Manhattan West Project A large real estate developer in NYC is completing a project to utilize what up until now has been wasted space above the train tracks into Penn Station. The covered tracks run between where they emerge from under the Hudson River and before going
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When is a Motor, More Then a Motor? For those of us in the noise control field, that’s an easy one! The answer is, “When it’s also a noise source!” The smallest motor I ever treated was a 25-HP on a pump, in a laboratory (which was
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An International Pharmaceutical Company Exhaust Fan Noise: Neighborhood and Facility Interior Issues: • Re-tooling of an existing pharmaceutical production laboratory required installation of (5) new vane-axial fans on the rooftop of their facility in New Jersey. These fans ranged in size from 25,000 CFM to 38,000 CFM
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A Well Known Law School in Pennsylvania Auditorium HVAC Fan Noise: A very quiet environment Issues: • A new lecture hall and auditorium was being built at a very prestigious law school in Eastern Pennsylvania. It incorporated a cutting edge HVAC design that provides air distribution from
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Uh, Oh, Better Get ——- Noise Control! How often is a business owner or manager confronted with having to make a Cost/Benefit Ratio decision for a prospective expenditure? Regardless of the frequency, when it’s time to meet that determination head-on, it can be a jarring, frustrating and
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Major Design/Build firm for a Co-Generation Facility, Ontario, Canada Issues: The expansion of an existing Gas Turbine driven power plant Heat Recovery system was under construction as a “design/build” project. The customer was installing two auxiliary blowers that would be exhausting outdoors. Each fan was rated
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Some equipment might need a complete noise enclosure Prior to installation of a tempering line, the managers of a U.S. window manufacturer with a single plant determined they needed a noise enclosure. They had two main objectives: #1, to protect their operators from the noise associated with
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