Improved Mountings
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A S a result of a technical and com
mercial link-up with Robinson Technical Products of America, Delaney Gallay Ltd., Vulcan Works, Edgware Road, London, N.W,2, now has sole manufacturing and marketing rights in the U.K. for specialized mountings and antivibration systems developed by the American concern and marketed by them under the name of Met-I-Flex. Delaney Gallay will use the name Vibrashock and has set up a vibration laboratory to provide development facilities to devise mountings for special purposes if standard units are not suitable for them.
Many different types of Vibrashock mountings are available, most being similar in design to conventional metal/rubber mounting units used to absorb shock and vibration. Instead of rubber, however, the basis of the units is a resilient element made from knitted stainless steel wire compressed into cushions which can give three or four times the damping value of rubber.
This stainless steel mesh is used in conjunction with steel springs to combine greater stability with low natural frequency to an extent that it is said has never been achieved before with such a simple device. It is also claimed that Vibrashock units go a long way towards dealing with both vibration and shock in the same unit.
Typical applications in which Vibrashock isolators are reported as being ideal include engine; exhaust pipe and body mountings.