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A Grey Acoustic Partition That Divides Space and Softens the Noise
The NB2985G is a grey five-panel partition that splits a big open room into smaller working areas and takes the edge off the noise at the same time. Its sound-absorbing surface soaks up the background chatter that bounces around an open-plan floor, so the people either side can concentrate, while the plain grey finish sits quietly against almost any office, campus or clinic interior without drawing the eye away from the work going on around it. The five hinged panels set straight, curved or angled to suit the room, it rolls where you need it on lockable castors, folds flat to store between uses and doubles as a pinboard for notices or signage, and it is exclusive to Displaysense. Best suited to open-plan offices, universities and conference venues where a space has to change shape through the day and stay calm enough to work in.
Why a Folding Partition Noticeboard Suits a Busy Open-Plan Space
- Soaks up the background noise: Its sound-absorbing panels take the edge off the chatter, ringing phones and footsteps that carry across an open floor, so the people working on either side of the divider can hear themselves think and stay focused on the task in front of them rather than the din of the whole room.
- Folds flat when the room changes: The five panels concertina together, so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that slides behind a door or into a store cupboard, then comes back out and opens up again whenever the layout needs to change for a new session, a new team or a different job.
- Rolls into place, then stays put: Castors under the frame let one person wheel it across the floor and into position, and a lock on each castor holds it firmly still once it is where you want it, so it does not creep or drift out of position even on a smooth carpet with people brushing past it all day.
- A pinboard as well as a screen: The covered surface takes push pins straight in, so each panel works as a noticeboard for signage, zone labels, posters or team updates rather than standing there as a plain blank divider, which lets one board screen the space and share information at the same time.
- A finish that keeps its head down: Neutral grey blends into an office, a library or a clinic without clashing with the decor or shouting for attention, so the eye goes to the space and the people in it rather than to the divider quietly doing the work of screening it.
- Exclusive to Displaysense: This partition is sold only through us, so the divider zoning your floor is not one a neighbouring office or campus can pick up from a general supplier, which keeps your setup a little more your own.
Where This Mobile Room Divider Earns Its Place
| Open-Plan Offices | Dropped between two teams, it carves a shared floor into quieter zones and keeps one group's calls from spilling across to another, while the pinnable panels carry wayfinding, team notices or a project board on the side that faces each desk. |
| Universities and Libraries | Reading rooms and study halls gain quiet, screened-off pockets for focused work, and the panels soak up enough sound to keep a shared space calm without anyone having to build permanent walls or lose the flexibility of an open study space to do it. |
| Conference and Event Venues | A large hall splits into breakout areas, registration lanes or quiet rooms in minutes and opens back up afterwards, so a single room flexes to fit very different sessions across a busy event day and packs away flat overnight. |
| Healthcare and Clinics | Waiting areas and treatment spaces get a movable screen for a little privacy, with a plain grey surface that suits a clinical setting and rolls right out of the way on its castors whenever the room is needed clear again for the next patient. |
| Training and Meeting Pods | A corner of a floor turns into a temporary training booth or meeting pod, screened on several sides and quiet enough to run a session, then folded away and wheeled off into storage once the group has finished and the space is handed back. |
| Schools and Colleges | Classrooms and halls divide into group-work areas or exam lanes, and the sturdy aluminium frame on locking castors stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy education setting day in, day out through the school year. |
Need a Different Size of Partition?
The same grey partition comes as a 3-panel unit for smaller rooms and a 7-panel unit for wider spans, and there are blue and red finishes in this size too. Our team can help you work out how much screening a space needs.
Call us on 01279460460 or tell us about your space and we will point you to the right fit.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Sound-absorbing panels work by soaking up noise instead of bouncing it back. An open-plan floor is loud because hard walls, glass, ceilings and desks reflect every voice and ringing phone straight back around the room, and this partition breaks that up: its soft covered surface takes in a share of the sound that hits it rather than echoing it onward. Stood between two areas, it lowers the general hum enough for people to focus, without the cost, the mess or the permanence of building an actual wall, and without losing the option to open the space back up later.
Five panels hinged together let the divider bend into whatever shape a space asks for. You can run it dead straight as a long screen, curve it round a cluster of desks, or angle it into bays and corners, and the hinges hold each shape steady once it is set rather than sagging back towards flat. When the room needs to change, those same hinges let the panels concertina flat, and the castors underneath mean one person can roll the whole thing away and lock it firmly still wherever it comes to rest, with no lifting or carrying involved.
Each panel is a working noticeboard, not just a blank screen. Push pins go straight into that covered surface, so a divider that is zoning a floor can also carry signage, posters, zone labels, safety notices or team updates on the face that looks into the room. Grey is a deliberate choice here, picked to sit quietly in a professional interior rather than compete with it, which is why the same board settles into offices, campuses, libraries and clinics without ever looking out of place or dating the room it stands in.
Only Displaysense sells the NB2985G, so it is exclusive to us: this exact divider is not one you will find in a general catalogue of office screens, which keeps a zoned floor a little more distinctive and makes a matching unit easy to reorder later. It turns up fully built as well, with no assembly to work through and no loose parts to fit, so it comes off the delivery ready to wheel straight into place, lock still on its castors and put to use on the same day it lands, which suits a facilities team reacting to a change at short notice.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partitioning noticeboard, fully assembled on lockable castors
Planning How to Zone a Whole Floor?
If you are screening several areas or kitting out a run of rooms, we can help you work out how many panels each space needs and which sizes and colours fit together best across the floor.
Call us on 01279460460 or send over your floor plan and we will help you map it out.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Full specifications for the NB2985G, a grey sound-absorbing mobile five-panel partitioning noticeboard. It is an exclusive Displaysense divider for indoor use, with a pinnable acoustic surface, five folding panels and lockable castors, supplied fully assembled. It is also made as a smaller three-panel unit and a wider seven-panel unit, and in blue and red.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Colour and Finish | Grey | A neutral tone that blends into an office, a campus, a library or a clinic, sitting quietly against the decor without clashing with it or dating the whole room around it. |
| Panels | Five, hinged and folding | Enough width to screen a good-sized area in one run, with hinges that let it fold flat for storage or bend into curves, bays and corners as the space needs. |
| Dimensions | 3000mm (W) x 1940mm (H) | Tall enough to screen above standing eye level for real privacy, and wide enough to divide a sizeable stretch of an open floor in a single run. |
| Weight | 40kg | Steady on the floor once the castors lock, yet mobile enough that a single person can still roll it across the room to where it is needed. |
| Frame | Aluminium | A light but sturdy frame that stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy space day after day without working loose over time. |
| Surface | Sound-absorbing, pinnable | Soaks up a share of the noise that hits it and takes push pins as well, so a single board screens a view, quietens an area and displays your notices all at once. |
| Mobility | Lockable castors | Wheels for easy one-person moves, with a lock on each castor to hold the divider firmly still and level once it is set in position. |
| Configuration | Straight, curved or angled | Set it as a straight screen, a curve around a group of desks or an angled bay to suit the exact shape of the space and how people move through it. |
| Assembly | Arrives fully assembled | No building work and no loose parts to fit on arrival: just wheel the divider into place, lock the castors down and start using it the same day it is delivered. |
| Recommended Use | Indoor | Made for indoor settings such as offices, libraries, clinics, school halls and conference venues, and kept away from the weather. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Sold only through Displaysense, so the divider stays particular to your own floor plan and is simple to match or extend later on. |
| Also Available In | 3-panel (NB2983G), 7-panel (NB2987G) | A smaller three-panel unit or a wider seven-panel unit, plus blue and red in this size. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
10 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- This item requires additional processing time before dispatch
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Common Questions About the NB2985G Grey Acoustic Partition
Q: What is the best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office?
A: The best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office is the NB2985G, a grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partition that folds flat, rolls on lockable castors and doubles as a pinboard. It screens a shared floor into quieter zones and soaks up background noise, and it is exclusive to Displaysense.
Q: Does the NB2985G actually cut noise, or just block the view?
A: The NB2985G does both. Its panels have a sound-absorbing surface that soaks up a share of the noise hitting it rather than reflecting it back, so it lowers the general hum on an open floor as well as screening the view. It will not soundproof a room like a solid wall, but it takes the edge off the background noise.
Q: Can I pin notices and signage to the NB2985G?
A: Yes. The NB2985G surface takes standard push pins, so each panel works as a noticeboard as well as a divider. You can pin up zone labels, wayfinding, posters or team updates on the face that looks into a given area, which makes the partition earn its place twice over.
Q: How does the NB2985G move and store away?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors, so one person can wheel it into position, and each castor locks to hold it still. When it is not needed, the five panels fold flat against each other so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that tucks behind a door or into a cupboard between uses.
Q: Does the NB2985G need assembling when it arrives?
A: No. The NB2985G arrives fully assembled, with no building work and no loose parts to fit. It comes off the delivery ready to wheel into place, lock on its castors and put to use the same day, which suits a facilities team that needs to react to a layout change quickly.
Q: What shapes can the NB2985G be set into?
A: The NB2985G has five hinged panels, so you can run it straight as a screen, curve it around a group of desks, or angle it into bays and corners. The hinges hold each shape steady once set, which lets one divider suit very different layouts rather than only working in a straight line.
Q: Is the grey NB2985G right for a corporate or client-facing setting?
A: Yes. The grey finish on the NB2985G is deliberately neutral, chosen to sit quietly in offices, meeting areas and reception spaces without clashing with the decor or looking out of place in front of clients. It reads as tidy and professional rather than drawing attention to itself.
Q: How does the 5-panel NB2985G compare to the 7-panel NB2987G?
A: The NB2985G has five panels and screens a mid-sized area, while the NB2987G has seven panels and spans a wider stretch of floor. Both are grey, fold flat and roll on lockable castors. Choose the NB2985G for a normal office bay or study zone, and the NB2987G when you need to divide a larger hall.
Q: Can one person move the NB2985G on carpet?
A: Yes. The NB2985G is light enough for one person to wheel on its castors, and it rolls on carpet as well as hard floors. Once it is in position, the castor locks hold it firmly still so it does not creep or drift underfoot, even on a soft carpeted surface in a busy room.
Q: Can the NB2985G be used outdoors?
A: No. The NB2985G is made for indoor use. The sound-absorbing surface, the aluminium frame and the castors are not built to cope with rain, wind or damp, so it should stay inside offices, halls, libraries and similar indoor settings rather than being used out in the open.
Q: Is the NB2985G exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. Displaysense is the only place to buy the NB2985G, so it will not turn up in a rival office fit-out ordered through a general supplier. That keeps your zoning particular to your floor, and makes it easy to come back for a matching partition, or one of the other sizes or colours, as the space grows.
Q: Will the NB2985G scratch or mark a floor when it moves?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors designed to move smoothly across office floors and carpet, which spreads the weight rather than dragging it. As with any wheeled unit, keeping the castors clear of grit helps protect a delicate floor, and the locks stop it shifting once it is parked in place.
Zoning and Quietening Shared Spaces
Dividing an open floor well is about more than dropping a screen in place: it takes some thought about where the noise travels, how people move around and what each separate area is really for. These guides from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover planning flexible, quieter and better-organised spaces that still work for the people using them every day.
Overview
A Grey Acoustic Partition That Divides Space and Softens the Noise
The NB2985G is a grey five-panel partition that splits a big open room into smaller working areas and takes the edge off the noise at the same time. Its sound-absorbing surface soaks up the background chatter that bounces around an open-plan floor, so the people either side can concentrate, while the plain grey finish sits quietly against almost any office, campus or clinic interior without drawing the eye away from the work going on around it. The five hinged panels set straight, curved or angled to suit the room, it rolls where you need it on lockable castors, folds flat to store between uses and doubles as a pinboard for notices or signage, and it is exclusive to Displaysense. Best suited to open-plan offices, universities and conference venues where a space has to change shape through the day and stay calm enough to work in.
Why a Folding Partition Noticeboard Suits a Busy Open-Plan Space
- Soaks up the background noise: Its sound-absorbing panels take the edge off the chatter, ringing phones and footsteps that carry across an open floor, so the people working on either side of the divider can hear themselves think and stay focused on the task in front of them rather than the din of the whole room.
- Folds flat when the room changes: The five panels concertina together, so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that slides behind a door or into a store cupboard, then comes back out and opens up again whenever the layout needs to change for a new session, a new team or a different job.
- Rolls into place, then stays put: Castors under the frame let one person wheel it across the floor and into position, and a lock on each castor holds it firmly still once it is where you want it, so it does not creep or drift out of position even on a smooth carpet with people brushing past it all day.
- A pinboard as well as a screen: The covered surface takes push pins straight in, so each panel works as a noticeboard for signage, zone labels, posters or team updates rather than standing there as a plain blank divider, which lets one board screen the space and share information at the same time.
- A finish that keeps its head down: Neutral grey blends into an office, a library or a clinic without clashing with the decor or shouting for attention, so the eye goes to the space and the people in it rather than to the divider quietly doing the work of screening it.
- Exclusive to Displaysense: This partition is sold only through us, so the divider zoning your floor is not one a neighbouring office or campus can pick up from a general supplier, which keeps your setup a little more your own.
Where This Mobile Room Divider Earns Its Place
| Open-Plan Offices | Dropped between two teams, it carves a shared floor into quieter zones and keeps one group's calls from spilling across to another, while the pinnable panels carry wayfinding, team notices or a project board on the side that faces each desk. |
| Universities and Libraries | Reading rooms and study halls gain quiet, screened-off pockets for focused work, and the panels soak up enough sound to keep a shared space calm without anyone having to build permanent walls or lose the flexibility of an open study space to do it. |
| Conference and Event Venues | A large hall splits into breakout areas, registration lanes or quiet rooms in minutes and opens back up afterwards, so a single room flexes to fit very different sessions across a busy event day and packs away flat overnight. |
| Healthcare and Clinics | Waiting areas and treatment spaces get a movable screen for a little privacy, with a plain grey surface that suits a clinical setting and rolls right out of the way on its castors whenever the room is needed clear again for the next patient. |
| Training and Meeting Pods | A corner of a floor turns into a temporary training booth or meeting pod, screened on several sides and quiet enough to run a session, then folded away and wheeled off into storage once the group has finished and the space is handed back. |
| Schools and Colleges | Classrooms and halls divide into group-work areas or exam lanes, and the sturdy aluminium frame on locking castors stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy education setting day in, day out through the school year. |
Need a Different Size of Partition?
The same grey partition comes as a 3-panel unit for smaller rooms and a 7-panel unit for wider spans, and there are blue and red finishes in this size too. Our team can help you work out how much screening a space needs.
Call us on 01279460460 or tell us about your space and we will point you to the right fit.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Description
Sound-absorbing panels work by soaking up noise instead of bouncing it back. An open-plan floor is loud because hard walls, glass, ceilings and desks reflect every voice and ringing phone straight back around the room, and this partition breaks that up: its soft covered surface takes in a share of the sound that hits it rather than echoing it onward. Stood between two areas, it lowers the general hum enough for people to focus, without the cost, the mess or the permanence of building an actual wall, and without losing the option to open the space back up later.
Five panels hinged together let the divider bend into whatever shape a space asks for. You can run it dead straight as a long screen, curve it round a cluster of desks, or angle it into bays and corners, and the hinges hold each shape steady once it is set rather than sagging back towards flat. When the room needs to change, those same hinges let the panels concertina flat, and the castors underneath mean one person can roll the whole thing away and lock it firmly still wherever it comes to rest, with no lifting or carrying involved.
Each panel is a working noticeboard, not just a blank screen. Push pins go straight into that covered surface, so a divider that is zoning a floor can also carry signage, posters, zone labels, safety notices or team updates on the face that looks into the room. Grey is a deliberate choice here, picked to sit quietly in a professional interior rather than compete with it, which is why the same board settles into offices, campuses, libraries and clinics without ever looking out of place or dating the room it stands in.
Only Displaysense sells the NB2985G, so it is exclusive to us: this exact divider is not one you will find in a general catalogue of office screens, which keeps a zoned floor a little more distinctive and makes a matching unit easy to reorder later. It turns up fully built as well, with no assembly to work through and no loose parts to fit, so it comes off the delivery ready to wheel straight into place, lock still on its castors and put to use on the same day it lands, which suits a facilities team reacting to a change at short notice.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partitioning noticeboard, fully assembled on lockable castors
Planning How to Zone a Whole Floor?
If you are screening several areas or kitting out a run of rooms, we can help you work out how many panels each space needs and which sizes and colours fit together best across the floor.
Call us on 01279460460 or send over your floor plan and we will help you map it out.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Specifications
Full specifications for the NB2985G, a grey sound-absorbing mobile five-panel partitioning noticeboard. It is an exclusive Displaysense divider for indoor use, with a pinnable acoustic surface, five folding panels and lockable castors, supplied fully assembled. It is also made as a smaller three-panel unit and a wider seven-panel unit, and in blue and red.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Colour and Finish | Grey | A neutral tone that blends into an office, a campus, a library or a clinic, sitting quietly against the decor without clashing with it or dating the whole room around it. |
| Panels | Five, hinged and folding | Enough width to screen a good-sized area in one run, with hinges that let it fold flat for storage or bend into curves, bays and corners as the space needs. |
| Dimensions | 3000mm (W) x 1940mm (H) | Tall enough to screen above standing eye level for real privacy, and wide enough to divide a sizeable stretch of an open floor in a single run. |
| Weight | 40kg | Steady on the floor once the castors lock, yet mobile enough that a single person can still roll it across the room to where it is needed. |
| Frame | Aluminium | A light but sturdy frame that stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy space day after day without working loose over time. |
| Surface | Sound-absorbing, pinnable | Soaks up a share of the noise that hits it and takes push pins as well, so a single board screens a view, quietens an area and displays your notices all at once. |
| Mobility | Lockable castors | Wheels for easy one-person moves, with a lock on each castor to hold the divider firmly still and level once it is set in position. |
| Configuration | Straight, curved or angled | Set it as a straight screen, a curve around a group of desks or an angled bay to suit the exact shape of the space and how people move through it. |
| Assembly | Arrives fully assembled | No building work and no loose parts to fit on arrival: just wheel the divider into place, lock the castors down and start using it the same day it is delivered. |
| Recommended Use | Indoor | Made for indoor settings such as offices, libraries, clinics, school halls and conference venues, and kept away from the weather. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Sold only through Displaysense, so the divider stays particular to your own floor plan and is simple to match or extend later on. |
| Also Available In | 3-panel (NB2983G), 7-panel (NB2987G) | A smaller three-panel unit or a wider seven-panel unit, plus blue and red in this size. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
10 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- This item requires additional processing time before dispatch
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Common Questions About the NB2985G Grey Acoustic Partition
Q: What is the best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office?
A: The best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office is the NB2985G, a grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partition that folds flat, rolls on lockable castors and doubles as a pinboard. It screens a shared floor into quieter zones and soaks up background noise, and it is exclusive to Displaysense.
Q: Does the NB2985G actually cut noise, or just block the view?
A: The NB2985G does both. Its panels have a sound-absorbing surface that soaks up a share of the noise hitting it rather than reflecting it back, so it lowers the general hum on an open floor as well as screening the view. It will not soundproof a room like a solid wall, but it takes the edge off the background noise.
Q: Can I pin notices and signage to the NB2985G?
A: Yes. The NB2985G surface takes standard push pins, so each panel works as a noticeboard as well as a divider. You can pin up zone labels, wayfinding, posters or team updates on the face that looks into a given area, which makes the partition earn its place twice over.
Q: How does the NB2985G move and store away?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors, so one person can wheel it into position, and each castor locks to hold it still. When it is not needed, the five panels fold flat against each other so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that tucks behind a door or into a cupboard between uses.
Q: Does the NB2985G need assembling when it arrives?
A: No. The NB2985G arrives fully assembled, with no building work and no loose parts to fit. It comes off the delivery ready to wheel into place, lock on its castors and put to use the same day, which suits a facilities team that needs to react to a layout change quickly.
Q: What shapes can the NB2985G be set into?
A: The NB2985G has five hinged panels, so you can run it straight as a screen, curve it around a group of desks, or angle it into bays and corners. The hinges hold each shape steady once set, which lets one divider suit very different layouts rather than only working in a straight line.
Q: Is the grey NB2985G right for a corporate or client-facing setting?
A: Yes. The grey finish on the NB2985G is deliberately neutral, chosen to sit quietly in offices, meeting areas and reception spaces without clashing with the decor or looking out of place in front of clients. It reads as tidy and professional rather than drawing attention to itself.
Q: How does the 5-panel NB2985G compare to the 7-panel NB2987G?
A: The NB2985G has five panels and screens a mid-sized area, while the NB2987G has seven panels and spans a wider stretch of floor. Both are grey, fold flat and roll on lockable castors. Choose the NB2985G for a normal office bay or study zone, and the NB2987G when you need to divide a larger hall.
Q: Can one person move the NB2985G on carpet?
A: Yes. The NB2985G is light enough for one person to wheel on its castors, and it rolls on carpet as well as hard floors. Once it is in position, the castor locks hold it firmly still so it does not creep or drift underfoot, even on a soft carpeted surface in a busy room.
Q: Can the NB2985G be used outdoors?
A: No. The NB2985G is made for indoor use. The sound-absorbing surface, the aluminium frame and the castors are not built to cope with rain, wind or damp, so it should stay inside offices, halls, libraries and similar indoor settings rather than being used out in the open.
Q: Is the NB2985G exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. Displaysense is the only place to buy the NB2985G, so it will not turn up in a rival office fit-out ordered through a general supplier. That keeps your zoning particular to your floor, and makes it easy to come back for a matching partition, or one of the other sizes or colours, as the space grows.
Q: Will the NB2985G scratch or mark a floor when it moves?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors designed to move smoothly across office floors and carpet, which spreads the weight rather than dragging it. As with any wheeled unit, keeping the castors clear of grit helps protect a delicate floor, and the locks stop it shifting once it is parked in place.
Knowledge Hub
Zoning and Quietening Shared Spaces
Dividing an open floor well is about more than dropping a screen in place: it takes some thought about where the noise travels, how people move around and what each separate area is really for. These guides from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover planning flexible, quieter and better-organised spaces that still work for the people using them every day.
Grey Sound Absorbing Mobile 5 Panel Partitioning Noticeboard - 3000 x 1940mm
| Quantity | Discount | Save |
|---|---|---|
| 5 - 9 | 3% off | £32.97 |
| 10 + | 5% off | £54.95 |
Overview
Description
Specifications
Delivery & Returns
FAQs
Knowledge Hub
A Grey Acoustic Partition That Divides Space and Softens the Noise
The NB2985G is a grey five-panel partition that splits a big open room into smaller working areas and takes the edge off the noise at the same time. Its sound-absorbing surface soaks up the background chatter that bounces around an open-plan floor, so the people either side can concentrate, while the plain grey finish sits quietly against almost any office, campus or clinic interior without drawing the eye away from the work going on around it. The five hinged panels set straight, curved or angled to suit the room, it rolls where you need it on lockable castors, folds flat to store between uses and doubles as a pinboard for notices or signage, and it is exclusive to Displaysense. Best suited to open-plan offices, universities and conference venues where a space has to change shape through the day and stay calm enough to work in.
Why a Folding Partition Noticeboard Suits a Busy Open-Plan Space
- Soaks up the background noise: Its sound-absorbing panels take the edge off the chatter, ringing phones and footsteps that carry across an open floor, so the people working on either side of the divider can hear themselves think and stay focused on the task in front of them rather than the din of the whole room.
- Folds flat when the room changes: The five panels concertina together, so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that slides behind a door or into a store cupboard, then comes back out and opens up again whenever the layout needs to change for a new session, a new team or a different job.
- Rolls into place, then stays put: Castors under the frame let one person wheel it across the floor and into position, and a lock on each castor holds it firmly still once it is where you want it, so it does not creep or drift out of position even on a smooth carpet with people brushing past it all day.
- A pinboard as well as a screen: The covered surface takes push pins straight in, so each panel works as a noticeboard for signage, zone labels, posters or team updates rather than standing there as a plain blank divider, which lets one board screen the space and share information at the same time.
- A finish that keeps its head down: Neutral grey blends into an office, a library or a clinic without clashing with the decor or shouting for attention, so the eye goes to the space and the people in it rather than to the divider quietly doing the work of screening it.
- Exclusive to Displaysense: This partition is sold only through us, so the divider zoning your floor is not one a neighbouring office or campus can pick up from a general supplier, which keeps your setup a little more your own.
Where This Mobile Room Divider Earns Its Place
| Open-Plan Offices | Dropped between two teams, it carves a shared floor into quieter zones and keeps one group's calls from spilling across to another, while the pinnable panels carry wayfinding, team notices or a project board on the side that faces each desk. |
| Universities and Libraries | Reading rooms and study halls gain quiet, screened-off pockets for focused work, and the panels soak up enough sound to keep a shared space calm without anyone having to build permanent walls or lose the flexibility of an open study space to do it. |
| Conference and Event Venues | A large hall splits into breakout areas, registration lanes or quiet rooms in minutes and opens back up afterwards, so a single room flexes to fit very different sessions across a busy event day and packs away flat overnight. |
| Healthcare and Clinics | Waiting areas and treatment spaces get a movable screen for a little privacy, with a plain grey surface that suits a clinical setting and rolls right out of the way on its castors whenever the room is needed clear again for the next patient. |
| Training and Meeting Pods | A corner of a floor turns into a temporary training booth or meeting pod, screened on several sides and quiet enough to run a session, then folded away and wheeled off into storage once the group has finished and the space is handed back. |
| Schools and Colleges | Classrooms and halls divide into group-work areas or exam lanes, and the sturdy aluminium frame on locking castors stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy education setting day in, day out through the school year. |
Need a Different Size of Partition?
The same grey partition comes as a 3-panel unit for smaller rooms and a 7-panel unit for wider spans, and there are blue and red finishes in this size too. Our team can help you work out how much screening a space needs.
Call us on 01279460460 or tell us about your space and we will point you to the right fit.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Sound-absorbing panels work by soaking up noise instead of bouncing it back. An open-plan floor is loud because hard walls, glass, ceilings and desks reflect every voice and ringing phone straight back around the room, and this partition breaks that up: its soft covered surface takes in a share of the sound that hits it rather than echoing it onward. Stood between two areas, it lowers the general hum enough for people to focus, without the cost, the mess or the permanence of building an actual wall, and without losing the option to open the space back up later.
Five panels hinged together let the divider bend into whatever shape a space asks for. You can run it dead straight as a long screen, curve it round a cluster of desks, or angle it into bays and corners, and the hinges hold each shape steady once it is set rather than sagging back towards flat. When the room needs to change, those same hinges let the panels concertina flat, and the castors underneath mean one person can roll the whole thing away and lock it firmly still wherever it comes to rest, with no lifting or carrying involved.
Each panel is a working noticeboard, not just a blank screen. Push pins go straight into that covered surface, so a divider that is zoning a floor can also carry signage, posters, zone labels, safety notices or team updates on the face that looks into the room. Grey is a deliberate choice here, picked to sit quietly in a professional interior rather than compete with it, which is why the same board settles into offices, campuses, libraries and clinics without ever looking out of place or dating the room it stands in.
Only Displaysense sells the NB2985G, so it is exclusive to us: this exact divider is not one you will find in a general catalogue of office screens, which keeps a zoned floor a little more distinctive and makes a matching unit easy to reorder later. It turns up fully built as well, with no assembly to work through and no loose parts to fit, so it comes off the delivery ready to wheel straight into place, lock still on its castors and put to use on the same day it lands, which suits a facilities team reacting to a change at short notice.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partitioning noticeboard, fully assembled on lockable castors
Planning How to Zone a Whole Floor?
If you are screening several areas or kitting out a run of rooms, we can help you work out how many panels each space needs and which sizes and colours fit together best across the floor.
Call us on 01279460460 or send over your floor plan and we will help you map it out.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Full specifications for the NB2985G, a grey sound-absorbing mobile five-panel partitioning noticeboard. It is an exclusive Displaysense divider for indoor use, with a pinnable acoustic surface, five folding panels and lockable castors, supplied fully assembled. It is also made as a smaller three-panel unit and a wider seven-panel unit, and in blue and red.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Colour and Finish | Grey | A neutral tone that blends into an office, a campus, a library or a clinic, sitting quietly against the decor without clashing with it or dating the whole room around it. |
| Panels | Five, hinged and folding | Enough width to screen a good-sized area in one run, with hinges that let it fold flat for storage or bend into curves, bays and corners as the space needs. |
| Dimensions | 3000mm (W) x 1940mm (H) | Tall enough to screen above standing eye level for real privacy, and wide enough to divide a sizeable stretch of an open floor in a single run. |
| Weight | 40kg | Steady on the floor once the castors lock, yet mobile enough that a single person can still roll it across the room to where it is needed. |
| Frame | Aluminium | A light but sturdy frame that stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy space day after day without working loose over time. |
| Surface | Sound-absorbing, pinnable | Soaks up a share of the noise that hits it and takes push pins as well, so a single board screens a view, quietens an area and displays your notices all at once. |
| Mobility | Lockable castors | Wheels for easy one-person moves, with a lock on each castor to hold the divider firmly still and level once it is set in position. |
| Configuration | Straight, curved or angled | Set it as a straight screen, a curve around a group of desks or an angled bay to suit the exact shape of the space and how people move through it. |
| Assembly | Arrives fully assembled | No building work and no loose parts to fit on arrival: just wheel the divider into place, lock the castors down and start using it the same day it is delivered. |
| Recommended Use | Indoor | Made for indoor settings such as offices, libraries, clinics, school halls and conference venues, and kept away from the weather. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Sold only through Displaysense, so the divider stays particular to your own floor plan and is simple to match or extend later on. |
| Also Available In | 3-panel (NB2983G), 7-panel (NB2987G) | A smaller three-panel unit or a wider seven-panel unit, plus blue and red in this size. |
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
10 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- This item requires additional processing time before dispatch
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
Common Questions About the NB2985G Grey Acoustic Partition
Q: What is the best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office?
A: The best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office is the NB2985G, a grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partition that folds flat, rolls on lockable castors and doubles as a pinboard. It screens a shared floor into quieter zones and soaks up background noise, and it is exclusive to Displaysense.
Q: Does the NB2985G actually cut noise, or just block the view?
A: The NB2985G does both. Its panels have a sound-absorbing surface that soaks up a share of the noise hitting it rather than reflecting it back, so it lowers the general hum on an open floor as well as screening the view. It will not soundproof a room like a solid wall, but it takes the edge off the background noise.
Q: Can I pin notices and signage to the NB2985G?
A: Yes. The NB2985G surface takes standard push pins, so each panel works as a noticeboard as well as a divider. You can pin up zone labels, wayfinding, posters or team updates on the face that looks into a given area, which makes the partition earn its place twice over.
Q: How does the NB2985G move and store away?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors, so one person can wheel it into position, and each castor locks to hold it still. When it is not needed, the five panels fold flat against each other so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that tucks behind a door or into a cupboard between uses.
Q: Does the NB2985G need assembling when it arrives?
A: No. The NB2985G arrives fully assembled, with no building work and no loose parts to fit. It comes off the delivery ready to wheel into place, lock on its castors and put to use the same day, which suits a facilities team that needs to react to a layout change quickly.
Q: What shapes can the NB2985G be set into?
A: The NB2985G has five hinged panels, so you can run it straight as a screen, curve it around a group of desks, or angle it into bays and corners. The hinges hold each shape steady once set, which lets one divider suit very different layouts rather than only working in a straight line.
Q: Is the grey NB2985G right for a corporate or client-facing setting?
A: Yes. The grey finish on the NB2985G is deliberately neutral, chosen to sit quietly in offices, meeting areas and reception spaces without clashing with the decor or looking out of place in front of clients. It reads as tidy and professional rather than drawing attention to itself.
Q: How does the 5-panel NB2985G compare to the 7-panel NB2987G?
A: The NB2985G has five panels and screens a mid-sized area, while the NB2987G has seven panels and spans a wider stretch of floor. Both are grey, fold flat and roll on lockable castors. Choose the NB2985G for a normal office bay or study zone, and the NB2987G when you need to divide a larger hall.
Q: Can one person move the NB2985G on carpet?
A: Yes. The NB2985G is light enough for one person to wheel on its castors, and it rolls on carpet as well as hard floors. Once it is in position, the castor locks hold it firmly still so it does not creep or drift underfoot, even on a soft carpeted surface in a busy room.
Q: Can the NB2985G be used outdoors?
A: No. The NB2985G is made for indoor use. The sound-absorbing surface, the aluminium frame and the castors are not built to cope with rain, wind or damp, so it should stay inside offices, halls, libraries and similar indoor settings rather than being used out in the open.
Q: Is the NB2985G exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. Displaysense is the only place to buy the NB2985G, so it will not turn up in a rival office fit-out ordered through a general supplier. That keeps your zoning particular to your floor, and makes it easy to come back for a matching partition, or one of the other sizes or colours, as the space grows.
Q: Will the NB2985G scratch or mark a floor when it moves?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors designed to move smoothly across office floors and carpet, which spreads the weight rather than dragging it. As with any wheeled unit, keeping the castors clear of grit helps protect a delicate floor, and the locks stop it shifting once it is parked in place.
Zoning and Quietening Shared Spaces
Dividing an open floor well is about more than dropping a screen in place: it takes some thought about where the noise travels, how people move around and what each separate area is really for. These guides from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover planning flexible, quieter and better-organised spaces that still work for the people using them every day.
Overview
A Grey Acoustic Partition That Divides Space and Softens the Noise
The NB2985G is a grey five-panel partition that splits a big open room into smaller working areas and takes the edge off the noise at the same time. Its sound-absorbing surface soaks up the background chatter that bounces around an open-plan floor, so the people either side can concentrate, while the plain grey finish sits quietly against almost any office, campus or clinic interior without drawing the eye away from the work going on around it. The five hinged panels set straight, curved or angled to suit the room, it rolls where you need it on lockable castors, folds flat to store between uses and doubles as a pinboard for notices or signage, and it is exclusive to Displaysense. Best suited to open-plan offices, universities and conference venues where a space has to change shape through the day and stay calm enough to work in.
Why a Folding Partition Noticeboard Suits a Busy Open-Plan Space
- Soaks up the background noise: Its sound-absorbing panels take the edge off the chatter, ringing phones and footsteps that carry across an open floor, so the people working on either side of the divider can hear themselves think and stay focused on the task in front of them rather than the din of the whole room.
- Folds flat when the room changes: The five panels concertina together, so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that slides behind a door or into a store cupboard, then comes back out and opens up again whenever the layout needs to change for a new session, a new team or a different job.
- Rolls into place, then stays put: Castors under the frame let one person wheel it across the floor and into position, and a lock on each castor holds it firmly still once it is where you want it, so it does not creep or drift out of position even on a smooth carpet with people brushing past it all day.
- A pinboard as well as a screen: The covered surface takes push pins straight in, so each panel works as a noticeboard for signage, zone labels, posters or team updates rather than standing there as a plain blank divider, which lets one board screen the space and share information at the same time.
- A finish that keeps its head down: Neutral grey blends into an office, a library or a clinic without clashing with the decor or shouting for attention, so the eye goes to the space and the people in it rather than to the divider quietly doing the work of screening it.
- Exclusive to Displaysense: This partition is sold only through us, so the divider zoning your floor is not one a neighbouring office or campus can pick up from a general supplier, which keeps your setup a little more your own.
Where This Mobile Room Divider Earns Its Place
| Open-Plan Offices | Dropped between two teams, it carves a shared floor into quieter zones and keeps one group's calls from spilling across to another, while the pinnable panels carry wayfinding, team notices or a project board on the side that faces each desk. |
| Universities and Libraries | Reading rooms and study halls gain quiet, screened-off pockets for focused work, and the panels soak up enough sound to keep a shared space calm without anyone having to build permanent walls or lose the flexibility of an open study space to do it. |
| Conference and Event Venues | A large hall splits into breakout areas, registration lanes or quiet rooms in minutes and opens back up afterwards, so a single room flexes to fit very different sessions across a busy event day and packs away flat overnight. |
| Healthcare and Clinics | Waiting areas and treatment spaces get a movable screen for a little privacy, with a plain grey surface that suits a clinical setting and rolls right out of the way on its castors whenever the room is needed clear again for the next patient. |
| Training and Meeting Pods | A corner of a floor turns into a temporary training booth or meeting pod, screened on several sides and quiet enough to run a session, then folded away and wheeled off into storage once the group has finished and the space is handed back. |
| Schools and Colleges | Classrooms and halls divide into group-work areas or exam lanes, and the sturdy aluminium frame on locking castors stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy education setting day in, day out through the school year. |
Need a Different Size of Partition?
The same grey partition comes as a 3-panel unit for smaller rooms and a 7-panel unit for wider spans, and there are blue and red finishes in this size too. Our team can help you work out how much screening a space needs.
Call us on 01279460460 or tell us about your space and we will point you to the right fit.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Description
Sound-absorbing panels work by soaking up noise instead of bouncing it back. An open-plan floor is loud because hard walls, glass, ceilings and desks reflect every voice and ringing phone straight back around the room, and this partition breaks that up: its soft covered surface takes in a share of the sound that hits it rather than echoing it onward. Stood between two areas, it lowers the general hum enough for people to focus, without the cost, the mess or the permanence of building an actual wall, and without losing the option to open the space back up later.
Five panels hinged together let the divider bend into whatever shape a space asks for. You can run it dead straight as a long screen, curve it round a cluster of desks, or angle it into bays and corners, and the hinges hold each shape steady once it is set rather than sagging back towards flat. When the room needs to change, those same hinges let the panels concertina flat, and the castors underneath mean one person can roll the whole thing away and lock it firmly still wherever it comes to rest, with no lifting or carrying involved.
Each panel is a working noticeboard, not just a blank screen. Push pins go straight into that covered surface, so a divider that is zoning a floor can also carry signage, posters, zone labels, safety notices or team updates on the face that looks into the room. Grey is a deliberate choice here, picked to sit quietly in a professional interior rather than compete with it, which is why the same board settles into offices, campuses, libraries and clinics without ever looking out of place or dating the room it stands in.
Only Displaysense sells the NB2985G, so it is exclusive to us: this exact divider is not one you will find in a general catalogue of office screens, which keeps a zoned floor a little more distinctive and makes a matching unit easy to reorder later. It turns up fully built as well, with no assembly to work through and no loose parts to fit, so it comes off the delivery ready to wheel straight into place, lock still on its castors and put to use on the same day it lands, which suits a facilities team reacting to a change at short notice.
What Ships in Your Pack
- 1 x grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partitioning noticeboard, fully assembled on lockable castors
Planning How to Zone a Whole Floor?
If you are screening several areas or kitting out a run of rooms, we can help you work out how many panels each space needs and which sizes and colours fit together best across the floor.
Call us on 01279460460 or send over your floor plan and we will help you map it out.
The Displaysense NB2985G is a grey sound-absorbing mobile 5-panel partitioning noticeboard. It measures 3000mm wide x 1940mm high and weighs 40kg. The frame is aluminium and the five hinged panels have a grey sound-absorbing surface that also takes push pins. The panels fold flat for storage and set into straight, curved or angled shapes. It rolls on lockable castors, is light enough for one person to move and arrives fully assembled. It is for indoor use. It is exclusive to Displaysense. It suits open-plan offices, universities, libraries, conference and event venues, healthcare settings, training rooms and schools for zoning space, creating quiet areas and reducing noise. Also available as a 3-panel partition (NB2983G) and a 7-panel partition (NB2987G), and in blue and red. Displaysense, UK display product specialists since 1978. Free UK mainland delivery.
Specifications
Full specifications for the NB2985G, a grey sound-absorbing mobile five-panel partitioning noticeboard. It is an exclusive Displaysense divider for indoor use, with a pinnable acoustic surface, five folding panels and lockable castors, supplied fully assembled. It is also made as a smaller three-panel unit and a wider seven-panel unit, and in blue and red.
| Specification | Detail | What This Means for You |
|---|---|---|
| Colour and Finish | Grey | A neutral tone that blends into an office, a campus, a library or a clinic, sitting quietly against the decor without clashing with it or dating the whole room around it. |
| Panels | Five, hinged and folding | Enough width to screen a good-sized area in one run, with hinges that let it fold flat for storage or bend into curves, bays and corners as the space needs. |
| Dimensions | 3000mm (W) x 1940mm (H) | Tall enough to screen above standing eye level for real privacy, and wide enough to divide a sizeable stretch of an open floor in a single run. |
| Weight | 40kg | Steady on the floor once the castors lock, yet mobile enough that a single person can still roll it across the room to where it is needed. |
| Frame | Aluminium | A light but sturdy frame that stands up to being wheeled around and reset in a busy space day after day without working loose over time. |
| Surface | Sound-absorbing, pinnable | Soaks up a share of the noise that hits it and takes push pins as well, so a single board screens a view, quietens an area and displays your notices all at once. |
| Mobility | Lockable castors | Wheels for easy one-person moves, with a lock on each castor to hold the divider firmly still and level once it is set in position. |
| Configuration | Straight, curved or angled | Set it as a straight screen, a curve around a group of desks or an angled bay to suit the exact shape of the space and how people move through it. |
| Assembly | Arrives fully assembled | No building work and no loose parts to fit on arrival: just wheel the divider into place, lock the castors down and start using it the same day it is delivered. |
| Recommended Use | Indoor | Made for indoor settings such as offices, libraries, clinics, school halls and conference venues, and kept away from the weather. |
| Exclusivity | Exclusive to Displaysense | Sold only through Displaysense, so the divider stays particular to your own floor plan and is simple to match or extend later on. |
| Also Available In | 3-panel (NB2983G), 7-panel (NB2987G) | A smaller three-panel unit or a wider seven-panel unit, plus blue and red in this size. |
Delivery & Returns
Free delivery on every order, no minimum spend
UK Mainland standard delivery included on everything we sell.
Standard
Free
Always included, no minimum order
Express
£9.95
Express options shown at checkout where available
Lead time
10 days
Working days, UK Mainland
Returns
28 days
Original condition and packaging
Good to know
- This item requires additional processing time before dispatch
- Tracking email sent on dispatch
- Ground-floor, accessible delivery point
Returns must be unused and in original packaging. Full delivery information · Returns policy
FAQs
Common Questions About the NB2985G Grey Acoustic Partition
Q: What is the best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office?
A: The best acoustic partition for dividing a noisy open-plan office is the NB2985G, a grey five-panel sound-absorbing mobile partition that folds flat, rolls on lockable castors and doubles as a pinboard. It screens a shared floor into quieter zones and soaks up background noise, and it is exclusive to Displaysense.
Q: Does the NB2985G actually cut noise, or just block the view?
A: The NB2985G does both. Its panels have a sound-absorbing surface that soaks up a share of the noise hitting it rather than reflecting it back, so it lowers the general hum on an open floor as well as screening the view. It will not soundproof a room like a solid wall, but it takes the edge off the background noise.
Q: Can I pin notices and signage to the NB2985G?
A: Yes. The NB2985G surface takes standard push pins, so each panel works as a noticeboard as well as a divider. You can pin up zone labels, wayfinding, posters or team updates on the face that looks into a given area, which makes the partition earn its place twice over.
Q: How does the NB2985G move and store away?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors, so one person can wheel it into position, and each castor locks to hold it still. When it is not needed, the five panels fold flat against each other so the whole divider packs down into a slim shape that tucks behind a door or into a cupboard between uses.
Q: Does the NB2985G need assembling when it arrives?
A: No. The NB2985G arrives fully assembled, with no building work and no loose parts to fit. It comes off the delivery ready to wheel into place, lock on its castors and put to use the same day, which suits a facilities team that needs to react to a layout change quickly.
Q: What shapes can the NB2985G be set into?
A: The NB2985G has five hinged panels, so you can run it straight as a screen, curve it around a group of desks, or angle it into bays and corners. The hinges hold each shape steady once set, which lets one divider suit very different layouts rather than only working in a straight line.
Q: Is the grey NB2985G right for a corporate or client-facing setting?
A: Yes. The grey finish on the NB2985G is deliberately neutral, chosen to sit quietly in offices, meeting areas and reception spaces without clashing with the decor or looking out of place in front of clients. It reads as tidy and professional rather than drawing attention to itself.
Q: How does the 5-panel NB2985G compare to the 7-panel NB2987G?
A: The NB2985G has five panels and screens a mid-sized area, while the NB2987G has seven panels and spans a wider stretch of floor. Both are grey, fold flat and roll on lockable castors. Choose the NB2985G for a normal office bay or study zone, and the NB2987G when you need to divide a larger hall.
Q: Can one person move the NB2985G on carpet?
A: Yes. The NB2985G is light enough for one person to wheel on its castors, and it rolls on carpet as well as hard floors. Once it is in position, the castor locks hold it firmly still so it does not creep or drift underfoot, even on a soft carpeted surface in a busy room.
Q: Can the NB2985G be used outdoors?
A: No. The NB2985G is made for indoor use. The sound-absorbing surface, the aluminium frame and the castors are not built to cope with rain, wind or damp, so it should stay inside offices, halls, libraries and similar indoor settings rather than being used out in the open.
Q: Is the NB2985G exclusive to Displaysense?
A: Yes. Displaysense is the only place to buy the NB2985G, so it will not turn up in a rival office fit-out ordered through a general supplier. That keeps your zoning particular to your floor, and makes it easy to come back for a matching partition, or one of the other sizes or colours, as the space grows.
Q: Will the NB2985G scratch or mark a floor when it moves?
A: The NB2985G rolls on castors designed to move smoothly across office floors and carpet, which spreads the weight rather than dragging it. As with any wheeled unit, keeping the castors clear of grit helps protect a delicate floor, and the locks stop it shifting once it is parked in place.
Knowledge Hub
Zoning and Quietening Shared Spaces
Dividing an open floor well is about more than dropping a screen in place: it takes some thought about where the noise travels, how people move around and what each separate area is really for. These guides from the Displaysense knowledge hub cover planning flexible, quieter and better-organised spaces that still work for the people using them every day.
