AKUSTIK + SYLOMER® SOLUTIONS ACHIEVE TOP ACOUSTIC RATINGS IN THE WOODWORKS DATABASE
WoodWorks is a U.S.-focused industry resource organization for commercial and multi-family wood buildings. It helps developers, architects, engineers, and construction teams design and deliver wood projects, especially mass timber and light-frame wood buildings.
They provide technical support, education, and resource platform that promotes and enables the use of wood in commercial and multi-family construction.
The Mass Timber Fire & Acoustic Database is an evolving database that provides detailed information on mass timber assemblies that have been acoustically tested to meet North American standards, including STC and ICC ratings with associated links to the respective test reports and providers.
78 different construction configurations of CLT structures with suspended ceilings, floating floors or with both are shown using Akustik + Sylomer® products, indicating for each one the components and the acoustic results, both for airborne and impact noise:
You can access the database through the following link:
The database has 914 different construction configurations and the interface is provided with filters to make the use easier. Parameters like the position, type of construction, number of layers or STC and IIC values are available as filters.
In the category of Mass Timber Floor Assemblies with Ceiling Side Concealed, the solutions with Akustik + Sylomer® products are among the ones with the highest sound ratings. The best airborne noise rating of the whole category is 85 STC and is achieved with a solution with Akustik + Sylomer® products.
In the category of Mass Timber Floor Assemblies with Raised Access Floor or Wood Sleepers, Ceiling Side Exposed, only the solutions with Akustik + Sylomer® products reach values above 61 STC and 61 IIC. In this construction category, the floating floors are lightweight and do not have any acoustic ceiling, so reaching high acoustic ratings is especially challenging.
Since the creation of the Akustik + Sylomer® range in 2005, AMC-MECANOCAUCHO® has developed more than 40 different product families.
AMC MECANOCAUCHO® offers a wide product range of different types of Acoustic Hangers, Wall ties and Floor mounts for an elastic “box in box” construction. This allows the selection of the correct product for very different construction types.
AMC MECANOCAUCHO® also offers the possibility to see impact and airborne noise test results with a simple click on www.akustik.com. You can find a solution that meets your requirements by selecting the correct filters in terms of type of structure and the target values of impact noise level or airborne noise reduction. Feel free to explore more than 100 tests at a glance at Akustik dB Finder.
More information can be found in www.akustik.com.
