Eckel Industries Explained

Eckel Industries
Type:	Private
Foundation:	1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Founder:	Oliver C. Eckel
Location:	Cambridge, Massachusetts
Industry:	Materials and Industrial Design
Products:	Acoustic control materials and engineering

Eckel Industries is an acoustics noise control company founded 1952 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company engineers and constructs anechoic (echo-free) sound chambers.

Noteworthy Projects

• Largest anechoic chamber ever constructed at General Electric in Pittsfield, Massachusetts^[1]
• World's quietest room, located at Orfield Labs in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Orfield Labs chamber was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records in 2005 as the quietest room on Earth.^{[2] [3]}
• The Eckel anechoic chamber located at Microsoft in Redmond, Washington was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the quietest place on earth in 2015, measuring -20.6 dB.^[4]

References

1. An Anechoic Chamber for Noise Tests on Large Power TransformersBenoit, A. W.; Hemmes, R. T.; Schulz, M. W.Power Apparatus and Systems, Part III. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical EngineersVolume 74, Issue 3, Jan. 1955 Page(s):50 - 56
2. [Anechoic chamber]
3. Web site: The Quietest Room in the World | Industries & Trends | Twin Cities Business . 2009-05-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091014184057/http://www.tcbmag.com/industriestrends/technology/104458p1.aspx . 2009-10-14 . dead.
4. Web site: Why Microsoft Just Created the Quietest Place on Earth and Made World Record. 2 October 2015.