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Origin of idling noise in circular saws and its suppression

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This paper concerns the mechanism of noise generation and methods of noise reduction for idling circular saws. Experiments were conducted to examine the sources of saw noise. Saw resonant vibration is proven to be excited aerodynamically rather than by mechanical imbalance. The source of noise generated from a resonating saw and that generated from a nonresonating saw are shown to be identical. A mathematical model is proposed to formulate the dependence of the noise source upon saw kinematic and geometric parameters. Based upon this model and the associated experiments, several potential techniques for noise reduction through design of saw tooth geometry are recommended and discussed.

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    M. C. Leu

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    C. D. Mote

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Leu, M.C., Mote, C.D. Origin of idling noise in circular saws and its suppression. Wood Sci.Technol. 18, 33–49 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00632129

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