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In the Thread: Minusk: a new Vibraplan?
Post Subject: Minusk: a new Vibraplan?Posted by Romy the Cat on: 7/2/2007

Interesting… I was under suspicion that only Vibraplan allows LF decoupling but here is another California company the offers an alternative solution.

http://www.minusk.com/

The Vibraplans did work fine and the principle was very simple, I read what the Minusk people say:

“Nano-K® vibration isolators employ a revolutionary concept in low-frequency vibration isolation. Vertical-motion isolation is provided by a stiff spring that supports a weight load, combined with a negative-stiffness mechanism (NSM). The net vertical stiffness is made very low without affecting the static load-supporting capability of the spring. Beam-columns connected in series with the vertical-motion isolator provide horizontal-motion isolation. The horizontal stiffness of the beam-columns is reduced by the "beam-column" effect. (A beam-column behaves as a spring combined with an NSM.) The result is a compact passive isolator capable of very low vertical and horizontal natural frequencies and very high internal structural frequencies.”

Well, Vibraplans needed mass and a large footprint to be effective. If the Minusk concept works then it might be as small as 5x5?

Interesting… what somehow will come up with a tube socket with imbedded Minusk conception …

The caT

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