Silica-containing vibration damper and method
AssigneeMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
InventorDonald T. Landin
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Abstract
A method for vibrationally damping an article that is subject to resonant vibrations comprises the steps of providing a vibration damper and applying the vibration damper to the article to damp the resonant vibrations. The vibration damper comprises an acrylate viscoelastic vibration damping material and an effective amount of hydrophobic silica. The invention also relates to vibration dampers that utilize the acrylate viscoelastic vibration damping material as well as articles that incorporate the vibration dampers.
Claims13
A method for vibrationally damping an article that is subject to resonant vibrations, the method comprising the steps of:
- a) providing a vibration damper that comprises an acrylate viscoelastic vibration damping material and an amount of hydrophobic silica sufficient to increase the stiffness of the acrylate viscoelastic vibration damping material;
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- b) applying the vibration damper to the article to damp the resonant vibrations.
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