Controlling your level of exposure to industrial noise means you also control product quality, production time, absenteeism, turnover rates, health care costs and legal expenses all related to unhealthy levels of sound exposure in your facility.
Industrial sound proofing treatments often invoke the use of a combination of acoustical products that are implemented in phases until the appropriate degree of control can be triggered. The succession of noise reduction treatments in the order to be considered are listed in the drop down menu below.
Noise Standards
AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS IN RESPECT OF NOISE
| Area Code |
Category of Area |
Limits in dB (A) Leq |
| Day Time |
Night Times |
| (A) |
Industrial area |
75 |
70 |
| (B) |
Commercial area |
65 |
55 |
| (C) |
Residential area |
55 |
45 |
| (D) |
Silence Zone |
50 |
40 |
Note :
- Day time is reckoned in between 6.00 AM and 9.00 PM
- Night time is reckoned in between 9.00 PM and 6.00 AM
- Silence zone is defined as areas upto 100 meters around such premises as hospitals, educational institutions and courts. The Silence zones are to be declared by the Competent Authority.
Use of vehicular horns, loudspeakers and bursting of crackers shall be banned in these zones.
- Mixed categories of areas should be declared as one of the four above mentioned categories by the Competent Authority and the corresponding standards shall apply.
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