Thank Anti Vibration Mounts for Your Peace and Quiet

A new report was recently issued on the Global Automotive NVH Materials Market for the period spanning 2012 through 2016. Therein, analyst forecasts revealed that “the Global Automotive Noise, Vibration, and Harshness (NVH) Materials market (will) grow at a CAGR of percent over the period 4.82 percent.” The report goes on to suggest that “one of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increase in the demand for comfort and safety in automobiles.”

Anti vibration mounts are one of the products that enable that comfort and safety to be brought about. As a result, such mounts are one of the contributors to the growth witnessed in the Global Automotive Noise, Vibration, and Harshness report.

Part of the family of custom molded rubber and rubber-to-metal bonded parts, anti vibration mounts come in many variations. One of the most reliable of these is the Vibro-Insulator® line of mounts that are used in the control of noise, vibration, and shock.

According to Wikipedia, molded and bonded rubber and elastomeric isolators and anti vibration mounts are often used as machinery mounts or in vehicles. The website cites their main purposes as: 1) to absorb shock and 2) to attenuate some vibration. Wikipedia goes on to explain that “the fluid in automotive shock absorbers is a kind of damper, as is the inherent damping in elastomeric (rubber) engine mounts.”

The automotive industry, however, isn’t the only one to make sure of anti vibration mounts. As Science Daily recently reported, such mounts are playing an integral role in quieting rail transit. That’s because an anti vibration mount securely holds vibration absorbers in place. Used to “damp vibration in everything from engines to buildings,” vibration absorbers can be “attached to the wheels or the tracks of transit systems.” When they are, they make the railways a more pleasant form of transportation to have around by reducing the noise stemming from the trains. As a result, both passengers and the people living and working near the train tracks enjoy greater peace and quiet. In particular, vibration absorbers are “effective in reducing wheel squeal.”

Of course none of these positive effects would be possible without the aid of anti vibration mounts. Because they are designed to keep the vibration absorbers where they belong, they ensure that noise reduction is maximized.

The Global Automotive NVH Materials Market 2012-2016 report speculates over the factors contributing to the growth of the Automotive Noise, Vibration, and Harshness Materials market. It points out such contributors as governmental laws and regulations pertaining to noise reduction. It then goes on to single out the “stringent laws” of European nations that are “in place to ensure the minimum negative impact of automobile noise on the environment.”

Vibro isolators and the anti vibrations mounts that secure them in place help not only the automobile industry but also other transit industries like rail meet the noise reduction rules that are established for them. Whether it is in the European Union or in the United States, citizens are enjoying much more peace and quiet thanks to the noise mitigation an anti vibration mount provides.