Skip to content

Keep it down: Henkel innovates to meet tomorrow’s NVH standards

The automotive adhesive supplier’s research lab in Michigan helps it to stay on top of the trends affecting vehicle manufacturing. By Xavier Boucherat

Inside a lab at Henkel’s Technical Development Centre in Madison Heights, Michigan, the gutted body of a SUV is undergoing tests to improve its noise, vibration and ride harshness qualities (NVH). Using a laser vibrometer, vibrations are sent through the body, and hotspots where the noise is emerging from are mapped out. Liquid applied sound deadener (LASD) and acoustic foam is then applied where necessary, and the solution is drawn up and passed along to OEMs along with the necessary materials.

Subscribe to Automotive World to continue reading

Sign up now and gain unlimited access to our news, analysis, data, and research

Subscribe

Already a member?

https://www.automotiveworld.com/articles/hold-keep-henkel-innovates-meet-tomorrows-nvh-standards/

Welcome back , to continue browsing the site, please click here