Engineering Services

Brüel & Kjær’s acquisition of sound and vibration consultancy Sound Answers in November 2015 has extended our ability to supply high value engineering services. The experts from Sound Answers bring new insights and domain knowledge from a decade doing nothing else, for automotive, aerospace, telecommunications and medical applications. Combining their skills with Brüel & Kjær’s solution expertise consolidates a service provider that is unmatched within the sound and vibration industry.

With our very latest systems backed up by the experts who know them best, we can go beyond acquiring data, to finding the answers you need. Brüel & Kjær is unique in that we can deliver both expertise and equipment, making us a cost-effective one-stop shop. By integrating our sound and vibration know-how directly into your R&D processes, we help you improve their effectiveness while together we achieve a more pleasant experience for your customers.

Perhaps you want to identify the root causes of sound and vibration issues, and develop design recommendations. Maybe you want a complete, test methodology from experienced engineers that is practical and tailored for your objectives. Or it could be that you want to streamline your engineering development processes, beginning with more representative targets that reduce guesswork. Whatever sound and vibration challenge you face, we can add value by boosting your capabilities and transferring knowledge to your organization.

For a short project or an extended period, you can gain extra equipment and manpower: engineers with different core skills, and even programme managers. They work alongside your staff, sharing the specialist application knowledge they have perfected in across many projects. And they can support your project through until launch, including final presentations like vehicle driving evaluations and press events.

• General sound and vibration measurements
• Setting noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) targets against competitors 
• Establishing objective metrics for subjective phenomena like sound quality
• Predicting noise and vibration performance 
• Bridging the gap between computer-aided engineering (CAE) and test data; integrating testing earlier in development 
• Integrating analytical data into physical test models
• Structural analysis, and integration of data with finite element (FE) models
• Acoustic material testing
• Troubleshooting noise and vibration, and mitigating causes and paths
• Performing quality assurance (QA) evaluations and feedback on new products
• Testing to international and national standards 
• Production line quality testing
• Environmental noise management and modelling