shock mount

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  1. thama
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    thama Junior Member

    type of shock mount was to be selected for a console which weighs around 450kg. i have no idea where to start and the only information i have is the weight. any guidelines for selection of shock mounts?
     
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    What kind of shock mounts? Where are they to be installed?
     
  3. keysdisease
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    This is the type shock mount typically found on navy ships for that application
     

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  4. daiquiri
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    daiquiri Engineering and Design

    Is it an academic work or an inquiry related to a real-life boat which needs shock mounts to be installed?
     
  5. thama
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    Its for navy ships.
     
  6. thama
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    thama Junior Member

    I have seen this kind of mounts regularly used for electronic equipment but i have no idea about the selection of the mounts as i have very little information. i only have the weight. Is it very risky to select this kind of shock mounts without proper calculation?
     
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    Weight, number of mount points equally loaded, how much deflection the spec is calling for = mount size

    Steve


     
  8. Ad Hoc
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    Firstly you need to know what load/shock is being applied and the duration of the impulse and finally what is your pass/fail criteria.

    For example, you may have items on the console that are fine if you have say....10mm of movement, others say 15mm. Thus 10mm displacement becomes your pass/fail. So the stiffness of the mounts is related to this displacement, as a simple spring constant.
     

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    thanks people. i actually contacted the shock mount supplier company and they could provide me the suitable shock mount with very little information given to them.
     
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