When installing large mechanical equipment in your business’s facility, like pumps or compressors, it’s always important to consider their stability and impact on surrounding equipment and users. This is when you’ll need a vibration dampener.
A common vibration dampener used in these scenarios is inertia bases. Inertia bases are made from structural steel frame bases and reinforced with welded steel square bars, which are designed and engineered to support mechanical equipment and reduce equipment vibration. The benefits of inertia bases in the application are:
Act as a noise barrier while reducing vibrations, ensuring smoother working conditions
Lowers the center of gravity of supportive equipment, which reduces the risk of equipment failure with less movement of the equipment
Minimizes vibrations during equipment start-up and shut down
Provides a means of mounting a vibration isolator
Typically, inertia bases include open-type centrifugal chillers, reciprocating air and refrigeration compressors, chillers, and heat pumps, close-coupled and base-mounted pumps, centrifugal fans, internal combustion engines.
If you’re looking to stabilize your next mechanical equipment installation, Vibrasystems is a leader in anti-vibration and noise isolation products. Creating solutions to add an extra level of safety to your facility, we have a variety of supports. Contact us today to learn more about which support system is best for you!
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