• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.138-143
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• 2010

Hydraulic breakers are widely used for mining and construction engineering area but make serious noise problem. The noise is generated between a chisel and a piston when they are hit by a fluid power. This study proposed noise reduction method by the change of a chisel in a hydraulic breaker. In the new design, a different material is inserted inside of a chisel. The proposed design is analyzed and simulated by the use of a numerical method. A chisel by the new design was installed in a hydraulic breaker and experimented for sound pressure level. As a result, the noise of hydraulic breaker can be reduced more than 4 dB by simply changing a chisel.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.148-155
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• 2001

Hydraulic breaker is currently used for many civil engineering areas owing to the ease of changing the tooling mechanism. However, due to a high noise level, it has been one of notorious sources of environmental noise and the prevailing environmental concerns force the manufacturers to reduce the radiated noise levee during operations. To comply with such concerns, the present study is focused on designing and developing a low-noise hydraulic breaker For this purpose, sound sources are identified and relative contributions are rated. Acoustic enclosure. sealing systems, and low-nolle type chisel have been developed and applied to the actual machine. As a result, the radiated noise from the developed low-noose hydraulic breaker is reduced more than 13 dB(A) In comparison with the conventional hydraulic bleaker.