The thermal coating that also manages noise — damp the source, block the path — from a single applied coat.
Industrial facilities are full of thin metal that rings — equipment enclosures, ductwork, building cladding, and pipe walls. Fan-driven units, compressors, regulators, and flow turbulence set these panels vibrating, and that vibration radiates outward as noise.
At the same time, operators face tightening property-line (fenceline) limits, community complaints near residential areas, and OSHA worker-exposure requirements. Data centers, gas compressor and regulator stations, and HVAC-heavy sites are all under growing pressure to control noise — often after equipment is installed, when bulky acoustic hardware is costly or impossible to retrofit.
The industry needs a solution that reduces noise without a separate product — ideally from a coating already valued for thermal performance.
Independent laboratory testing shows that Super Therm® — long known as a thermal insulation coating — delivers two distinct acoustic benefits from one applied coat. Together they form a complete story: damp the source panels, and block the airborne path.
Applied to thin, resonating sheet metal, Super Therm converts vibrational energy into heat and removes it from the panel — reducing the “drumming” that radiates as noise and easing vibration-driven fatigue.
On a coated wall or enclosure assembly, Super Therm contributes to blocking airborne sound from passing through — helping contain equipment noise or keep it from crossing into occupied spaces and reaching the property line.
Super Therm’s acoustic benefits apply anywhere thin metal rings or noise needs to be kept from crossing a line. High-value applications include:
Fan-driven CRAC/CRAH units, ductwork, and generator/UPS enclosures resonate and radiate noise as capacity scales.
Coat: cabinet skins, duct walls, containment panels, genset enclosures.Compressor and cooler-fan vibration radiates through skid panels, cladding, and pipe walls toward the fenceline, where FERC and community limits apply.
Coat: skid/enclosure panels, aerial-cooler fan housings, thin-wall piping, building cladding.Throttling across valves and regulators creates hiss that couples into the downstream pipe wall and radiates toward nearby homes.
Coat: downstream pipe run, valve/regulator bodies, station cladding — add lagging only where severe.Rooftop units, air handlers, and chiller housings drum from fan and compressor vibration.
Coat: RTU cabinet panels, fan scroll housings, plenum and duct sheet metal.Engine, turbine, and transformer vibration radiates from enclosure skins and tank walls at the fenceline.
Coat: genset canopy panels, exhaust/silencer skins, transformer tank walls.Engine and propeller vibration radiates through steel plating into crew spaces — the textbook constrained-layer damping use case.
Coat: engine-room & accommodation bulkhead and deckhead plating, machinery enclosures.Wheel-rail and traction vibration makes car-body sheet metal radiate interior noise.
Coat: underfloor pans, body side/roof panels (interior face), traction cabinet skins.Near-silent electric drivetrains make any panel resonance stand out (NVH).
Coat: battery enclosure lids/trays, motor housing covers, inverter/charger cabinets.Machine guards, hoppers, conveyors, ducting, and thin-wall vessels ring across high-dBA zones.
Coat: guards, hoppers, conveyor panels, duct and vessel shells for noise & OSHA control.Super Therm’s acoustic benefits are backed by independent testing at VTEC Laboratories under recognized ASTM methods.
Material Loss Factor across seven resonant modes (Oberst cantilever-beam method). Any value above ~0.1 is considered effective damping — Super Therm performed well across the entire range, with damping strengthening at higher frequencies.
Independent testing documents Super Therm’s contribution to airborne sound transmission loss through coated wall assemblies. Full Sound Transmission Class (STC) data is available for project submittals and product-acceptance review on request.
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