Package Special
- Analyser software,
hardware with audio
interface for laptop - Training package
- Access to the
Noisefinder forum
Our Products
Noise Control
What is Environmental Noise?
Environmental noise is defined as noise impact on the wider external environment typically generated by the nature organisation of an organisations business eg a manufacturing business, a nightclub, or a construction site. In all these cases regulations will be defined by the relevant local/national body (eg local council) that clearly state the allowable nature, decibel limit and time windows.
What is Health and Safety Noise?
Health and Safety noise is defined as the noise impact within a public or workplace environment which can have a short or long term impact on peoples hearing in the defined area. As with environmental noise, there will clearly defined regulations governing allowable noise levels and exposure times.
Both of the above areas can represent significant challenges to the organisations responsible for these noise sources as the specific sources can often be difficult to detect and as a result of this inability to accurately detect, the ‘solution’ is typically a large scale enclosure structure which comes at significant cost.
The traditional approach to reducing Environmental / Health and Safety Noise:
- A complaint is raised by a client/employee/neighbour
- The local governing body instructs the owner of the noise source to have the noise measured by a qualified 3rd party.
- The owner of the noise source contracts the services of a ‘noise consultant’ who typically measures peak decibel output and gives little of no guidance on the specific source of the noise.
- The owner of the noise source contracts engineering consultants to design a containment structure for the unspecified noise source.
- The owner arranges for building of the containment structure.
- The owner re-contracts the ‘noise consultant’ to confirm the new noise level.
- The owner informs the local governing body of the new noise level and is signed off to continue operating their business.
The outcome of the above is that there is significant disruption to the noise source owners business and often significant cost incurred. The problem stems from the fact that the actual source of noise was never identified and the true source never attenuated.
What is the NoiseFinder.com approach?
NoiseFinder.com’s solution is focused on identifying the specific source of the noise by utilising a range of existing hardware and software together with step by step training guides which can be used on any laptop. Once the specific noise source is identified NoiseFinder.com’s searchable forum provides guidance on how to implement low cost attenuation.
The standard NoiseFinder.com solution is made up of the following elements:
- Spectrum analyzer software as used in the music industry which identifies the actual frequency that is creating the peak noise level and a directional microphone that allows each particular frequency to be traced to within 10cm of its source
- Training package which enable an inexperienced user to follow through the simple steps to identify the actual noise source
- Its source can be located to within 10mm dependant upon source
- Access to the NoiseFinder.com forum which contains a range of solutions to specific noise source problems together with links to relevant equipment suppliers