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 prep plants, where vibrating screens are significant noise sources, are often exposed to sound levels exceeding 90 dB(A). NIOSH, 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 Engineering-controls Mining-industry Noise-control Noise-exposure Noise-sources Workers
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISBN:
  9780873352512
• ISSN:
  1075-8623
• Publisher:
  Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc.
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8 ; 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:
  201-213
• Volume:
  318
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20030600
• Citation:
  Trans Soc Min Metall Explor 2006 Jan; 318:201-213
• Editor(s):
  Yernberg WR
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bb4751806aa8f542bd24793b5b5fe6a7512fa3158325fef5379e07e06e4f9b1e6fe9d73633fa95bed2c0c4748914e5c0ac8db536285de4d3e8443a6a93c9dccc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/226600/cdc_226600_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.98 MB ]