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What Is Mass Loaded Vinyl?

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When looking for how to more effectively control sound in your residential, commercial, and industrial areas, mass-loaded vinyl is one of the top products to consider


What Is Mass Loaded Vinyl?

When looking for how to more effectively control sound in your residential, commercial, and industrial areas, including decreasing sound interference, increasing sound control, and soundproofing an area to the highest possible degree, mass-loaded vinyl is one of the top products to consider. In this article, we’ll discuss what mass-loaded vinyl is, the benefits of using mass-loaded vinyl for sound control, and the top mass-loaded vinyl products from Singer Safety to experience the difference made possible by using this special vinyl in your important areas.

How Does Mass Loaded Vinyl Work?

Mass-loaded vinyl, often abbreviated as MLV, is a limp, heavy vinyl sheeting material product that contains specific metal particles that increase the material’s overall mass. Mass-loaded vinyl is one of the most effective products the primary and most frequent function of which is to add mass to ceilings and walls to soundproof and increase sound control in the ceiling, walls, and general areas for an area’s occupants. When using this specific type of vinyl, many place it in the middle of sheets of other material. A top example is two layers of drywall surrounding MLV to create a sound-controlled covering.

When using mass-loaded vinyl, it’s important to understand how it functions and how to properly use it to experience the most effective results possible. Soundproofing needs often arise from limpness or floppiness in a wall or ceiling that causes vibrations in the air that we hear as sound. People often install mass-loaded vinyl against wall studs and then drywall over it to allow the mass barrier to move in 3-D space and decrease the energy of the sound. This energy decrease results in decreases in sound propagation through the wall.

Benefits of Mass Loaded Vinyl 

In addition to its effectiveness in the mass reduction and elimination of sound infiltration that results in impactful soundproofing, there are many specific benefits to adding mass-loaded vinyl to your personal and business spaces. Many people and individual industries continue to experience the impactful results of mass-loaded vinyl. It’s widely used throughout its history in a personal or public theater, restaurant, construction, gym, automotive, museum, chemical, classroom, interview, welding, church, retail, auditorium, and warehouse spaces, among numerous others. 

 

With this unique type of vinyl for soundproofing, there are just as many benefits for these personal and business spaces as there are different uses in each of these spaces. Some of the top impactful benefits of using this special vinyl in these personal and business areas include its effective sound control and soundproofing results, the flexibility of its physical content, its widespread different possible uses, easiness to apply and use, and its ability to increase safety over other soundproofing materials and products. 

Effective Sound Results 

Mass-loaded vinyl provides more than one type of sound control and soundproofing, working as a so-called double threat as an effective sound absorber as well as a highly potent sound barrier. For this reason, MLV remains competitive and preferable to mineral fiber or regular fiberglass.

Physical Content Flexibility

The vinyl itself is what gives mass-loaded vinyl its highly desirable flexibility and wide usability. It can bend and install in various small and tight places compared to other soundproofing materials. 

Many Different Uses 

You can use mass-loaded vinyl in so many different and distinct areas of your personal and business spaces to better achieve your personal and business goals for increased success. Enjoy both use flexibility and physical flexibility from this unique vinyl product. 

Easy to Apply 

The flexibility allows you to bend, wrap, and mold MLV into various areas. It’s relatively easy to apply versus other products, typically connected to studs or joists to cover a wall as desired to remain limper and make its assembly more effective toward combating larger soundwaves.

Increase Worker Safety

The mass-loaded vinyl products from Singer Safety work to effectively reduce and combat noise pollution that otherwise deeply compromises worker safety. Noise pollution is one of the topmost critical and present dangers. These products fully diminish loud noises for more safety.    

Mass Loaded Vinyl Products From Singer Safety

There are many different top products from Singer Safety that include mass-loaded vinyl for impactful soundproofing results from the right high-quality company that supports your goals and success. These stand-alone products for cost-effective soundproofing include mass-loaded vinyl screens, loaded vinyl panels, modular acoustic screens, and DIY noise control materials.

Mass Loaded Vinyl Screens

 With strategic placement in your personal and business areas, the mass-loaded vinyl screens can reduce noise exposure to employees and other individuals by 10-16 dB. By adding SOUND STOPPER wall blankets or overhead absorbers, you can also achieve an additional 4-7 dBA.

Loaded Vinyl Panels 

For another effective MLV sound barrier from surrounding employees and other individuals or to enclose noisy equipment and machinery, consider the loaded vinyl panels. The double-sided panels work as mass-loaded vinyl curtains to separate various noisy areas.

Modular Acoustic Screens 

For ultimate versatility and flexibility, consider the modular acoustic screens for soundproof noise barriers that isolate noise, protect from workplace hearing loss, and combat noise pollution. Configure and assemble these screens into a variety of structures to suit needs.

DIY Noise Control Materials

In addition to the numerous uses and benefits of the standard MLV products, Singer Safety also provides some larger versions of the noise control materials for DIY flexibility that may better suit your needs and soundproofing aspirations. These are full roll products that also include a vibration damper compound and quilted fiberglass among them. Products include quilted fiberglass material rolls, mass-loaded vinyl rolls, and transparent vinyl rolls. 

Choose Singer Safety for MLV Soundproofing

For effective density and soundproofing technology where you need it most, consider the mass-loaded vinyl options from Singer Safety, made with quilted fiberglass material and loaded vinyl for top results and quality. Start enjoying the widespread uses, benefits, and physical flexibility of a game-changing product unlike any other today.


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