Machine foundation isolation

Customised machine foundation isolation

Large, powerful industrial machines are a significant source of dynamic excitation. This can cause damage to the machine itself, affect nearby machinery and sensitive equipment and even damage the surrounding building structures. Moreover, people in the immediate vicinity can be affected by transmitted vibrations or greatly disturbed by noise. The machine foundation isolation should be designed away from the operating frequency of the machine to have amplitudes and velocities below the limit. Getzner's Engineering Team will make sure that design requirements are met.

Getzner offers customized foundation isolation for various types of machines like pumps, compressors, turbines, machine tools and mills. The elastomer materials Sylomer® and Sylodyn® are located under the machine foundation on top of the subgrade or alternatively on lean concrete.

Your benefits with solutions from Getzner

Material selection tailored to the machine investigated
Defined elastic material properties which can be incorporated in any calculation
Maintenance free products
Fulfillment of amplitude requirements given by machine manufacturers, codes or standards.
Services during material installation – like supervision

Making the subgrade predictable - protect the machine

EPCs (Engineering, procurement and construction), construction companies and engineering firms responsible for foundation design are facing special challenges related to the subgrade. Making the subgrade capable of bearing the weight of foundation and machinery is an obvious requirement, but also the dynamic properties of the subgrade cannot be neglected in the dynamic foundation design. Getzner’s solution is the answer making a cost and time efficient foundation design independent of the dynamic subgrade properties possible.

Protect the surrounding - vibration mitigation

Machines generate vibrations, which are introduced in their vicinity, leading to disturbance, damage and interruption of plant operations. Control rooms and equipment, the machine building itself but also offices are exposed to unwanted vibrations.

Passive isolation - vibration mitigation

Machine borne vibrations are typical to a manufacturing environment. Implementing a machine foundation isolation reduces the risk of negative effects of vibrations on the operability of the machine, increases its precision and gives the user additional flexibility where to place the machines.