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RE: vibration tweak

Posted by moray james (M) on July 9, 2010 at 00:23:19

In Reply to: RE: vibration tweak posted by gbehappy2 on July 8, 2010 at 18:19:39:

Kendo: the oscillator is usually a flat chrome looking can about a half inch high and three eights wide and an eight of an inch thick usually only one so it stands out and is easy to spot. If you make a little doughnut shaped bag from some spandex you can get a good layer of sand around it and the fit will be snug. A simple bag large enough to flop over the oscillator and a rubber band will achieve the same results if your sewing skills are basic. Works well. You can also use small flat sandbags on circuit boards but be careful to make sure you don't damp components (cover up) that get hot and need to be air cooled. There are special gel filled bags made for this application which have a gel version of antifreeze in them and they actually move the heat away from the device and help maintain thermal consistency across the circuit board. I have seen these installed below and above the board and they are very effective in small cases where the packs couple heat from the board to the case. So they act as both a heat sink and a damping pad at the same time.
If you just want to experiment with the sand bag on the oscillator you can use a small thin plastic baggie filled with sand and place that over the oscillator. If you use a corner of the bag it will envelope the device and wrap it in a bundle of sand. Cloth sand bags can also be placed under boards (in contact) to damp vibrations of sections of a board if you size them and place them properly they will stay in place. Again make sure you take ventilation into account.
moray james

Edits: 07/09/10

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