The adverse effects of vibration, shock and noise disturbances range from simple annoyances to shortened equipment life, and can negatively affect performance, reliability, comfort and safety of your equipment. Parker LORD® vibration isolators are engineered to be compact, high-load and high-capacity anti-vibration mounts. Designed to support and protect equipment across various industrial applications, we provide a wide range of standard and custom vibration isolators to meet your requirements.
Our vibration isolators utilize materials such as rubber and elastomers, which excel in absorbing and dissipating vibrational energy. This leads to several advantages, including:
Selecting the right vibration isolator for your specific application is crucial. Factors such as load capacity and frequency range must be considered to ensure optimal noise and vibration control. Check out our vibration isolation theory.
The adverse effects of vibration, shock, and noise disturbances can range from minor annoyances to significant operational issues. These disturbances can shorten equipment life and negatively impact performance, reliability, comfort and safety.
Our customizable portfolio of LORD elastomeric mounts and bushings offers simple, reliable, and cost-effective solutions to isolate vibration and shock, accommodate motion and reduce noise.
Vibration isolation is vital for off-highway vehicles, construction machinery, and various industrial applications. By implementing effective vibration isolation techniques, equipment operates more smoothly and quietly, leading to:
Elastomeric vibration isolators provide a reliable solution for addressing vibration, shock and structural noise control challenges.
Fluidlastic™ Mounts combine rubber and fluids to provide vibration isolation and noise reduction measurably better than conventional mounts. They also provide greater versatility because the mounts are tuned to precisely match application requirements.
Compression Load Range:
900 - 5,000 N (200 - 1,124 lbs)
Small Industrial Engine Mounts are especially designed for mounting 2-, 3- and 4-cylinder gas or diesel engines in various types of vehicles and equipment.
Compression Load Range:
534 – 1,334 N (120 - 300 lbs)
Industrial HCL Elastomeric Bearings elastomeric bearings not only provide superior vibration control in a variety of off-highway equipment, but they also lower the equipment’s operating costs.
Micro Mounts™ are high-performance isolators small enough and soft enough to protect individual electronic components allowing isolation at the circuit board level. Micro-Mounts can be used as a stand-alone solution or to augment performance of a LORD full-system isolation solution.
Compression Load Range:
0.45 N (0.1 lbs)
Plateform Mounts provide effective isolation against vibration. The contour of the flexing element was developed to provide uniform stress distribution. This, plus high strength bonding and the use of specially compounded elastomers, provides maximum service life.
Compression Load Range:
2 N - 2,225 N (0.5 - 500 lbs)
Grommet Isolators provide effective, economical vibration isolation for light loads. They are suitable for commercial and military applications including computers, disk drives, business machines, precision instrumentation and general industrial equipment.
Compression Load Range:
4 - 27 N (1 - 6 lbs)
Flex Bolt Sandwich Mounts are constructed with high-strength bonds and specially compounded elastomers; providing excellent capacity for energy control, high load-carrying capacity, and long life.
Compression Load Range:
27 - 59,808 N (6 - 13,440 lbs)Shear Load Range:
4.45 - 7,476 N (1 - 1,680 lbs)
Two-Piece Mounts are designed for applications involving severe dynamic forces in the static load direction, as well as the rebound direction. Travel is limited in both directions by rubber in compression that provides snubbing.
Compression Load Range:
178 - 15,352 N (40 - 3,450 lbs)
Machinery Mounts are designed to support heavy equipment and isolate intermittent or continuous vibration. The result is greater machine accuracy, longer service life, smoother operation and reduced maintenance.
Compression Load Range:
223 - 33,375 N (50 - 7,500 lbs)
Center-Bonded Mounts isolate vibration, control shock and reduce noise due to structure borne vibrations. Available in a full range of rated load capacities and able to withstand shock loads of 10 g’s, these mounts effectively protect equipment and improve operator comfort.
Compression Load Range:
334 - 9,345 N (75 - 2,100 lbs)
Conical Mounts provide effective vibration isolation and noise attenuation with a simple, robust mount design. Consistent performance, high load bearing capabilities and a choice of radial stiffness characteristics are key features of these mounts.
Compression Load Range:
801 - 11,392 N (180 - 2,560 lbs)
Bushings (Center-Bonded and Square-Bonded) are used in applications where the absorption shock, attenuation of noise, reduction of wear and elimination of lubrication is required.
Compression Load Range:
890 - 41,385 N (200 - 9,300 lbs)
Surface-Effect Mounts combine surface-effect damping principles with traditional rubber-bonded-to-metal technology. The result is a soft mount capable of providing effective damping over large deflections and a wide range of frequencies.
Compression Load Range:
3,115 - 6,987 N (700 - 1,570 lbs)
Binocular / Split Mounts are designed for applications involving severe dynamic forces in the static load direction, as well as the rebound direction. Travel is limited in both directions by rubber in compression that provides snubbing.
Compression Load Range:
4,450 - 6,675 N (1,000 - 1,500 lbs)
We offer a comprehensive range of standard products designed to protect and support equipment across various industrial applications. For specific needs, we also provide custom-designed vibration isolators tailored to your requirements.
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Vibrations, from indiscernible to intense, can negatively impact the performance, reliability, comfort and safety of the equipment you design. The adverse effects can range from simple annoyances to shorted equipment life. The right vibration isolator, properly applied, will improve your products. They will operate more smoothly and quietly, and they will be less disturbing to surrounding equipment and personnel, less susceptible to damage. Elastomeric vibration isolators provide cost-effective solutions to problems involving vibration, shock and structural noise control.
Learn more about the products available for the off-highway market.
Learn more about our high-performance Micro-Mounts™ vibration isolators engineered for electronic components in the industrial sector.