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What Causes that Rumble from a Subway Train?
If you have ever been in a building in a city with an underground subway like Boston or New York, you have probably heard a low-frequency…
October 5, 2016
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Acentech Completes Consulting Work of Pfizer’s Groton, Conn. Campus
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sept. 28, 2016 – Acentech, a nationally recognized multi-disciplinary acoustics, audiovisual, IT and security system design, and vibration consulting firm, today announced that…
September 28, 2016
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Sound Considerations in Product Design
Carefully considered noise control engineering methods can prove invaluable in product design. During product development, accounting for consumer perceptions – not just objective metrics – is…
September 21, 2016
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Bob Wolff On: Progress in design of school performance & assembly facilities
My first theatrical activity, in 1949, was as curtain puller in the 6th grade musical, Kathleen, the Maid of Killarney, at Brookdale Elementary School (Bloomfield, NJ). …
August 24, 2016
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9 Acoustical Considerations For Open Offices
This article, written by Nicole Cuff, originally appeared Building Operating Management’s FacilitiesNet. Click here to see the original piece. Today, companies — and their employees —…
FacilitiesNet
August 11, 2016
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Stick-Slip Squeal in a Dry Scroll Vacuum Pump
Vacuum pumps have been described as compressors for rarefield gases. This paper discusses an occurrence of stick-slip squeal that developed during the design of a new…
August 3, 2016
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A Vibration Primer for Appliance Designers
Appliances and other motorized products all produce some amount of noise, and in many cases this noise results directly from vibration of structural or housing elements…(this…
August 2, 2016
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Can a Fitness Center Play Nice with Others in Your Building?
We receive a lot of calls these days from unhappy homeowners and office tenants, struggling to coexist alongside a fitness center within their building. Jarring noise…
July 28, 2016
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Acentech Consults on Two University of Connecticut Academic Buildings
Acentech Consults on Two University of Connecticut Academic Buildings Firm provides acoustics, audiovisual system design, and vibration control consulting for projects on Storrs and Farmington campuses…
July 20, 2016
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