Ricardo – Automotive - Test house
Shoreham, UK |
• Conversion of foam-lined full Anechoic Chamber to semi-anechoic with Metadyne™ wedges
• 100Hz cut-off frequency
• Solid floor
• Palletised engine installation
• Downtime reduced from 7 days to 1
• Acoustic performance maintained
• Bright, easy-maintenance working environment |
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FG Wilson – ‘Engineering Centre of Excellence’ - for Caterpillar Group
Larne, Northern Ireland |
• Turnkey design and build – 12 months
• For diesel and gas generators R&D
• Fully calibrated, 20m-diameter ISO 3745 Hemi-Anechoic Chamber 25Hz
cut-off
• LF Metadyne™ acoustic metal wedges
• 275 cubic metre ISO 3741 Reverberation Chamber 100Hz cut-off
• Engine test cell
• Plant and control rooms
• Full HVAC system: AHUs, louvres and silencers
• Largest ‘basket’ doors ever manufactured
• Aesthetic curved roof reduced construction costs
• Grand Opening attended by the UK’s Minister of State for Enterprise |
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Ford – Automotive R&D
You Yangs, Melbourne, Australia |
• Turnkey design and build
• ISO 3745 Anechoic Chamber 50Hz cut-off
• Metadyne™ LF wedges
• 17.1m x 13.5m x 5.5m high
• Curved hemi-anechoic roof
• Background 20dB(A)
• Temperature control 24+/-1 degrees C
Dynamometer
• 4WD, 250km/hr
• 72” rolls; 12,000 N (21,00
0 N)
• 48dB(A) at 100 km/hr |
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Applus+ IDIADA – Automotive - test house
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
• Turnkey design and build
• ISO 3745 Anechoic Chamber 50Hz cut-off
• Metadyne™ LF Wedges
• Curved hemi-anechoic roof
• Background 22dB(A)
• Temperature control 24+/-1 degrees C
• Reversible ventilation flow
Dynamometer
• 2WD – 2 motors
• 72” rolls |
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York International - part of Johnson Controls - Air conditioning and Refrigeration
Basildon, Essex |
• Turnkey design and build
• Hemi-Anechoic Chamber 50Hz cut-off
• 17m x 14m x 7m high
• Metadyne™ metal-faced anechoic wedges with humidity-resistant infill
• Control of humidity to within 5%; air flow; and temperature 0-50 degrees C
• Track and trolley equipment conveyance device
• For measuring acoustic and thermal performance of equipment up to 750kw |
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Tennex Europe – Automotive component R&D
Salisbury, UK |
Turnkey design and build
• ISO 3745 Semi-Anechoic ‘White Noise’ Test Room – 125Hz cut-off
– for testing uninstalled components
– ambient noise level NR20
• ISO 3745 VSAC Semi-Anechoic Test Room – 100Hz cut-off
- for testing vehicle-installed components
- ambient noise level <35dB
• Among quietest Test Rooms in the world
• 2-wheel drive acoustic chassis dynamometer
• All M&E; lighting; fire suppression; vehicle exhaust and gas detection systems. |
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Jaguar Cars – Automotive R&D – Airbag Test Facility
UK |
• 14m x 11m x 5m acoustic test facility
• Housed within component testing building
• Protects workers from 140dB(A) air bag firing noise
• For filming and measurement of air bag performance
• Adjacent control room
- acoustic windows
- 3msq sliding acoustic door
- Varitone™ sound-absorptive wall panels
• Access walkways
• Ventilation silencers |
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Porsche – Automotive R&D
Weissach, Germany |
• Vehicle Fully-Anechoic Chamber upgrade
- New fibreglass wedges
- Grate floor
- Basket doors
- Ventilation inlets
• Engine testing Anechoic Chamber upgrade
- Replacement of fibreglass with Metadyne™ metal-faced wedges
- Octagonal configuration
- Grate floor
- Basket doors
- Ventilation inlets |
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Volvo Car – Automotive R&D
Gothenburg, Sweden |
• 30 year-old Hemi-Anechoic CD1 Chamber upgrade
• Removal of degraded mineral wool cubes
• Replacement with Metadyne™ metal-faced wedges
• Accent colour to create attractive corporate statement
• Enhanced acoustic performance
• 12 weeks to complete |
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Jaguar Cars – Automotive R&D
Turnkey VSAC Test Centre, UK |
• Turnkey design and build
• ISO 3745 Vehicle Semi-Anechoic Chamber – 60Hz cut-off
• 17m x 13.5m x 5.5m Chamber calibrated down to 60Hz cut-off
• Metadyne™ perforated, metal-faced wedges
• Full M&E
• Ventilation and vehicle exhaust systems
• Full project management
- site analysis, to construction, commissioning and final site landscaping
• 4-wheel drive chassis dynamometer
• Spacious control room with CCTV |
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Rover Group – Automotive R&D
Graydon Test Centre, Warwickshire, UK |
• For Land Rover
• Replaced damaged foam wedges at vent outlets
• Duct cleaning
• Rebuild
• Vehicle Semi-Anechoic Chamber – 100Hz cut-off
• 350sq m of Metadyne™ perforated, metal-faced wedges |
Graham Reason, Team Leader, Facilities (Vehicle Refinement):
 [Metadyne™ wedges] are a lot more durable that other types of wedges. I like the face that we could choose exactly the colours we wanted for the room – green and red -, something not possible with other wedges. They are also easy to clean so they should stay looking good.
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University College London – Research, Auditory Physiology
London, UK |
• Anechoic Test room – cut-off 500Hz
• ‘Ultra-quiet’
• Two complete box-shaped structures, one inside the other
• Both constructed from pre-fabricated 100mm steel Noishield® acoustic panels
• Structurally isolated inner ‘box’
• Lined with sage-green foam anechoic wedges
• Access via high-performance, Noiselock® acoustic door
• Loudspeakers (32) suspended in retractable circular boom around subject’s head
• Silenced ventilation system
• Temperature-controlled |
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Volvo Cars – Automotive R&D
Gothenburg, Sweden |
• Extensive consultation on sound, vibration and ventilation
• Acoustic equipment supply/installation for VSAC with 60Hz cut-off
• 19m x 13m and 5.3m high
• 700 Metadyne™ LF anechoic wedges
• Large vehicle access door and personnel door – both wedge basket doors
• Forced air cooling
• Four special corner vents
• Large ceiling anechoic air outlet duct
• Lighting system |
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Bergische University, Wuppertal – R&D acoustic test facility for manufacturer clients
Germany |
• New anechoic chamber <200Hz cut-off
• Within existing traditional brick-built construction
• Lined with BASOTEC Melamin sound absorbers
• Ability to recreate diverse sound environments within it
• Leading German centre for ‘noise elimination’ (ANC) research
• Automotive
• Infant incubators
• Valuable revenue earner |
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