Today we live in a very noisy environment that greatly affects our concentration and health. As we wish for a quieter living environment, we prefer to buy quieter home appliances. The producers of home appliances aim to produce competitive products for the lowest possible price. This requires a great number of measurements and comparisons. The Gorenje Company requested to reduce the sound power of its laundry dryer. We decided to use vibro-acoustic materials due to its high density. The viscous-plastic material used has two characteristics that reduce sound power: vibration damping reduces the noise emission caused by the vibrations and due to its relatively high density it also functions as sound insulation and reduces noise that is transmitted by air from the appliance through the housing and to the environment. The company requested the sound power to be reduced by 3 dB, which we managed to do by 3,6 dB.
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