WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- investigation into the state of impact on human being (infrasonic and ultrasonic noise, mechanical vibrations)
- determination of risk, connected with work in conditions of hazard relating to noise or mechanical vibration impact
- development of prevention systems for employees, subject to the impact of different kinds of noise or mechanical vibrations
- working out of computer programs constituting assistance to industrial safety service activities
- development of work safety management systems, taking into consideration vibro-acoustic hazards
DOMESTIC AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT - NOISE:
- investigations into the impact of traffic and/or industrial noise intensity in wide areas
- performing of acoustic maps using the GIS and GPS methods
- performing of assessment opinions relating to the impact of industrial plants, traffic routes, municipal economy objects etc., on the environment with respect to vibro-acoustic hazards (visual presentation in the form of computer maps)
- eleboration of vibro-acoustic predictions for investments and modernized objects at different realization stages
- design of road acoustic baffles
- in situ investigations into the efficiency of shielding in areas protected by acoustic baffles
- investigations into the state of impact of noise on people inhabiting apartment buildings, public buildings etc., originating from sources localized in those buildings or apart from them
BUILDINGS, STRUCTURES - MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS:
- investigations into the state of impact of mechanical vibrations, transferred through the foundation, on the constructions of buildings and structures
- investigations into the state of impact of mechanical vibrations, transferred through foundations and building constructions, on people inhabiting buildings
- investigations into the state of impact of vibrations on machinery supporting constructions in mine tower-type headgears
INVESTIGATIONS USING VIBRATION INDUCTOR:
- investigations into the resistance of technical objects to vibrations in conformity with the requirements determined by the customer
- investigations into the resonance frequency of technical objects
- investigations into the efficiency of vibro-insulating systems for car seats, seats of operators of transporting/working machines etc
- investigations into the impact of mechanical vibrations on people in the framework of research projects
MACHINERY ACOUSTIC ACTIVITY:
- measurement of sound power levels of machines, technical devices using the survey method in conformity with the PN-EN ISO 3746:1999 standard
- measurement of noise emitted by machinery at a work station in conformity with the PN-EN ISO 11200 to 11204 standards
SOUND INSULATION PERFORMANCE:
- determination of sound insulation performance of cabins, in conformity with the PN-EN ISO 11957:2000 standard
- measurement of sound insulation performance in buildings, in conformity with PN-EN ISO 140-4:2000, PN-EN ISO 717-1:1999, PN-B-02151-3:1999 standards
METROLOGY OF DEVICES FOR NOISE AND MECHANICAL VIBRATION MEASUREMENTS:
- calibration: sound level meters, acoustic calibrators, band filters, vibrometers, vibration transducers, vibration calibrators
- checking of devices for machinery vibration diagnostics
THERMO-VISUAL TECHNIQUE, INFRARED TECHNIQUE:
- investigations into thermo-insulation performance of walls of buildings, structures and pipelines for heating purposes
- investigations into the thermal state of industrial waste dumping sites, especially mining-related, and coal heaps
- investigations into the thermal state of machinery, technical devices including devices for the power engineering sector, devices of the horizontal mine transport
- examinations of people for the needs of medical diagnostics
- early detection of spontaneous fires in underground mines by means of pyrometers
DEPERTMENT OF TECHNICAL ACOUSTICS, LASER TECHNIQUE AND RADIOMETRY
Poland, 40-166 Katowice, Plac Gwarków 1
Head of Department
Assoc. Prof. D.Sc. Eng.
PASSIA HENRYK
phone: +48 32 259 2240
e-mail: h.passia@gig.katowice.pl
LABORATORY OF TECHNICAL ACOUSTIC
Head of Laboratory
Assoc. Prof. D.Sc.
KOMPAŁA JANUSZ
phone: +48 32 259 2234
e-mail: j.kompala@gig.katowice.pl
LABORATORY OF LASER TECHNIQUE
Head of Laboratory
D.Sc.
SZADE ADAM
phone: +48 32 259 2147
e-mail: a.szade@gig.eu
LABORATORY OF RADIOMETRY
Head of Laboratory
D.Sc. Eng.
WYSOCKA MAŁGORZATA
phone: +48 32 259 2814
e-mail: m.wysocka@gig.katowice.pl
