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Armacush Foundation Isolation
Introduction
Designed to provide a cost effective solution to full area coverage foundations. Effectively counters the increasing problem of structure borne vibration and noise generated by large manufacturing machines, road and rail disturbances.
Armadillo Armacush is an ideal product which not only gives excellent long term performance but is also specifically designed for ease of installation to avoid costly delays in the construction process. Designed for full area coverage the problem of temporary shuttering or designing the mass to be able to span bearing centres is avoided.
It is a “fit and forget” solution.
Armacush Foundation Isolation is manufactured from a neoprene crumb base bound with a high grade polyurethane binding agent.
Armacush is supplied in a range of different grades between 7.0 psi (0.05N/mm2) up to 300 Psi (2.0 N/mm2)
Contact Armadillo for specific Data sheets depending on loading applications.
Life Expectancy
In almost all Armacush installations the material is designed to remain insitu without replacement for the design lifetime of the structure.
Features
- Highly damped elastomeric pad offering excellent Isolation performance.
- Designed for full area coverage for ease of installation. Eliminating the need for additional shuttering.
- Can be easily fixed on vertical surfaces with the use of Armadillo contact adhesive.
- Supplied in sections to comply with Health and Safety single lift guidelines.
- Effective barrier to structure borne disturbance.
- Can be used in multiple layers to increase degree of isolation.
Applications
- Specifically designed for reducing noise and vibration within structures.
- Armacush offers a simple installation procedure coupled with excellent long term performance.
- Decoupling perimeter walls from road and rail disturbance.
- Steel working machinery, i.e. presses or guillotines.
- Inertia bases.
- Isolation within buildings.
- Cinemas and Theatres, sprung dance floors.
Grades of Armacush are frequently employed in applications such as: floating concrete slabs, noise separation, panel mount floating floor systems, sprung dance floors, bathroom pod isoaltion, acoustic floating chambers, isolated cinema floors, neoprene pad acoustic floors, reradiated noise prevention systems, isolated foundations, inertia block foundation, room within a room applications.
Applications
Foundation Isolation
See our comprehensive range of foundation isolation materials here.
Floor Vibration Isolation
Floor vibrations can be caused by walking, dancing, jumping, aerobics and other occupant activities. Mechanical equipment such as heating, ventilating and HVAC systems as well as pumps andin mechanical rooms can also cause floor vibrations. The basic configuration of a floor system should be established early in the design process.
Building Vibration Isolation
Train, traffic or subway generated ground waves can create structural vibration in a building’s foundations and base slab. The effect of this structural vibration is dependant on many factors including but not limited to the stiffness or rigidity of the building foundation, soil dynamics and the amplitude and frequency of vibration.
Load Bearing Pads
Machine Vibration Isolation
Slide Bearings
Armadillo structural slide bearings are custom designed to accommodate expansion, contraction and other reciprocating motions of any structure that moves as a result of thermal, seismic or differential forces.
Dance Floor Pads
Sports floors, gymnasiums and dance studios require a firm yet resilient feel. This is achieved by supporting the floor on resilient pads to give the correct balance for shock absorbing coupled with sufficient rebound to give the floor a “live” feel. Armadillo DFP15 is the ideal material to achieve this.
Pipe Support Bearings
A new range of bronze bearing plates supplied by Armadillo. These are used for numerous applications within pipeline support systems such as Oil & Gas to Industrial systems.
Materials
Armacush
Armadillo Armacush is an ideal product which not only gives excellent long term performance but is also specifically designed for ease of installation to avoid costly delays in the construction process. Designed for full area coverage the problem of temporary shuttering or designing the mass to be able to span bearing centres is avoided.
Armaload - DLW66
Armaload DLW66 random oriented fiber (ROF) bearing pads are made from masticated elastomer which is fully cured and fiber reinforced. The random fiber reinforcement provides higher tensile and compressive strength, stiffness, tear resistance and durability than unreinforced rubber pads. ROF bearing pads will support loads up to 2,000 psi before breakdown.
Armaload - Mil-C-882
Armaload is a preformed fabric bearing pad which meets MIL-C-882, AASHTO 14.7.6.1, AASHTO 14.7.6.2 and AASHTO 18.10.1 specifications. Manufactured from compressed layers of closely woven lightweight fabric, bound withmaterial will support loads up to 12,000 psi before breakdown.
Armacork
Offered in various sheet sizes and thicknesses Armacork is the ideal entry level material to offer a cost effective and fast vibration control solution for many industrial applications.
The introduction of Armacork between the machine base and the supporting foundation effectively prevents the transmission of structure borne disturbance to the adjacent areas.
Neoprene / Rubber Pads
Some applications do not warrant the expense of a custom made Vibration Control pad but do require some element of resilience in the installation.
In such cases, for slight surface irregularities, Industrial Grade pads can be provided by Armadillo NV as an alternative low cost solution.
Vibstop
Vibstop isolation material is a specifically designed vibration absorbing medium. Produced as a cost-effective solution to isolating foundations whether it be existing machinery or installing new equipment.
PTFE
When movements need to be accommodated in structural connections, a sliding element will need to be employed in the design. Armadillo can design manufacture and supply a cost effective solution for applications such as vessel thermal, petrochemical applications, pipelines or building movement joints. A PTFE surface is applied to Armaload fabric reinforced or ROF bearing pads where higher loads and rotation may occur.
Regupol/Regufoam
Regufoam® was developed as a top-quality mixed-cell PUR foam for vibration damping and structure-borne noise decoupling. Regufoam® is made in various densities with precisely stipulated physical properties. Regufoam® is suitable for foundation decoupling, protecting buildings from vibrations in the vicinity of track systems, vibration insulation in railway construction and passive and active insulation of facility engineering plants and machines.
