February 2017 – Getzner, the vibration protection specialist from Austria is launching a new range of elastic materials: Sylodamp®. Specially designed for the highly effective damping of powerful impacts, Sylodamp benefits people, machines and their surroundings.

When impacts with high force peaks are exerted on people or machines, often severe and sometimes irreversible damage results. As a remedy for this, Getzner has developed a new range of elastic polyurethane (PU) materials, which prevent the negative effects of these impact loads. “Installing our new materials improves both working conditions and occupational safety, as people are protected from impacts and vibrations. In machines and electronic equipment, it ensures uninterrupted operation and less material wear,” summarises Marcel Mattheus, product manager at Getzner. He continues: “We have almost 50 years of experience in vibration protection to draw on and the durability of the material has been proven time and again by external testing bodies.”

Six types of Sylodamp in finely graded levels of stiffness absorb impacts in different load ranges. The six types are identified by different colour shades. Getzner offers customised solutions as well as punched parts and cuttings in a wide variety of dimensions. “In order to achieve maximum effectiveness, we individually calculate the optimal material design to satisfy any requirement based on the finite element method (FEM). Using the correct, tailored materials is the key to highly effective damping. The experience and personal touch of our experts really makes the difference here,” explains Markus Heim, Sylodamp® project manager at Getzner.

Sylodamp application options:

<< Mechanical and apparatus engineering: protects entire systems, mechanically loaded components and sensitive electronics from impacts, e.g., punching machines, looms
<< Vehicle construction: protects people, instruments and vehicles from impacts and vibrations, e.g., decoupling of seats and driver cabs, bearing of loading areas, and
<< Musculoskeletal system: protects people from external influences, e.g. shoe insoles, inserts in safety helmets.