FULLY ANECHOIC CHAMBER
FULLY ANECHOIC CHAMBERS
The IAC Acoustics fully anechoic room is designed for the research physicist or engineer who must make precise sound measurements in a free-field acoustic environment. rooms provide high sound transmission loss (TL) characteristics and have a completely anechoic wedge lined interior to meet these requirements.
For maximum sound isolation, our rooms are designed as a room within a room featuring certified IAC Noise-lock® and Moduline™ components. The inner room is set on a vibration isolation system created for the specific weight and frequency cut-off of the room.
These chambers are designed for applications and locations where the noise reduction characteristics for a single wall and ceiling construction provide adequate noise isolation.
The single wall construction results in smaller overall outside dimensions and is particularly suited to placement in less noisy areas. In every other respect, they are similar to the Hemi-anechoic chambers with the same standard features and options available.
STANDARD FEATURES
Fully Anechoic rooms come with the following standard features:
- Anechoic wedges (foam, fibreglass or IAC Metadyne®) with the required low-frequency cut-offs
- Double or single wall and ceiling acoustic panel construction
- IAC Acoustics standard ventilation system coupled with the building supply
- Lighting (interior) minimally acoustically reflective
- Circular cable ports
- Interior non-reflective cable floor system above the floor wedges with a nylon catch net below
- IAC Acousti-flote™ floor system with vibration isolators
- One IAC Noise-lock® wedge acoustic door
OPTIONS:
- Floor grating for chambers which will house heavy items
- Additional or larger Noise-lock® acoustic doors
- Access panels for equipment and test openings
- Double Acousti-flote™ floor for anechoic rooms
- Air mounts, springs or other types of vibration isolators
- Independent ventilation system
FLOORS
Anechoic chambers pose a challenge when people need to enter the facility in order to place items under test. IAC Acoustics has developed a range of floor solutions to minimize reflective sound. Typical installations ultilize a grid-based system to maximize the absorption of the floor wedges. We also use a range of cable floors to support people and heavy test objects. For some very high specification facilities, we have even developed a range of retractable floors which completely remove any reflective surfaces when in use to achieve the most accurate measurements.
CABLE FLOOR
Fully anechoic chambers are typically provided with a tensioned cable floor, situated approximately four inches above the tip of the floor wedges. Beneath this cable floor we fit an acoustically transparent nylon catch net to prevent debris and small objects falling out of reach.
The cable floor consists of stainless steel cable interwoven into a criss-cross matrix of 50mm separation. Each cable is tensed from an acoustically lagged steel ring beam with turnbuckles at one end and a coil spring at the other. This ensures that the floor is strong with even deformation and spring characteristics.