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Eckel Noise Control Technologies
With expertise in creating optimal sound environments, Eckel Noise Control Technologies has been at the forefront of acoustic analysis and design since 1952. Founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eckel helped to create the world’s first Anechoic Chamber at Harvard University. Since then, the company has pioneered chamber design for use in product testing from cell phones to cars to jet engines helping engineers and manufacturers achieve exceptional quality standards.
Building on the science behind its Anechoic Chambers, Eckel set the standard for the design and manufacture of other types of noise control solutions. Audiometric Rooms & Studios create the ideal controlled environment for hearing testing, recording and other sound isolation applications. Acoustic Panels provide precise control of reverberation and background noise in any setting” from auditoriums and gyms to concert halls and industrial facilities. Industrial Enclosures offer custom-engineered options for worksite noise isolation.
- Anechoic Chambers
- Audiometric Rooms
- Acoustic Panels
- Industrial Enclosures
Products
Anechoic Chambers
Eckel Noise Control Technologies has been an industry leader in building acoustic research and testing facilities since 1952. Utilizing patented technology Eckel’s full and hemi-anechoic chambers, portable anechoic chambers (PACs) and SuperSoft test chambers incorporate the most advanced acoustic design elements to create optimal sound environments suitable for virtually any type of acoustic testing or research.
Testing facilities designed for acoustic analysis are echo-free enclosures that provide a free-field environment, allowing sound waves to propagate in all directions without obstruction or reflection. Eckel’s unique, patented wedge design provides an optimum level of sound absorption, allowing precise, repeatable acoustic measurements.
Oliver Eckel, the company’s founder, helped lay the groundwork for anechoic testing by assisting in the development of Harvard University’s Cruft Laboratory chamber in 1945. Commissioned by the National Research Defense Committee as part of a top secret research project it was the first anechoic chamber ever to be built. Since then Eckel Noise Control Technologies has continued to be a pioneer in the field of acoustic research having built facilities worldwide for a wide array of customers within the automotive, telecommunications, consumer product, aircraft/aerospace, audio, and academic communities.
Audiometric Rooms
Eckel Audiometric Rooms integrate superb acoustics and ergonomics to create an ideal testing environment for a range of clinical and research procedures. Our broad selection of audiology rooms and suites offer clinicians and researchers an array of choices, all custom configurable, for which to select the ideal acoustic environment for their specific needs.
Designed and constructed using the same acoustic expertise incorporated into our audiometric rooms Eckel’s recording studios and voiceover rooms significantly reduce external ambient noise to create a quiet and comfortable atmosphere for professional sound engineering and recording.
Acoustic Panels
Eckel Acoustic Panels effectively and efficiently absorb sound and reduce noise in spaces small and large—from classrooms and athletic facilities to restaurants and concert halls to libraries and industrial plants. These high performance, durable and versatile panels increase the intelligibility of speech; mitigate distracting, unpleasant and even intolerable auditory conditions; and decrease the risk of harm from exposure to excessive noise.
The pre-engineered panels come in a range of sizes and styles, and can be readily positioned within the host room to achieve optimal noise reduction performance. Available in aluminum or steel, they can be customized and finished to fit and complement any architectural layout and interior design. Easy to install during new construction or as a retrofit item Eckel Acoustic panels are an economical and effective means to controlling noise and creating ideal acoustic conditions. 
Industrial Enclosures
Eckel’s Industrial Enclosures are designed to provide effective noise containment in manufacturing operations and other settings where the noise generated by machinery and production lines can raise ambient sound levels to thresholds that create both safety and health concerns. By effectively encapsulating the noise source the ambient sound level outside the enclosures is maintained at a comfortable and safe level. Featuring pre-engineered, structurally-strengthened panels that combine outstanding sound absorbing properties and tremendous versatility, these free-standing enclosures provide a proven long-term solution for reducing and isolating excessive worksite noise. Eckel’s enclosures are designed to meet or exceed OSHA requirements and are ideal for use in virtually any space where noise generated by machinery and equipment needs to be controlled to protect personnel from hearing loss and fatigue.
Eckel’s In-Plant Office Enclosures are pre-engineered modular rooms designed to create a quite and comfortable work environment within the noisy environs of loud manufacturing and warehouse spaces.
