Characteristics and Uses of Sound Deadening Foam
Acoustic foam is made from polyurethane foam and extruded melamine foam. It’s very lightweight and has tremendous sound absorption properties that reduce background noise and echoes. These qualities come from the foam’s soft and fluffy texture, which prevents the sound waves being deflected and instead causes them to be absorbed. Read More
The sound waves, in fact, react in a similar way to a ball that’s thrown against a wall. If the wall has a hard surface, it will bounce back whereas, if it’s soft foam, the ball will lose a lot of its energy and hardly bounce, if it does at all.
How Sound Deadening Foam Works
A sound wave bouncing off a hard surface causes a primary reflection, and any subsequent deflections as the sound bounces back and forth produce an echoing effect known as reverberation. In addition to reflection, diffusion can occur when a sound wave hits a surface that isn’t flat, causing it to break up and go off in various directions. All this can cause a confusing mixture of noise that you need to do something about if sound quality is important. You may also need to soundproof a room to prevent sound waves passing through the walls and causing noise pollution elsewhere.
Soundproofing is achieved by hard surfaces that will cause the sound to be deflected back. To reduce the amount of reverberation in a room, however, you need soft surfaces that will absorb the sound and prevent it bouncing about and causing echoes. You can, therefore, fix acoustic foam on top of a hard surface to achieve both effects.
Sound deadening foam will markedly improve the acoustics of a room by reducing resonating sound. It has tremendous sound absorbing properties and so can reduce or eliminate altogether any echoing or background sounds. As a result, speech clarity and sound quality are much improved.
Ease of Use of Sound Deadening Foam
Acoustic foam is really easy to use and can be fixed to many surfaces, typically walls, doors and ceilings. We can supply it in any practical size and shape, and you can easily cut it down to make it fit.
Our foam is available in a variety of styles and thicknesses, designed to deal with all types and frequencies of sound. These include a variety of shapes, such as pyramids and wedges, that are designed to diffuse the sound wave. You can also choose different styles to fit in with your décor. If you have any doubts about what you need, we can offer practical advice based on your particular situation.
If treating all your surfaces isn’t practical, then fixing foam to one or more of them will certainly help the situation. It will significantly reduce the level of bounce that occurs and prevent reverberation by limiting the number of hard surfaces.
Our foam is designed to look great but, more importantly, to effectively do the job that’s required of it. Once it’s in place, you’ll experience improved sound quality and clarity. If you have a recording studio, your recordings will have a crispness you’ve not achieved before while a workplace will be quieter and calmer, with better oral communication, concentration and improved productivity. Once you’ve installed acoustic foam, you’ll wonder why you didn’t do it sooner.
Acoustic Sheet 25/15$192.00
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