Student Engineers Invent Sound Dampening and Absorption Cover
September 1, 2016
Jack Miller (left), mechanical engineering student at the University of Iowa and Eric Jordan (right), sound engineering student at Illinois State University, revisit HST Materials, Inc. where they see their Cone of Silence project in action
Miller (left) and Jordan (right) use a decibel sound level meter to record the level of noise emitted from the Atom Flashcut Flex on the production floor at HST Materials, Inc.
Jack Miller, mechanical engineering student at the University of Iowa, and Eric Jordan, sound engineering student at Illinois State University, recently revisited HST Materials, Inc. in Elk Grove Village, IL, where they saw their Cone of Silence project in action on the production floor.
The future engineers were challenged as summer interns to design a sound deadening cover for HST's Atom Flashcut Flex machine. Their resulting three-layer sound dampening and absorption cover reduced the machine's noise by 11 decibels, eliminating the need for HST employees to wear ear protection in the facility. As a result of the successful internship project, HST Materials, Inc. was awarded the Excellence in Business Innovation Award by the village of Elk Grove.
For more information contact:
HST Materials, Inc.
1631 Brummel Avenue
Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
847-640-1803
www.hstmaterials.com
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