Shock and Vibration Control Products Reference Materials

Description: NonBuren is a high-performance anti-vibration material developed by Hirakata Giken that uses a soft, gel-like structure to absorb vibration across a wide range of frequencies. It delivers 2 to 4 times ...

Description: Would you like to evolve sliding doors by adding a new soft close function to them? The delayed door damper, a new solution taken inspiration from users' problems, is a new mechanical element ...

Description: The torque of a rotary damper depends on the application in which it is mounted. In this article, we offer some tips to help you decide on the torque when you are choosing a rotary damper. ...

Description: Rotary dampers use silicone oil to generate viscous resistance. Anyway, there are various types of oil involved in manufacturing. We introduce silicone oil suitable for rotary dampers while comparing ...

Description: A rotary damper is a mechanical component that can be attached to an application to slow down the application motion by utilizing the viscous resistance of oil. It controls the motion of the ...

Description: Driven by increased globalization, advanced technologies, sophisticated automation, heightened competition and other factors, industrial manufacturing today is more dynamic than ever before. This ...

Description: Understanding what is energy absorption is key to enhancing the safety and performance of mechanical systems. This process involves the conversion of kinetic energy into other forms, minimizing damage ...

Description: Enidine ADA and DA rate controls are reliable speed controller products that act as protective equipment for machinery by controlling speed and time of a mechanism during operation. The compact ...

Description: Enidine provides high quality product solutions for engineers, procurement teams, buyers, planners, operations personnel, and factory maintenance crews. In this post, we dive into the world of ...

Description: Enidine Air Springs offer industry leading and cost-effective actuation and vibration isolation solutions for applications requiring reliable motion control. From scissor lifts and building lifts to ...

Description: Vibration mitigation is a key technique used to reduce the impact of vibrations in a variety of mechanical systems. It involves isolating the source of vibration from the surrounding environment to ...

Description: Vibration isolation mounts protect machinery by reducing the amplitude and frequency of vibrational waves. Applications such as large motors and industrial machines generate powerful vibrations and ...

Description: The use of Bansbach Easylift® gas springs requires the same knowledge and attention as other technical systems having to do with force development. Though our engineers will thoroughly explain ...

Description: The theoretical extension force is calculated as follows: [Filling Pressure] x [Cross Section of the Piston Rod]. By changing these two factors, it is possible for Bansbach® to supply gas springs ...

Description: Gas springs are tested at 750mm/min (29.53 inch/min). Faster/Slower speeds are possible but must be tested in application. ...

Description: It is perpendicular to the rod and passes through the center of gravity ...

Description: This is a rotary damper that utilizes the braking force generated by the oil's viscosity resistance. The braking force generated by oil viscosity, clearance between the rotor and the main body, and ...

Description: Shock absorbers are divided into two major categories based on how the orifice area changes, and they are further divided into four groups according to their absorption characteristics. Each of the ...

Description: This owner's manual lists the various precautions for safe and proper use of the product and for prevention of safety hazards to the operators and damage to the plant/machines. Please thoroughly read ...

Description: Fixed shock absorbers can be used in parallel, as they perform in a similar manner. ...

Description: Verification of the types of motion: determine if it is a linear motion or a rotating motion, and whether thrust is present or not. Identify the specifications required for the selection. ...

Description: If the rotating shaft and the damper's axis are directly connected, the approximate torque can be calculated based on the following equation if the lid size and the weight are known. ...

Description: Here, the soft absorber's stroke must be determined tentatively. In essence, because the absorber must have an absorption capacity larger than the calculated kinetic energy, tentatively select an ...

Description: This owner's manual lists the various precautions for safe and proper use of the product and for prevention of safety hazards to the operators and damage to the plant/machines. Please thoroughly read ...

Description: In order to increase the productivity of industrial machines, such as automatic assembling machines, various transportation machines, machines tools, and so on, their operating parts have been made to ...

Description: We can't tell you how many times a customer has asked this question for mounting their gas springs into their application. The answer is actually pretty simple. You really can't! The best and safest ...

Description: In the case of driving safety training, swinging flags are used to simulate the sudden appearance of obstacles. If the driver reacts too slowly, the flags swing back just as quickly to prevent damage ...

Description: A team of students is protecting its quadrocopter under test conditions in the THM University of Applied Sciences laboratory against impact using ACE dampers Copyright: THM University of Applied ...

Description: An unbalanced shear is the same slicing operation as a standard shear, but the overall length is not a full multiple of the knuckle length. If you are trying to achieve a length that would call for ...

Description: A wooden safety beam, which helps sailors maneuver their ships into a ship lock in the Netherlands, recently cracked after a cargo ship collided with it. But despite some splintered wood, the overall ...

Description: Slots, also known as obrounds or ovals, need to have a dimension to identify their size just like any other perforation. When dimensioning holes, all is needed is the diameter, but how does one call ...

Description: The pin of the hinge is normally run loose enough for the hinge to turn, but tight enough so that it doesn't just fall out either ...

Description: Spring loaded hinges are available in two styles; spring-loaded-to-open and spring-loaded-to-close. ...

Description: What is a damper? ...

Description: What are gas springs used for? ...

Description: Here are some important rules about Gas Springs and Dampers ...

Description: What are Hasps and Staples? ...

Description: Learn about the world of hinges with our extensive glossary of hinge terms. ...

Description: Didn't find what you were looking for? Here are a few suggestions: More information about Hinges can be found in the additional questions and answers below or on our Main Hinge page. The Search Box at ...

Description: What kinds of Lift Off hinges are there? ...

Description: What is a spring hinge? ...

Description: How do we evaluate the validity of the data? We know that all experiments have measurement errors. Some data sets are worse than others. Some may simply be bad and should be discarded. Others may have ...

Description: When you want to put a rotating part through its paces, detecting unwanted vibration will often be part of the test regimen. In recent years, the process of testing and balancing rotating parts, has ...

Description: How do we summarize shock analysis in less than 1 sentence? ...

Description: Many people jump to comparing the peak acceleration value which we'll prove is not only inadequate but often misleading. But there is a way to summarize a shock event into a single metric that ...

Description: In developed cities around the world, space on the ground is becoming scarce. The new trend is to build slender, "mega-tall" skyscrapers. These structures require special considerations to mitigate ...

Description: Ben Eder is ITT Enidine's global product manager for large bore shock, infrastructure and seismic components. ...

Description: ITT Enidine Inc. is celebrating fifty years of providing innovative solutions for energy absorption and vibration isolation applications to the aerospace, industrial, rail and defense markets ...

Description: ITT Inc. and its Enidine brand will showcase a portfolio of unique rotorcraft setups at Helitech Intl. 2017 - October 3 to 5 in London. Enidine's highly engineered setups are central to increasing the ...

Description: Technology advancements and the emergence of the industrial internet of things (IIoT) has led to what is referred to as Industry 4.0, or the fourth industrial revolution. Industry 4.0 combines ...

Description: Machine builders are always on the lookout for ways to run equipment faster and increase throughput and productivity. However, components moving at high speeds often must decelerate and stop without ...

Description: Design engineers and equipment operators often view shock absorbers and isolators as nonessential fixit elements to add to original equipment only if it shows vibration or shock problems. Here we ...

Description: Doosan Škoda Power has more than a century's experience manufacturing steam turbines and is investing in research and development to be an international leader in the delivery of advanced clean energy ...

Description: The ACE gas springs reduce the amount of force that is required by the caregiver for lifting. Two 250N gas springs were needed to provide enough power to lift 350lbs. Additionally, the design needed ...

Description: With earthquakes an ever-present threat in many highly-populated areas of the world, today's bridges and infrastructure require technologies that will help enhance their durability and survivability. ...

Description: Energy absorption products, such as shock absorbers and vibration isolators, can help maintain speed and throughput while keeping linear motion processes online with less downtime. ...

Description: Spring technology for dampening is relatively old. Stagecoaches had leaf springs, early trains had large, crude, coil-spring buffers (to absorb shocks when cars bumped together) and early automobiles ...

Description: Keep these factors in mind for optimal performance at an economical cost: Select a standard product from our catalog. We have over 600 in-stock items from which to choose. For most items (up to .074 ...

Description: When the disturbing forces are neither sinusoidal nor suddenly applied, the vibration analysis becomes more complicated. While it is more difficult to give general guidelines or methods of analysis, ...

Description: The following are a number of problems intended to familiarize the reader with the basic applications of vibration isolators. More advanced techniques which would result in stiffer isolators while ...

Description: Linear vibration welding physically moves one of two parts horizontally under pressure, creating heat through surface friction that melts and welds the parts together. Compared to ultrasonic welding, ...