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Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention

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    Student Presentations - Impact Wrenches


    **Disclaimer: Provision of these presentations by NIOSH does not constitute endorsement of the views expressed or recommendation for the use of any commercial product, commodity or service mentioned. The opinions and conclusions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of NIOSH.

    1) Attenuation of Impact Wrench Vibrations and Noise Using a Dynamic Vibration Absorber (2003) - Megan Guyer, Erin Leahy, Arun Padmanabhan, and Katherine Pegors
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://www.niosh.my5gb.com/2003/Impact_WrenchP.html

    2) Acoustics Project-Power Tools Analysis (2003) - Kalyan Chakravarthy, Katherine Ford, Caroline Kent, Brian Pfieffer, Andy Sanders, and Karl Thal
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/ImpJigC_1.swf

    3) Study and Control of Noise from Power Tools (2003) - Jun Cai, Suresh-Babu Chennagowni, Douglas Coombs, R. Matthew Giachetto, and Prashant Kulkarni
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/ImpJigC_3.swf

    4) Acoustic Analysis of a Circular Saw and an Impact Wrench (2003) - Daniel Wade, Brian Lepa, Jasmine Valentin-Flores, Rafael Ruiz, and Alex Persifull
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/ImpJigC_4.swf

    5) Attenuation of an Impact Wrench Vibrations (2003) - Julie Byrne, Ted Light, Jen Potter, and Danius Silkaitis
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/SOUND_LOGICP_CORRECTED.SWF

    6) Study and Control of Noise from Power Tools (2003) - Todd Buchholz, Douglas Coombs, Matthew Giachetto, Prashant Kulkarni, and Daniel Wade
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/GROUP11_ACSII.SWF

    7) Acoustics II - Electric Power Tools Noise Evaluation and Noise Control Approaches (2003) - Sergiy Bograd, Prasad Kadam, Shashikant More, and Atul Miskin
    Flash Version
    External Link: http://ia310840.us.archive.org/2/items/NOISENOISE3/GROUP31_ACSII.SWF



    Noise and Hearing Loss Prevention

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