Measuring instruments

Mecanum offers a wide range of instruments related to noise and vibrations issues based on renowned scientific approaches and on the main state of art international standards. We design easy to use, durable and accurate systems to ensure that your staff or students will get reliable and fast measurements.

Discover Mecanum noise and vibration solutions

Find the measuring instrument adapted to your acoustic needs.

Absorption and transmission loss measurement

MATC

Acoustic test cabin

Perfect solution for quickly and accurately measuring near-diffuse field sound absorption and transmission loss of medium size samples. Inspired by ASTM C423, ASTM E2249, ISO 354, ISO 15186-1 and SAE J2883_201504 standards.

TUBE

Conventional impedance tube

Ideal for all type of measurements. Measures sound absorption coefficient, transmission loss and other parameters of materials based on ASTM E1050, ISO 10534-2 and ASTM E2611 standards.

TUBE

Square impedance tube

Ideal for metamaterials. Measures sound absorption coefficient, transmission loss and other parameters of materials based on ASTM E1050, ISO 10534-2 and ASTM E2611 standards.

TUBE

High level impedance tube

Ideal for high sound pressure level. Measures sound absorption coefficient, transmission loss and other parameters of materials based on ASTM E1050, ISO 10534-2 and ASTM E2611 standards.

TUBE

High frequency impedance tube

Ideal for high frequencies. Measures sound absorption coefficient, reflection coefficient and surface acoustic impedance based on ASTM E1050 and ISO 10534-2 standards.

TUBE

Asphalt impedance tube

Ideal for road sound absorption. Designed to cover the 1/3 octave frequency ranges 250 to 1600 Hz based on ISO 13472-2 standard.

JCA and Biot characterization

SIGMA

Airflow resistance meter

Ideal for open-cell porous materials. Measures static airflow resistivity, resistance and permeability based on ASTM C522-03 and ISO 9053-1 standards.

PHI

Porosity and density meter

Measures open porosity and true (vacuum) bulk density used in acoustic propagation models for poroelastic materials.

QMA

Quasi-static mechanical analyzer

Measures Young’s modulus, Poisson’s ratio and structural loss factor of poroelastic materials according to ISO 18437-5 standard.

TOR

Tortuosity meter

Measures tortuosity and characteristic lenghts of porous materials. Transmission and reflection methods available.

SIGMA-HF

High flow resistivity meter

Ideal for porous or resistive materials. Measures airflow resistivity, resistance and normalized resistance and permeability.

Damping and Mechanical properties measurement

ETA

Oberst beam

Measures Young’s modulus and damping loss factor of elastic or viscoelastic materials according to ASTM E756-05 standard.

Brake Insulator Damping test bench Damping materials List
BDT

Brake damping test

Measures damping properties of brake insulator bonded on normalized steel plate according to SAE J3001 standard.

VBT

Center point

Measures Young’s modulus, shear modulus and structural damping factor of elastic and viscoelastic materials according to ISO 16940, SAE J3130 and JIS G 0602 standards.

Other measurements

FPS

Fabric permeability system

Measures the air permeability of most type of fabrics or non-woven following ISO 9237 or ISO 9073-15.

Accessories

Beams set

Buy extra steel or aluminum beams (with steel roots included).

Circular knive

Allows better control of the geometry of your porous material samples.

Climatic chamber

Control temperature and humidity for a better damping analysis (for Center point or Oberst beam).

Compressor

Perfectly adapted for your airflow resistivity meter (SIGMA).

Enclosure

Protects your airflow resistivity meter (SIGMA) from harsh environments.

Fabric and resistive screen sample holder

Ensures a sealed installation of fabric materials and other types of resistive screens.

Grazing incidence sample holder

Designed to be used with acoustic treatments surch as aircraft liners, muffler coatings, and pipe treatments.

Muffler-adapters

Muffler adapters

Designed to fully measure acoustics indicators of mufflers.

Porous material slicer

Holds a porous sample in place, providing better control of its geometry.

Square add-on

Allows to measure acoustic indicators of square specimen like metamaterials.

Weather station

Allows to measure the air atmospheric conditions (pressure, temperature, humidity, speed of sound).

Custom Measuring Instruments

Custom

Standard instruments don’t always fit the job. That’s why at Mecanum, we specialize in designing and building custom acoustic measuring instruments tailored to your exact requirements.

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