Vibration isolators Advice of the week : Vibration isolators always on the corners of the frame.

Vibration isolators are often installed beneath vibrating machines, in many cases where there is a fixing hole on a frame. Although this may be a practical and fast way of installing the Vibration isolators, special caution must be considered so the frames do not “hang” causing cyclical bending moments that can lead to noise or ruptures caused by fatigue.

An easy way to solve this situation is by placing the vibration isolators at each corner of the frame. This way we will assure that frames are not swinging at its own natural frequency. If the distance between mounts is greater than 5 feet/1,5m. we often recommend installing mounts in between. This measure helps the stability and avoids frames from twisting or bending avoiding supplementary noise that can cause disturbance.

AMC-MECANOCAUCHO has developed an online tool that allows engineers to make their own calculation and have direct access to our application engineers. This calculation software provides estimations of vibration isolation efficiency requiring simple information such as:

1. 1. Total load.

2. 2. Centre of gravity position.

3. 3. Position of mounts.

4. 4. Disturbing frequency.

The user and password can be obtained easily by clicking on this link.

An example of this online calculation software for vibration isolation can be seen below.

Should you be interested in this topic do not hesitate to contact our applications engineers. They will be able to help and provide input. Contact form AMC-MECANOCAUCHO® Applications engineers.