Customer Support: 131 242

  • Shopping Cart
    There are no items in your cart
We noticed you’re not on the correct regional site. Switch to our AMERICAS site for the best experience.
Dismiss alert
Celebrate World Standards Day. Save 10% with code WSD2026 until 31 Oct. Save now

BS 7458-2:1991

Superseded

Superseded

A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

View Superseded by

Test code for the measurement of airborne noise emitted by rotating electrical machinery Survey method

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

28-06-1991

Superseded date

15-04-2000

$380.41
Including GST where applicable
Summarise this standard

Committees responsible
National foreword
Method
0. Introduction
1. Scope and field of application
2. References
3. Definitions
4. Acoustic environment
5. Instrumentation
6. Installation and operation of the machine
7. Sound pressure levels on the measurement surface
8. Calculation of surface sound pressure level and
     sound power level
9. Information to be recorded
10. Information to be reported
Annexes
A. Qualification procedures for the acoustic
     environment
B. Method for estimating the difference in noise
     level between no-load and on-load operations
Tables
1. Uncertainty in determining A-weighted sound power
     level by the survey method
2. Corrections for background sound pressure levels
3. Approximate values of the mean acoustic absorption
     coefficient, alpha
Figures
1. Procedures for fixing the measurement positions
     where a side of the measurement surface exceeds 3d
2. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a small machine
3. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a long machine
4. Example of a measurement surface and measurement
     positions (paths) for a large machine
5. Example of an arrangement for irregularly shaped
     machines
6. Environmental correction, K, in decibels

Method, of survey grade accuracy, of measuring sound pressure levels around a machine and of determining the A-weighted sound power level.

Committee
EH/1
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
24
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

Standards Relationship
ISO 1680-2:1986 Identical
EN 21680-2 : 1991 Identical

⚠

A newer version of this standard is available.

View Current Edition View Current Edition
$380.41
Including GST where applicable