Collection: Vibration Damping Products

Vibration damping reduces the movement of a surface so it doesn’t transfer noise through walls, floors, or equipment. Traditional soundproofing involves blocking sound from entering or leaving a space. Damping stops the vibrations at their source, while soundproofing stops sound after it’s already in the air. Both are a form of sound control.

Vibration damping materials should be used on any surface that is vibrating or transmitting energy through a structure. In the case of metal that vibrates like HVAC ducts, noisy pipes, metal roofs or panels, damping the vibrations is key to soundproofing it. In the case of machinery, sometimes isolation is required to remove direct contact and dampen vibrations.

We offer peel-and-stick constraint layer damping mats and liquid applied damping for metal surfaces. To isolate machinery and equipment, we have a variety of rubber isolation products from pads to mats to underlayments. Each product is designed to absorb energy and reduce vibration in different situations.

When you have metal that is giving off vibrations and you have panels or some kind of flat metal you can damp, you should do so to cut down on the amount of vibrations giving off noise. In situations where you have vibrations transmitting into a floor or wall, you need to isolate that machine or equipment from the structure using quality isolation products. If you're dealing with full floors that have impact noise transmitting through, you would use an underlayment.