Vibration-damper Function
The vibratory phenomena that occur most frequently in the industrial sector are caused by rotating bodies of unbalanced machines or by the unbalances intrinsic to industrial equipment (e.g. single-cylinder alternating machinery). Such phenomena cannot be neglected. To ensure that industrial machines operate correctly and to provide satisfactory protection for the structures and plants connected to them, the vibrations must be reduced by taking direct action on the body that generates such vibrations (e.g. by balancing a rotating shaft) and by insulating the structures (e.g. machine bed) from the machine. This means that an intermediate component, installed between the vibrating body and structure, must absorb a part of the energy generated by the vibrations and thus transmit only a small part of them: this is just what the vibration-dampers do. In addition, insulation is of fundamental importance to reduce noise in work environments, to meet the ergonomic requirements of such areas and to comply with the increasingly restrictive noise pollution standards.