Ambient vibration testing Low-vibration and low-noise concept review Benedum Hall houses the University’s School of Engineering. The facility includes laboratories, offices, classrooms, lecture halls, and a library. The University wanted to convert existing basement space to nanoscale research laboratories. Due to the size and complexity of the building, vibration from existing rotating mechanical systems presented…
Acoustical & vibration design retrofit Low-vibration & OSHA noise control Novo Nordisk manufactures pharmaceutical products for diabetes care. The company’s significant R&D and manufacturing presence in the US includes the new Novo Nordisk Delivery Technology (NNDT) facility Hayward, CA. In establishing the facility in Silicon Valley, Novo chose to retrofit an existing 82,000ft2 building. The…
Exterior & interior sound isolation Mechanical noise isolation The Sky project is a 500-foot, 45-story tower with 409 luxury residential units, ranging from 870 to 5500 square feet. Above the penthouse level, a swimming pool, spa, and elevator machine room were located on the roof, requiring extensive mechanical noise isolation. Exterior traffic and aircraft noise…
SF Redevelopment Agency / MOH Mission Bay Blocks 5 & 11 San Francisco, CA Interior noise levels & sound isolation Blocks 5 and 11 are located along the waterfront in San Francisco’s bustling Mission Bay district, adjacent to AT&T Ballpark. The two independent Blocks feature two apartment communities, both four-stories over retail and parking. Block…
Interior noise levels & sound isolation MEP noise isolation The new Advanced Health Sciences Pavilion integrates clinical care and scientific research in a single building. The flexible building will house translational research labs as well as outpatient centers of excellence, clinical functions and outpatient procedure centers. A plaza level will feature an educational center, café,…
Low-vibration retrofit MEP vibration isolation Chunghwa Picture Tube converted an existing CRT factory for Plasma Display Panel production. The third floor of the existing building was to be used as the main process floor, which would house most of the vibration sensitive tools. Due to the site limitation, six 6000KW generators were to be located…
Low-vibration design & FEA modeling Established in December 1999, Toppoly Optoelectronics Corp. (now TPO) is the first dedicated TFT LCD volume manufacturer pioneering in LTPS (Low Temperature Poly Silicon) technology in Taiwan. Fab 2 houses the processes of Color Filter and OLED manufacturing. This stacked fab has two process floors located at level L30 and…
Low-vibration design & testing Samsung Austin Semiconductor is a US-based company owned by the Korean manufacturing giant. The Austin campus houses the only fab facilities outside of Korea, producing DRAM chips. T his was the second expansion to Samsung’s facilities in Austin, part of a 3 year, US$500million investment campaign. This part of the expansion…
Low-vibration & low-noise building design Structural & FEA modeling MEP vibration isolation This is the first Hynix fab in China. The facility will be capable of manufacturing 300mm wafers with sub-0.1 micron geometry for both DRAM and NAND flash memories. The master plan anticipates a total of four fabs at this site. One pair of…
Nanotech & imaging labs: ultra-low vibration design Nanotechnology and imaging facilities require an ultra-low noise and ultra-low vibration environment, otherwise research accuracy or production yield suffers. Some laboratories need even lower vibration environments to push commercial tools beyond their limits or develop a new instrument generation. Noise and vibration can intrude from exterior vehicle or…
