Shipboard Services
NCE provides noise and vibration control services to clients at all stages of ship design and operation. Our shipboard services include:
noise & vibration design support
- Airborne noise, vibration, sonar self-noise, and underwater noise analysis
- Sound insulation assessments (STC and Rw)
- Solution development, including specification of vibration isolation, acoustic, insulation, damping, floating floors, silencers, etc.
- Specification review and development
Sea Trials support, diagnostics & root cause analysis
- Airborne noise testing
- Habitability vibration testing
- Sonar self-noise testing
- Stress/strain measurements
- Diesel engine and machinery noise and vibration diagnostics
- Material performance testing
- Other specialty measurements, e.g. dynamic torque and pressure
detail & construction support
- Drawing review
- Factory Acceptance Testing
- Inspections and dockside verification testing
NCE is a certified Service Supplier (External Specialist) in Ambient Environmental Testing from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), which maintains rigorous standards for noise, vibration, lighting, temperature, and relative humidity measurements.
ABS Certifications
- ABS Ambient Environmental Testing
- ABS Underwater Noise and External Airborne Noise Measurement
- ABS Sound Pressure Level Measurement of Public Address and General Alarm Systems on Board Ships
