Not so fast... - pburant - Tweakers' Asylum

Not so fast...

Posted by pburant (A) on July 20, 2004 at 07:13:40

In Reply to: "Drain"? Wallets perhaps posted by bdiament on July 20, 2004 at 06:42:05:

Hi Barry,

Oddmanout's statement is true, and I would have to disagree with the overall message in your reply in the given context. I think for some reason you've filed Oddmanout's comments in the same category in which people believe the cones/points are isolators (or mechanical diodes) and not couplers.

Oddmanout correctly and explicitly states that cones/points do not prevent vibrations from entering the component from the shelf. He is also correct in stating that one of the main benefits of such a coupler is they will allow vibrations present in the component (such as self-generated and airborne-induced vibration) to travel to the shelf where those vibrations can potentially be converted to another energy form. If a component were to be thoroughly isolated from everything, the energy from these two types of vibration must be dissipated in the component itself, which is not an ideal situation. This is the reason I am favorable to the term vibration management.

Vibration management is a combination of isolation, coupling, and damping techniques, and recognizes the fact that there are types of vibration that pure isolation actually exacerbates, rather than reduces.

Much as some marketing campaigns have misused the word, I think the word 'drain' was used appropriately here.

If you examine the thread, you'll notice the points/cones in question are archery points, which can be purchased quite cheaply.

Oddmanout also ended his post with advice with which I believe you would agree: study the Asylum Tweak Archives and decide for yourself on a vibration management scheme.

-Pete

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Re: May be a dumb question, but here it goes............ - oddmanout 04:48:42 07/20/04 (7)

"Drain"? Wallets perhaps - bdiament 06:42:05 07/20/04 (6)

Not so fast... - pburant 07:13:40 07/20/04 (5)

Re: Not so fast... - bdiament 09:57:46 07/20/04 (4)

Re: Not so fast... - pburant 14:28:41 07/20/04 (3)

Concepts, challenges and new concepts - bdiament 05:05:11 07/21/04 (2)

Re: Concepts, challenges and new concepts - pburant 13:30:40 07/21/04 (1)

Re: Concepts, challenges and new concepts - bdiament 09:28:09 07/22/04 (0)

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Not so fast... - pburant 07:13:40 07/20/04 (5)

Re: Not so fast... - bdiament 09:57:46 07/20/04 (4)

Re: Not so fast... - pburant 14:28:41 07/20/04 (3)

Concepts, challenges and new concepts - bdiament 05:05:11 07/21/04 (2)

Re: Concepts, challenges and new concepts - pburant 13:30:40 07/21/04 (1)

Re: Concepts, challenges and new concepts - bdiament 09:28:09 07/22/04 (0)

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