The vibration isolation of machinery

THE GENERAL purpose of isolating machinery is to reduce the amount of noise and vibration transmitted to the structure in which the machine is housed, or to adjoining structures. The general subject of isolation and isolation materials is receiving increasing attention with the tendency to speed up machinery. Machine designers recognize the fact that increased speed has resulted in troublesome vibration problems that previously had not reached “nuisance” or “damage” levels. The great majority of manufacturing tools are inherently unbalanced. To design a balanced drop hammer, loom, punch press or automatic machine is not feasible. In such cases the use of isolation material becomes a necessity.