January 2014
Category: Product News

Damping makes the difference

GEIGER SOLIDline SILENT


GEIGER SOLIDline-SILENT

GEIGER SOLIDline-SILENT

With the new motor for folding arm awnings and facade awnings SOLIDline SILENT, GEIGER has greatly improved the proven SOLIDline motors with regard to noise reduction. A special motor fixation allows a significant reduction of the running noise. The GEIGER SOLIDline SILENT operates more than twice as quiet.

The motor fixation plays a decisive role in the noise level reduction of a sun protection system. Both operating noise and vibrations are transmitted in the sun protection system as well as in the building wall. To avoid this, GEIGER has designed the only 14 mm thick motor bearing which is composed of a base plate with holes for fixation and an integrated plastic damping to reduce the structure-borne sound transmission. The use of this damping element, e.g. with facade awnings, significantly reduces the noise level: around 8 dB (A) while running and around 11 dB (A) when switching off. That is more than a halving of the perceived noise.

To ensure an optimum adjustment of the motor bearing, GEIGER offers the damping elements in two hardness grades. The soft damping is applicable up to 12 Nm output torque, the hard one up to 40 Nm. With regard to the folding arm awnings a counter-bearing can be used in order to achieve a further reduction of the vibrations. The new GEIGER SOLIDline SILENT can be supplied with all speeds between 16 and 134 rpm and with almost all types of controllers. It is available as from now.