Well Nick it's not much of a device but a bunch of precautory measures. First off you need to get your blower to a service and repairs workshop for venting and extraction devices so they can level the blade on it, this reduces noise greatly, and extends the life of your blower. Also make sure al the parts that come in contact with the blower have proper friction reduction mechanism, i use tire rubber in the floor and polyurethane foam for the holes in the walls. I attach images for those two, nevermind the dust, the blowers for the four laser machines i have here are in a secluded room with the air compressor, we call this (guess what!) the machine room. The room also has the walls covered in styrofoam to reduce the noise even further, like you would in a recording studio.
As far as i know the length of the pipes or the distance between the laser system and the blower is not a factor for noise reduction, it might be for odors though.
I hope this is useful for you.
p.s. I already found a provider for the vacuum pump, the high precission gas pressure regulator and the mix of gases to refill the laser tube, a coherent diamond g-50. The gas pre-mix is 4.5 percent CO2, 13.5 percent N2, and 82 percent He. We wont be working friday and saturaday, meaning I'll get to work on it on sunday. I'll keep you posted on that.
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