APPENDIX KTHREE WAYS TO JUMP-START A NOISE CONTROL PROGRAM

This presentation provides practical suggestions for reducing excessive noise from three
sources.
1. Pneumatic or compressed air sources.
2. Elevated sound levels from sources that can be
reduced through maintenance for noise control.
3. Machinery noise sources that can be controlled by
considering noise while improving machine guarding.
These three sources are some of the most frequent causes of
excessive workplace noise. Controlling these sources can
have a marked impact on the overall noise-exposure levels
that workers experience.

The following slides are an

excerpt from a presentation by
Dennis Driscoll, P.E., during a
course held at the 2011
Professional Conference on
Industrial Hygiene. The slides
are reprinted here with the
authors permission.

Additionally, these three items will provide the greatest noise reduction per dollar invested, and
can even have an economic payback through energy savings and life expectancy of equipment.

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For example, blowing compressed air through a
10mm open pipe at a pressure of 5 bars uses 185
Nm3/hr.
At an average cost of $0.015 (U.S. Dollars) per 1
Nm3/hr, and an estimated use time of 40%, this
equates to 704 hours of consumption per year.
Therefore, the annual cost for the open pile is:
185 Nm3/hr x $0.015 x 704 hours = $1953.60.

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