KENT, OHIO: When securing a camera to a race car with a 600 hp engine screaming at 12,000 rpm, shock and vibration are much more than a minor problem.

That is why John Porter, of Broadcast Sports Technology, decided to use Sorbothane, a viscoelastic material to attenuate this vibration. John Porter said, “Sorbothane’s high damping material made the difference. Their engineering services and ability to react quickly and economically to small volume customer prototypes was pivotal in the successful design of off- board camera technology.”

The Sorbothane isolator absorbs forces in the axial and lateral direction, which enables the camera to focus at speeds greater than 180 mph. When a car is traveling at these kinds of speeds, one can imagine that shock is not the only problem, so is vibration. Normally, engineers cannot design a system to both isolate vibration and absorb shock. With Sorbothane, a designer can achieve both.

Sorbothane, and its high damping ratio, allows design engineers the ability to isolate shock and vibration in the same application. The material actually moves transient energy perpendicularly away from the location of impact or vibration. It is effectively used in applications from circuit board isolation grommets to shipping pallet bumpers.

Ideal for a variety of design engineering applications, Sorbothane can be custom-molded to most any shape, color, and size specifications.

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