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Case studies

Real projects, real numbers. How Silentflex® engineers solve vibration and shock for trains, data centres, laboratories and defence.

floating slab installations worldwide
500+
designing vibration solutions since
1989
seismic qualification, GR-63-CORE
Zone 4
2018year of supply

Energy · 2018

Chernobyl, Ukraine

Chernobyl: the power that cannot be cut

Chernobyl nuclear power plant

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IEEE 344seismic qualification for nuclear power plants

Energy · 2021

Krško, Slovenia

Twelve earthquakes on the shaking table, and not a single anomaly

Krško nuclear power plant

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2,340 tconcrete block on springs

Buildings and building services

Castelldefels, Spain

A 2,340-tonne theatre floating next to the railway

Castelldefels Theatre-Auditorium

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2 Hzdesign natural frequency

Research & labs · 2022

Tarragona, Spain

A floating slab for a transmission electron microscope

Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)

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Zone 4GR-63-CORE seismic qualification

Seismic protection · 2018

Europe

Server racks that ride out a Zone 4 earthquake

Schneider Electric · EUIPO data centre

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10 tenergy absorption, horizontal shock test

Defence

Europe

A suspended slab that absorbs shock for military shelters

Defence customer (confidential)

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6degrees of freedom

Research & labs · 2020

Santander, Spain

A 6-DOF hexapod to move people safely onto floating wind platforms

Universidad de Cantabria · Mechanical Engineering

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110racks from different manufacturers

Seismic protection · 2013

Peru

110 racks from different makers on one seismic plinth system

Telefónica · main data centre

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30,000 kgper container, 957900-S2 pads

Energy · 2014

Peru

Seismic protection for a data centre, and for the containers too

Repsol · main data centre and container data centres

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≈ 40concrete floating slabs

Research & labs · 2015

Barcelona, Spain

About 40 floating slabs for a particle accelerator

ALBA Synchrotron

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200+floating slabs for transformers

Energy · 2011–2023

Spain

An Endesa-approved floating slab under 200+ transformers

Endesa

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Silentflex around the world

Designed and made in Cantabria, installed in 11 countries

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projects
24
countries
11
Silentflex projectHeadquarters and factory (Astillero, Cantabria)
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More projects

Selected installations from our project history.

  • ALBA Synchrotron

    40 floating slabs

  • Endesa

    300 floating slabs

  • Eurofighter

    Electronics rack mounting

  • Bombardier

    High-speed train sandwich floor

  • Spanish & French Navy

    Wire rope isolators for ship racks

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