Posted By Martin Taylor
Can anybody help me with support for a case against a supplier (USA) who has supplied a plastic routing machine emitting noise levels above 85dB but who hasn't provided any form of acoustic enclosure.

I have been pressing for 6 months for them to resolve the matter but without success. I am quoting the Supply of Machinery Regs para 1.5.8 Machinery must be so designed and constructed that risks from emission of airborne noise are reduced to the lowest level taking account of technical progress and the availability of means of reducing noise, in particular at source.

The machine is a router routing plastic dashboards on a fixture. The supplier maintains that all of the noise reduction is a function of the fixture which we have designed to suit our parts and not of the routing process. I find this hard to swallow given that the fundamental process of plastic routing will emit some level of noise that will need to be surpressed ideally (for me) by an enclosure.

What do people think? Am I right should I press on or am I barking up a very tall tree?

appreciate any comments at all

regards

MT

Posted By k p connor
There is certainly a reluctance / unawareness? to help. I contacted probably the most well known producer of hand held power tools regarding and vibration results. their answer was they only produced items for the DIY market. Brick wall?