Key Takeaways from This Article: You will learn the importance of surgical smoke evacuation for ensuring a safe OR. Why it’s important to also account for acoustics when deciding which surgical smoke evacuation solution is best. The power of molded foam parts in reducing the noise volume in your OR when performing an surgical smoke … Read more Why Surgical Smoke Evacuation Is Mandatory and How to Manage Device Noise
In this article, we will explore the following topics: Why modern appliances, especially those designed for commercial use, can create excessive noise and vibration for operators and customers. How certain acoustic materials, including melamine and hydrophobic melamine foams, are used to absorb airborne sound. Vibration damping materials can also help prevent resonance. When custom molded … Read more Insulation Materials for Better Sound and Vibration Control in Modern Appliances
For CPAP patients, a good night’s sleep is essential. However, the very device designed to aid breathing can be a source of disruptive noise. This illustrates a key challenge for medical device engineers: beyond pure function, devices must be compact, efficient, and user-friendly. Relying on off-the-shelf materials often necessitates difficult compromises among acoustic performance, thermal … Read more Engineering Custom Foam Solutions for Smarter, Quieter Medical Devices
Protecting truck engine compartments from extreme heat, vibrations, and noise requires careful insulation choices. This insulation serves as the critical barrier between your truck’s powerhouse and sensitive components. While traditional die-cut foam has been standard, advanced 3D molded foams, like POLYFORM® High-Density Molded Foam, offer superior thermal insulation and vibration control by perfectly conforming to … Read more Inside the Engine Compartment: Custom Molded Foam for Maximum Performance
As an OEM, your main goal is to create the best product with the highest efficiency and performance possible. A significant factor in preventing this involves how your equipment withstands noise, thermal, and vibration challenges. Selecting foam to cushion problem areas better isn’t always as simple as using flat foam. Often, challenges arise with equipment … Read more Molded Foam vs. 2D Cut Foam: Which Solution is Right for Your Application?
The swift evolution of urban air mobility (UAM) – using highly mobile aircraft to carry passengers or cargo into urban areas – has created new challenges for the aerospace industry. One of those challenges concerns how much noise those aircraft can produce when in operation. The Federal Aviation Administration and European Union Aviation Safety Agency … Read more Quieter Skies: How Acoustic Insulation Supports the Future of Aerial Mobility
The type of acoustical material you apply is vital to ensuring a geothermal heat pump works at its full capability and meets new UL requirements. Choosing the wrong product could result in noise issues that will cause the product to break down and have frequent maintenance issues. Controlling noise in heat pumps can be solved … Read more POLYDAMP® Melamine Foam: Top Noise Control for Heat Pumps
All-terrain vehicles (ATVs) are built to handle rugged terrain and the most demanding environments while maintaining high performance. However, these harsh conditions can create tough challenges for engineers to address as they look for ways to meet rider needs and improve overall performance. Extreme heat, constant vibrations, heavy impacts, and excessive noise are among the … Read more Enhancing ATV Performance with Molded Rubber and Foam Solutions
ATV manufacturers are in a league of their own when creating vehicles. Sure, there are similarities between the ATV industry and other big machinery, but on a smaller scale. To understand the needs within the ATV market, foam and rubber manufacturers must know the whole industry inside and out. Luckily, Polymer Technologies has been in … Read more Why ATV Manufacturers Should Partner with Polymer
One of the biggest concerns for construction equipment manufacturers is ensuring that the equipment they put on the market meets all the necessary safety standards. Polymer Technologies Inc. sees that concern and matches it with our custom material solutions. After all, the challenges faced by big equipment manufacturers differ significantly from those faced by equipment … Read more Custom Material Solutions for Construction Equipment Manufacturers