Posted By Dan dan
So here we go - looking at a piece of kit which according to the manufacturers handbook has a level of 2.6 m/s. All well and good as this is guaged on a new piece of kit. Say for example the kit is now coming on for 10 years old +, the dampening would have deteriorated in that time . I know we should be looking at maintenance etc but I am pretty sure this has been minimal.

Would would you guys say is a reasonable level to reduce the operating time say if the manufatures time was 6 hours, taking acount for wear and tear etc a sound reduction would be 3 hours

what do you think or is there a formula to account wear and tear / age of kit

Posted By Bob Youel

undertake reality measurement

I was with a very large council when reality measurements were not taken - to their eventual very high cost -

manufacturers details have long been known to be less that accurate

Posted By Paul Leadbetter
Dan

If you don't have the expertise in-house, look for a suitably qualified consultant here: http://www.bohs.org/inde...Professional/Consultants

Paul

Posted By Pete Stewart
Dan,

You can hire the necessary kit. As long as you are competent in its use, you can then develop a rolling program to ensure all kit is measured on a regular basis.

If you need further help, drop me a line.

Pete