Use of existing standards to measure sound power levels of powered hand tools - necessary revisions.

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• Personal Author:
  Hayden C ; Zechmann, Edward L.
• Description:
  At recent NOISE-CON and Acoustical Society of America meetings, use of noise rating labels has been discussed as a way for manufacturers of powered hand tools to provide full disclosure information for their noise emitting products. The first step is to measure sound power of these products with sufficient accuracy and repeatability. Sound power level measurement in accordance with existing ANSI and/or ISO standards may not provide the true indicator of operational sound power noise emissions. To reduce the confusion and better serve the public, it is necessary to establish a standardized procedure to measure operational sound power levels of powered hand tools. A number of standards were systematically combined by NIOSH researchers to provide the most accurate information on sound power levels of powered hand tools used in the construction industry. This paper details some of the challenges of using the existing ANSI S12.15 (and draft ANSI S12.41) to measure sound power levels of electric (and pneumatic) powered hand tools. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Acoustics Noise Noise, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Noise; Noise-exposure; Power-tools; Hand-tools; Noise-sources; Emission-sources; Sound-propagation; Exposure-levels; Noise-levels; Sound; Acoustics; Acoustical-measurements; Standards
• ISBN:
  9781622762712
• Publisher:
  Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  Iowa ; Minnesota ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20041953
• Citation:
  NOISE-CON 2005: Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17-19, 2005. Ames, IA: Institute of Noise Control Engineering of the USA, 2005 Oct; 2:1324-1329
• Contact Point Address:
  Charles Hayden, NIOSH, 4676 Columbia Parkway C27, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  chayden@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2006
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NOISE-CON 2005: Proceedings of the 2005 National Conference on Noise Control Engineering, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 17-19, 2005
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248192/cdc_248192_DS1.pdf
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