EARTH DYNAMICS | Vibration

<body background="_themes/earthdyn2/stonbk.jpg" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#003399" vlink="#800000" alink="#666666"><font face="Arial"> <p align="left" style="margin-top: -10; margin-bottom: 0"> <img border="0" src="_borders/logo3.jpg" align="left" width="66" height="87"><font size="7" color="#0000FF"><b><i> </i></b></font><b><i><font size="7" color="#0000FF">EARTH DYNAMICS</font></i></b></p> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; float:right; position:absolute; left:734; top:-2" width="334" height="93" align="right"> <tr> <td width="334" height="68" valign="top"><font face="Arial"> <p style="margin-bottom: -15" align="center"><b><font color="#0000FF">Providing Consulting Services To</font></b></p> <p align="center"> <b> <font color="#0000FF">The Pacific Northwest Since 1984</font></b></p> <p align="center"> <b>503-227-7659</b></p> </font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Arial"> <blockquote> <p style="margin-top: -15; 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width="600" height="10"></p> <blockquote> <h3 align="center"> VIBRATION AND ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS CAPABILITIES    </h3> <div align="center"> <center> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="95%"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial"><i> <font size="4">Earth Dynamics</font></i> has more than twenty years of experience conducting a wide range of vibration and acoustic related studies.  Examples of recently completed studies include final environmental impact analysis for construction of an extension to the light rail system in Portland, Oregon, remote monitoring of vibration levels at sensitive equipment locations during construction projects, on-going monitoring and analysis of vibrations from quarry operations throughout the Pacific Northwest, vibration analysis of quarry operations in support of a land use application for a local quarry operation.  <i> <font size="4">Earth Dynamics</font></i> is also the “on-call” vibration and acoustic contractor for the Tri-County Metropolitan Service district in Oregon. </span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font size="4">Earth Dynamics</font></i> also provides remote vibration monitoring with instant notification.   Notification when vibration levels exceed a certain level can be sent via text message and or email.  Call us to discuss your short term or long term vibration monitoring needs.</b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial">The scope of vibration and acoustic related services that Earth Dynamics offers is summarized below: </span><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></b></p> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Environmental Impact Studies</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i> Vibration monitoring and analysis</i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Remote vibration monitoring</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i>Noise monitoring and analysis</i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Real-time narrow-band and octave-band frequency analysis</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i> Mechanical equipment evaluation</i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i> Preventative maintenance programs</i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i> Vibration and acoustic isolation design</i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i> Blast design </i></font></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><font size="3"><i>Pre-construction and pre-blast surveys</i></font></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </blockquote> <p><b> Current Equipment List</b></p> <blockquote> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tr><td valign="top" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial">Eight 4-channel Instantel MiniMate Plus Seismographs</font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial">One 8-channel Instantel MiniMate Plus Seismograph</font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Five White Industrial mini-seisII seismographs</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Five Geosonics, Inc. micro-seismographs</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>A Bruel & Kjaer Dual Channel Real-time Frequency Analyzer, Type 2144</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>A 4-channel Sound Technology SpectraPLUS FFT Spectral Measurement System</i></font></td></tr> <tr><td valign="baseline" width="42"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/abstrbu2.gif" width="12" height="12" hspace="15" alt="bullet"></td><td valign="top" width="100%"><font face="Arial"><i>Three Larson Davis Type 1, precision integrating and statistical data logging sound level meters. (Two Larson Davis Model 812 and one Larson Davis Model 820).</i></font></td></tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </blockquote> <p> </font></td> </tr> </table><font face="Arial"> </center> </div> <p> <p align="center"><img src="_themes/earthdyn2/hline.gif" width="600" height="10"></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"><b> <span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:Arial">Examples of Typical Vibration and Acoustic Projects</span></b></p> <div align="center"> </font><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="606" style="width: 454.5pt; border-collapse:collapse" height="1571"> <tr style="height: 18.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:32"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"> <span style="font-family:Arial">CLIENT</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:32"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center"> <span style="font-family:Arial">DESCRIPTION</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 27.0pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:36"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">BLASTING:</span></u></b></font></td> <td width="435" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:36"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:64"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">ASI Construction/US Army Corps of Eng., Blue River, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:64"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Blast and pressure monitoring during lake tap at Cougar Dam, Blue River, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Knife River Corporation, Portland OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration monitoring during production blasting at basalt rock quarries.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Webber Quarry, Sweet Home, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Blast design for vibration mitigation, vibration monitoring and expert testimony.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Tigard Sand and Gravel, Wilsonville, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration monitoring during blasting at a basalt rock quarry and expert testimony of vibration levels measured.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">ELTE Construction Co. Boring, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Blast consultation and vibration monitoring for Otty Road Reservoir excavation, Clackamas, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:62"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">US Army Corps of Engineers and Guy F. Atkinson Co. San Francisco, CA</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:62"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Installed borehole accelerometers, reviewed blast designs and monitored blast vibrations during excavation of basalt near Bonneville Dam, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 39.75pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Kiewit-Pacific Co. Vancouver, WA</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:53"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Blast consultation for excavation at Highway 101 and Highway 26 junction, Cannon Beach, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Oriad Powder Co. Oregon City, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration and noise monitoring during quarry blasting: Oregon Rock Products, Tonquin Quarry; Tigard Sand and Gravel, Tigard Quarry, and Progress Quarry.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="171" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:128.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:64"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Piper Drilling and Blasting Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="435" valign="top" style="width:326.25pt;padding:6.0pt; height:64"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Blast consultation and vibration monitoring during excavation of sewer lines in Oregon City, OR and Lake Oswego, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 27.0pt"> <td width="170" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:36"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial"> CONSTRUCTION:</span></u></b></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:36"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">KLB Construction/FE Ward</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration monitoring during blasting and pile driving during construction at the US-26/Sylvan interchange.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Braun Intertek Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration monitoring during pile driving near a recent landslide to help ensure that pile driving vibrations would not mobilize the landslide.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> Morrison-Knudsen Corp. Tri-Met Light Rail Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration monitoring and analysis during pile driving and other construction activities to ensure that nearby structures are not damaged by construction activities.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Denver Green International Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Consultation and vibration monitoring during pile driving at Terwilliger Bridge reconstruction, Portland, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Geotechnical Resources, Inc. Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Monitored vibrations associated with mechanical excavation at Uptown Shopping Center, Portland, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Granite Construction and US Army Corps of Engineers Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Evaluation of vibrations due to excavation of a tunnel through John Day Dam, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 53.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">H.S. Wright Construction and Pittsburgh Testing Lab Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:71"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Evaluation of the effects of pile driving vibrations on 'green' concrete at U.S. Bank Tower, Portland, OR</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 28.5pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial"> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES:</span></u></b></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:48"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial"> </span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: .75in"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">TW Environmental and Tri-Met.  Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Evaluation of potential vibration impact of proposed South Corridor Light Rail in Portland, OR.  Study conducted in accordance with Federal Transit Authority guidelines.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 28.5pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:38"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">SITE EVALUATIONS:</span></u></b></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:38"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: .75in"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Siltec Silicon and Takenaka (USA) Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Evaluation of ambient ground vibrations and noise prior to construction of a silicon wafer plant. Vibration isolation design recommendations were also provided.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: .75in"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">SEH America and Performance Contracting Inc. Vancouver, WA</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:72"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Analysis of building vibrations to certify vibration levels in a new clean room. Vibrations of sensitive instrumentation were also evaluated and design recommendations were provided.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 79.5pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:77"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Morse Bros. Construction Tangent, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:77"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Analysis of vibration attenuation characteristics at various proposed plant sites. Measured vibrations produced by various plant activities, and provided expert testimony to assist client in obtaining building permits.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 41.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:55"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Oregon Natural Gas Co. Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:55"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Monitoring and evaluation of possible ground motions associated with underground gas storage.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 41.25pt"> <td width="170" valign="top" style="width:127.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:62"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Port of Portland and Geoengineers, Inc. Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td width="434" colspan="2" valign="top" style="width:325.5pt;padding:6.0pt; height:62"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Monitoring and evaluation of ground vibration and air overpressure near the Portland International Airport.</span></font></td> </tr> <![if !supportMisalignedColumns]> <![endif]> </table><font face="Arial"> </div> <div align="center"> </font><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width: 604"> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:Arial">EQUIPMENT ANALYSIS:</span></u></b></font></td> <td style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td valign="top" style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">IPEC Planar and Intel Corp. Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration analysis of bearings in silicon wafer polishing machines.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td valign="top" style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">ShinEtsu, SEH America Vancouver, WA</span></font></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration analysis of silicon wafer slicing machine. Data were used to help improve production rate.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td valign="top" style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Owens-Brockway Glass Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration analysis of air compressor to determine the source of excessive vibrations.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td valign="top" style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">SAIF Corporation<br> Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Analysis of the vibration produced by a chain saw. These data were used to help determine the validity of a worker’s compensation claim for vibration disease.</span></font></td> </tr> <tr style="height: 19.5pt"> <td valign="top" style="width: 163; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Pacific Fluid Systems Portland, OR</span></font></td> <td valign="top" style="width: 409; height: 19.5pt; padding: 6.0pt"><font face="Arial"> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial">Vibration analysis of plywood lathe. 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