Acoustic Design and System Documentation

This flyer contains information on important preliminary considerations for Acoustic Design. INDUSTRONIC is pleased to provide valuable information to help you choose and design your Public Address and General Alarm System. Professional Acoustic Design ensures intelligibility of PA announcements, voice alarm messages and increases the audibility of audio signals. Acoustic Design helps you to define your type of PA/GA system, the type and number of required loudspeakers ensuring reliable communication while meeting applicable standards and guidelines.

Requirements for Acoustic Design:

Plant layout
Customer provides drawings in the .dwg, .dxf, .jpg, .bmp, or .pdf format.

Plant layout - Top view

Plant layout - Side view

Ambient noise levels (noise levels of machines, pumps, etc.)

Different graphical illustrations possible (based on measured or predicted data). a) Ambient Noise Contour Map (e.g. pdf, bmp...) (see picture below) or b) QSI sound file of an already available ambient noise study (created by sound simulation software) or c) Measurement points on a plot plan or d) Ambient noise level spreadsheet

Ambient Noise Contour Map

Hazardous area classification (diagram or spreadsheet)

Distinction between outdoor area, explosion-proof area, office building, accommodation and recreational building.

Supported loudspeaker types

We will use our expert know-how and many years of experience in the field of industrial Public Address and General Alarm Systems to offer you the types of loudspeaker that suit your specific demands best from our comprehensive product portfolio.

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Range of our Acoustic Engineering Services

A Design to Budget

Estimation of the number of required loudspeakers in the free field for further planning Using our many years of experience, we manually calculate the number of loudspeakers

RESULT - System Documentation A complete list of the loudspeaker types and quantities used for each area. Technical data of selected speaker shows: Sound pressure level (dB) considering the distance to the loudspeaker Speaker output power (Watt) Ingress protection of loudspeaker (IP, Ex, indoors, outdoors, etc.)

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B Detailed Design by Professional Sound Simulation Software

Benefits at a glance:
Detailed calculation, design, and documentation Professional planning and implementation of a PA/GA system

Import of AutoCAD drawings into the sound simulation software Formats: .dwg, .dxf, .bmp, .jpg or .pdf Import of available Ambient Noise Data Contour Maps: QSI data format of an already available ambient noise study simulation If such data is not available, we will carry out a detailed calculation

RESULT System Documentation Graphical illustration of PA/GA simulation Considering room height, absorption, dividing walls, listening area, the alignment and type of loudspeaker, ambient noise levels Position, direction and number of loudspeakers Speaker Coverage Contour Map (SPL of loudspeakers) Signal-to-noise Contour Map (Relative level above the ambient noise level)

Ambient Noise Contour Map

Graphical illustration of

Speaker Coverage Contour Map

Speaker Overview Map

Signal-to-noise Contour Map

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For Detailed Design using a professional sound simulation software, you will obtain system documentation with the following details: Detailed description of initial situation and analysis of results Detailed specification of loudspeaker types used and their tappings Summary of loudspeakers required for each area

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