 82 dBA at low cost.
 Impact noise problems. Noise reductions of 7 - 11 dBA have been
achieved on a wide variety of machinery, equipment and types of chute,
using a highly durable and practical noise control solution to reduce
impact noise. Soft materials can quickly wear completely away,
whereupon the high impact noise level returns. As they wear, these soft
rubber-like materials can also contaminate the product. This can be a
major problem on chute and other types of impact surface in a hygienic
industry such as the food, drinks and pharmaceutical industries. Impact
noise is very common in industrial companies. Consequently, we have
considerable experience of reducing impact noise in many different
industrial applications.
 Lathe. 7 - 8 dBA noise reductions achieved on various types
of multi-spindle automatic lathe.
 Mixer. 6 - 17 dBA noise reduction on various types of mixer
 Paint booth supply and extract fans. Slightly adjusting the air
flow on each supply and extract fan made a large difference
to the noise inside a paint spray booth, reducing it by 3 - 6
dBA without impairing extraction performance. This noise
reduction was achieved at very low cost.
 Pipe noise. A supplier and installer of gas compressors and
pipework was spending large sums of money on acoustic
lagging to reduce the noise radiated by the pipes used to
carry gas around the plant.
 Pipes. Low cost engineering modifications were applied to
pipes containing hydraulic fluid, reducing pipe radiated noise
by 15 - 17 dBA.
 Plastic extruder. A high performance engineering vibration
damping treatment was used to reduce noise by 5 dBA on a
plastic extruder.
 Press. Engineering solutions have produced noise reductions of
between 7 and 11 dBA on many different presses at low cost.
Power press noise is a common industrial problem. The
common solution is to fit an acoustic enclosure around each
press. This is a very costly solution. It also restricts access to
the press, so can impair productivity. Engineering types of
solution avoid this, and they cost considerably less. The cost
savings are enormous, particularly where there are a
substantial number of presses.
 Stitching machine. 5 - 7 dBA noise reduction achieved on
numerous stitching machines at very low cost, reducing
workers’ noise to below 80 dBA.
 Trim extract fan. 8 dBA noise reduction provided on a side trim extract
fan in the cardboard industry at very low cost, reducing noise at the
nearest worker to 81 dBA.
 Vacuum pump. 7 - 8 dBA noise reductions achieved on many
different types of vacuum pump.
 Vibratory bowl feeder. Minor engineering modifications to the
product feed guides were used to reduce noise on various
types of vibrating bowl feeder by 12 dBA at very low cost.
 Vibratory deburrer. Noise reduction of 7 dBA on vibrating
deburrer machines, reducing nearest worker’s noise to 83
dBA.
 Vibratory conveyor, separator, weigher, feeder. Noise
reductions of 10 - 11 dBA achieved on a variety of vibrating
and deburring machinery & equipment including various
types of separator, weigher, conveyor, vibrator and feeder for
powder & other product.
 Waste extract fan. 5 dBA noise reduction produced on
various types of waste extract fan.
 Wood planer & thicknesser. 8 -13 dBA noise reductions
achieved on a variety of wood planer & thicknesser
machines using minor, low cost engineering modifications
and other practical noise control solutions.
 Wood saw. 5 - 8 dBA noise reduction on many types of wood
saw at very low cost using various types of practical noise
control solution.