Noise and Vibration Reduction of a Vibrating Screen

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• Personal Author:
  Bauer, Eric R. ; Jurovcik P ; Yantek, David S.
• Description:
  Workers in coal preparation plants, where vibrating screens are significant noise sources, are often exposed to sound levels exceeding 90 dB(A). The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a major coal company, and a vibrating screen manufacturer conducted a cooperative study of vibrating screen noise. Rubber isolators reduced sound levels by 1 dB. Urethane screen panels did not reduce sound levels in this case. Drive noise was determined to be the dominant noise source on the screen. Damped side plates reduced vibration levels on the screen sides by 1 to 7 dB(A). Detailed results of the study are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Engineering Mining Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety Vibration
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Coal-preparation-plants Engineering-controls Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-sources Preparation-plants Screen Workers
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; Pennsylvania ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRL - Pittsburgh Research Laboratory
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026392
• Citation:
  2005 SME Annual Meeting, February 28 - March 2, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 05-71. Littleton, CO, Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., 2005 Feb; :1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  NIOSH Pittsburgh Research Laboratory, P.O. Box 18070, Pittsburgh, PA 15236
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  2005 SME Annual Meeting, February 28 - March 2, Salt Lake City, Utah, preprint 05-71
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c24066dc699678386ca8d2628d49b23b04ebac1940198b5a0ac31b4981b712cf2f6ef18dc5f39b8e666b3feb494cff899132af143e63510b9f85af222bcf3dae
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220998/cdc_220998_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 779.15 KB ]