Industrial Noise Control Manual

December, 1978

DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 79-117

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If you wish to download the entire document, it is available as 79-117.pdf (356 pages, 9,550K)

TABLE OF CONTENTS


  
Contents
Preface
Abstract
List of Figures and Tables
1. Introduction 
79-117-a.pdf (18 pages, 407K)
2. Noise Problem Analysis - Part 1 79-117-b.pdf (25 pages, 862K)
2. Noise Problem Analysis - Part 2 79-117-c.pdf (25 pages, 795K)
3. Noise Control 79-117-d.pdf (26 pages, 870K)
4. Noise Control Materials
5. Selecting and Using a Consultant
79-117-e.pdf (14 pages, 506K)
6. Case Histories
          Techniques That Involve Minimal Equipment Modification
                Case History 1: Paper Machine, Wet End
                Case History 2: Gas Turbine Test Station
                Case History 3: 800-Ton Blanking Press
                Case History 4: Nail-Making Machine
                Case History 5: Pneumatic Scrap Handling
                Case History 6: Parts Conveying Chute
                Case History 7: Plastics Scrap Grinder
79-117-f.pdf (27 pages, 594K)
                Case History 8: Hopper Noise
                Case History 9: Electric-Powered Towing Machine
                Case History 10: Blanking Press
                Case History 11: Spinning Frame
                Case History 12: Boxboard Sheeter
                Case History 13: Carding Machines
79-117-g.pdf (18 pages, 487K)
         Techniques That Involve Significant Equipment Modification 
                Case History 14: Folding Carton Packing Stations, Air Hammer Noise 
                Case History 15: Printing and Cutting Press 
                Case History 16: Straight-and-Cut Machines 
                Case History 17: Impact Trimming Machines 
                Case History 18: Transformer 
                Case History 19: Transformer 
                Case History 20: Surface Grinders 
                Case History 21: Printer 
                Case History 22: Metal Cut-Off 
                Case History 23: Wood-Planer 
                Case History 24: Punch Press 
79-117-h.pdf (30 pages, 706K)
                Case History 25: Punch Press 
                Case History 26: Punch Press 
                Case History 27: Braiding Machine 
                Case History 28: Refrigeration Trucks 
                Case History 29: Spiral Vibratory Elevator 
                Case History 30: Motor Generator Set 
                Case History 31: Filling Machines 
                Case History 32: Gearbox 
                Case History 33: Steam Generator Feed Pump 
                Case History 34: Muffler Shell Noise 
79-117-i.pdf (31 pages, 914K)
                Case History 35: Concrete Block-Making Machines 
                Case History 36: Jordan Refiners 
                Case History 37: Pneumatic Scrap Handling Ducts 
                Case History 38: Blood Plasma Centrifuge 
                Case History 39: Pneumatic Motors 
                Case History 40: Dewatering Vacuum Pump 
79-117-j.pdf (25 pages, 615K)
                Case History 41: Induced-Draft Fan 
                Case History 42: Process Steam Boiler Fans 
                Case History 43: Gas Turbine Generator 
                Case History 44: Jet Engine Compressor Test Cell 
                Case History 45: Jet Engine Test Cell 
                Case History 46: Pneumatic Grinder 
79-117-k.pdf (18 pages, 462K)
         Equipment Redesign Treatments 
                Case History 47: Wood Planer 
                Case History 48: Textile Braiding Machines 
                Case History 49: Steam Line Regulators 
                Case History 50: Speed Control Device 
79-117-l.pdf (32 pages, 742K)
         Combinations of Treatments 
                Case History 51: Steel Wire Fabric Machine 
                Case History 52: Barley Mill 
                Case History 53: Punch Press 
                Case History 54: Cut-Punch Press 
                Case History 55: Punch Press 
                Case History 56: Newspaper Printing Press 
                Case History 57: Letterpress Rotary Printing Machine 
79-117-m.pdf (33 pages, 860K)
                Case History 58: Chemical Process Plants 
                Case History 59: Vibration Table 
                Case History 60: Teletype Machine 
                Case History 61: Process Plant Noise Control at the Plant Design Stage 
79-117-n.pdf (17 pages, 383K)
Bibliography  79-117-o.pdf (41 pages, 991K)

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