Eckel Industries
| Private | |
| Industry | Materials and Industrial Design |
| Founded | 1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Founder | Oliver C. Eckel |
| Headquarters | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Products | Acoustic control materials and engineering |
An Eckel Industries fully anechoic chamber
Eckel Industries is an acoustics noise control company founded 1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company engineers and constructs anechoic (echo-free) sound chambers.
Noteworthy Projects
- Largest anechoic chamber ever constructed at General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts[1]
- World's quietest room, located at Microsoft R&D Bldg. 87 in Redmond , Washington. The MIcrosoft chamber was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2015 as the quietest room on Earth.[2][3]
- The Eckel anechoic chamber located at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the quietest place on earth in 2015, measuring -20.6 dB.[4]
References
- ↑ An Anechoic Chamber for Noise Tests on Large Power Transformers Benoit, A. W.; Hemmes, R. T.; Schulz, M. W. Power Apparatus and Systems, Part III. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers Volume 74, Issue 3, Jan. 1955 Page(s):50 - 56
- ↑ Anechoic chamber
- ↑ http://www.tcbmag.com/industriestrends/technology/104458p1.aspx
- ↑ http://fossbytes.com/why-microsoft-just-created-the-quietest-place-on-earth-and-made-world-record/
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