Acoustic Office Divider (280gsm Felt)

Acoustic Office Divider (280gsm Felt) — A dense needle-punched felt that does a real acoustic job while carrying a full-colour print, specified for room dividers.

Acoustic felt works by presenting a deep, porous fibre structure that converts sound energy into heat as air moves through it. The effect is strongest in the mid and upper frequencies — the range that makes an open-plan office or a hard-surfaced meeting room tiring to work in. Because the felt is polyester, it takes a dye-sublimated print as readily as any other fabric in the range.

A divider has to do a physical job — actually separating one space from another — while looking like it belongs in the room. Opacity and stability are the two specifications that decide whether it succeeds.

About this format

Acoustic panels are doing physical work as well as visual work. Coverage matters more than thickness for speech clarity — several distributed panels outperform one large one of the same total area.

Best for

• Folding multi-panel dividers
• Floor-to-ceiling divider panels
• Office cubicle and desk dividers
• Acoustic office dividers
• Studio and event zoning panels

Key advantages

• Genuine acoustic absorption in the mid and upper frequencies, not a decorative imitation
• Rigid enough to mount as a self-supporting panel without a frame behind it
• Deep matte surface with no reflection — comfortable under office lighting
• Cuts cleanly to shape, including curves and geometric tile layouts
• Long indoor service life with essentially no maintenance

Specifications

Choosing the right specification

If the point is privacy, insist on a genuine blockout construction. A single opaque-looking cloth will silhouette anyone moving behind it the moment the light is stronger on their side. If the point is noise as much as sight, an acoustic felt does real work that a printed cloth on a frame does not.

How ordering works

• Send your artwork — Upload print-ready artwork at any stage — we check scale, resolution and bleed before anything goes to press and come back to you if something needs adjusting.
• Made to your size — Every panel is cut and finished to your dimensions. Tell us the finished size you need and how it is being fixed, and we will allow for hems and fixings correctly.
• Printed by dye-sublimation — Colour is transferred into the polyester fibre under heat, so the image becomes part of the cloth rather than a layer sitting on top of it.
• Finished and shipped — Hems, eyelets, pole pockets, silicone edge and other finishing are applied before your order is folded, boxed and dispatched worldwide.

Related specifications

This is the 280gsm version. Other sizes and weights in the same fabric are made to order — tell us the finished dimensions you need and we will quote them.

Technical detail

Getting real acoustic benefit, and what the numbers mean. Needle-punched polyester felt absorbs sound by converting air movement within its fibre structure into heat, and the effect is strongest across the mid and upper frequencies — the range that makes an open-plan office tiring. Absorption is quoted as Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC), the average of the coefficients at 250, 500, 1000 and 2000 Hz. Worth being precise about scale: the published NRC figures of 0.7 to 0.9 belong to thick moulded PET panels of 9 mm and above, and a printed felt sheet is a much thinner material, so it delivers useful but more modest absorption than those numbers imply. Two things raise real-world performance more than material choice does: covering more of the reflecting surface, and mounting the panel on a batten so there is an air gap behind it. If you need a measured NRC figure for a project specification, talk to us and we will confirm what we can supply for your chosen panel build.

What to expect from service life. Indoors and out of direct sun, printed polyester holds its appearance for five years or more. Outdoors, published ranges for dye-sublimated polyester run from roughly six to twenty-four months depending on how exposed the position is, with the shorter end applying in high-ultraviolet regions such as the Southwest, Florida and the Gulf Coast, and in coastal or high-wind locations. Sheltered and north-facing installations reach the longer end. Coated and tarpaulin-grade constructions extend beyond that band because the coating carries the UV load.

Best suited to

Acoustic treatment that also carries a print — office dividers, sound-absorbing wall art, cubicle screens and meeting-room feature panels.

Also in this range

For draped and flowing installations, our knit and velvet ranges hang and fold; felt holds its shape as a panel.

Not sure which fabric is right? Order a free swatch pack and see the weight, texture and finish in your own hands before you commit to a full run.