EMP Applications

Effective isolation of personnel from noisy machinery and equipment... for a more productive, safer work environment.

Increasing attention is being focused by government legislation on noise control and health problems caused by excessive noise levels of industrial machinery and equipment - within the plant as well as outside it.

EMPs offer a viable, reasonably priced method of quieting the industrial environment. They can be used as machinery enclosures to reduce noise levels around existing in-plant machinery.

Similarly, EMPs can be incorporated by manufacturers as part of an OEM "silencing" package for new machinery, eliminating the manufacturer's need for extensive, costly machinery redesign.

Not only do the panels provide noise control but, when properly used, they also can eliminate the requirement for machine guarding.

Another approach is to use the panels to construct sound conditioned in-plant offices and control rooms. The enclosure allows personnel to work unhampered by noisy conditions in the production areas. Personnel fatigue is lessened, accidents reduced, and communications improved.

In the outdoor environment, EMP barriers around pumping stations, transformers, and mechanical equipment, and by highways, can lower noise levels significantly.

The versatility of the Eckel Modular Panels can be seen in a few typical applications. Performance guaranteed.

Punch Press

• Noise Levels from punch presses can be reduced to less than 85dBA with the rugged EMP enclosures. This type of noise control treatment has proven especially efficient for high speed units - both new equipment and in place units. All types of automatic punch presses, from 30 tons to over 600 tons can be readily enclosed within the panels.

Cold Headers, Formers, and Bolt Makers

• Until the introduction of EMP enclosures, noise problems created by cold headers had been extremely difficult to solve. These easily installed enclosures efficiently and effectively reduce noise levels at the operators station from levels in excess of 110 dBA to 81dBA. In addition, because of the panel system removability feature, accessibility for maintenance and repair is assured.

Wire Hose Braiding

• Noise generated by wire hose braiding equipment can reach 110dBA. With the addition of EMP enclosures, noise levels in the braiding room can be easily brought down to 80dBA.
• Since wire hose braiding equipment machines can sometimes have one, two, or three stations, EMP enclosures are designed on a modular basis to accommodate the standard spacing of the spinning decks. These enclosures are sized from 2133mm (7 ft.) wide up to 6096mm (20 ft.) long.

Control Rooms

• EMPs provide a superior system for constructing rooms to protect personnel from excessive noise. The modular aspects of the system allow any size requirements to be met. Lights, ventilation, electrical power, doors, and windows can be incorporated to maintain the operators effectiveness.

In-Plant Offices

• A work station on the factory floor can be quickly created with the EMP system, allowing supervisory personnel to function unhampered by noise problems. Noise and dust proof construction allow production offices to be adjacent to the production area.