To reduce the noise level of shuttle loom, the performance of several acoustic materials for an enclosure of a shuttle loom was investigated.
In the present investigation, six kinds of acoustic materials, steel, polyurethane foam sheets, fibre glass board and damping sheets, were used as the materials of a 80 ×80 sound box (a simulater of noise source in loom).
Inside of the box, three types of sound speakers were equipped as the sound sources. The sound pressure levels inside and outside of the box were measured according to the materials used.
Some of the results obtained by using the simulater were applyed to the sound proof loom made, previously, by I. R. I. I.
From the present investigation, it was found that the sound proofing by using the enclosure to the noise sources in the shuttle loom was not a superior way but more easier way to reduce a reasonable amount of the noise level to compared with mechanical remodelling.
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