Conventional rubber pads only have a very small damping percentage and are more of a spring than a damper. Use of these pads hardly takes any kinetic energy from the system, which in turn can lead to damage to the system. This is where the BasicStop brand proï¬le dampers are setting new standards in the realm of material damping with their high damping percentage. Through the friction in the material, a large part of the kinetic energy is converted into heat, whereupon the structural damper returns to its original form (viscoelastic damping).
