New Construction Materials and Techniques for Effective Noise Control in Industrial Sectors

A comfortable workplace free from unwanted noise is dream of every industrial worker. In heavy industries workers are continuously exposed to noises the whole work day.Higher noise level in heavy industries is harmful for workers. It causes ill effects like hearing loss, tired, weakness, higher blood pressure on health of industrial workers. Therefore, to improve the environment of the workplace and reduce unwanted noise in industries it is very important to find out effective and harmless noise control methods. The research work was conducted to investigate use of natural materials for industrial noise reduction to give effective solution for existing industrial noise problem .specimens having size of 75 mm (dia.) and 12.5mm, 25mm (thick.) were cast using material via; Salvinia Bagasse, Cement, Adhesive wood grip). Salvinia and Bagasse mixed with cement at ratio 1:0.5:0.5and 1.5:0.5:0.5 with addition of water. Noise reduction coefficients of prepared specimens were calculated by using an experimental set-up. Experimental set-up consisted Noise level meter, function generator, speaker. Noise reduction capacity of materials was calculated by using Noise reduction coefficient (NRC). Effectiveness of natural materials for industrial noise reduction is discussed in this paper.