Markets: COMPUTERS AND ELECTRICAL

Damping for Computers and Electrical:

Heathcotes' CLD's play a vital role in the removal of harmful vibration from within sensitive and delicate pieces of electrical and computer hardware. CLD's can be small enough to fit the tiniest components, and this makes them the ideal choice. Components such as casings, enclosures and mounts can be made from damped laminate metals.

	Hard disc drive vibration dampers.
	Noise dampers for printer heads.
	Computer cases and fan dampers.
	CLD's for MRI and other scanners.
	Dampers for domestic appliances
	Vibration dampers for high speed and high definition video cameras

Composite Panels for Computers and Electrical:

Their light weight and high strength make composite panels ideal for use in automotive applications. Examples include:

	Protective casings for electronic devices.
	Acoustic panels for HiFi and audio.
	Glass and Carbon panels with cores of honeycomb or foam up to 2.5x1.25m.
	Electrical insulation panels and base plates.

Composite Springs for Computers and Electrical:

Composite leaf springs have much better fatigue properties than traditional steel leaf springs, they are also non conductive, which make them ideal for use in the computer and electrical industry. Example applications include:

	High Strength Electrical insulators.
	Train pantograph structures.
	Electrical relays and switches

Laminates for Computers and Electrical:

Our plastic laminates are used in many applications in computers and electrical, including:

	Multilayer keypads
	Laminated Polycarbonate screens
	Polarising and vision restricted screens.

Dynamic Consultancy for Computers and Electrical:

There are a number of things to consider when using constrained layer dampers, and understanding the way a structure is vibrating can be very useful in achieving the optimal levels of damping. Using computational techniques and analysis tools we able to ensure you use the best damping solution for your application:

	Analysis of structures to determine natural frequencies and mode shapes
	Identification of potential problem modes of vibration within frequency range of operation
	Predictions of undamped and damped response to evaluate performance over a range of operating conditions
	Optimisation of dampers for performance, weight and cost: (polymer properties and thickness, constraining layer material and thickness, damper sizes and locations)

An example of a simple dynamic analysis of an aluminium panel can be found in our Latest News: