Extremely Low Power Instruments: Appliances for the Internet of Things
With the Internet of Things (IoT) becoming a reality, household appliances are well positioned to provide consumers control of their costs and time, and producers with new revenue and service models.
View ArticleThe New Face of Gas Cooking
Ever since our ancestors first climbed down out of the trees, they promptly turned around and set them ablaze to cook the evening’s catch; humankind has had a unique and symbiotic relationship with...
View ArticleAppliance Foams: Overcoming the Next Blowing Agent Challenge through...
The appliance industry is rapidly facing another environmentally mandated change in polyurethane blowing agents (BA).
View ArticlePlastics Make it Possible
Everyone knows that plastics are an integral part of daily life. However, most people probably don’t appreciate that without these innovative, transformative materials, the world’s environmental...
View ArticleSatisfaction
Mick Jagger sings that he “can’t get no satisfaction.” Double negatives aside, perhaps Mick should have worked in the appliance industry.
View ArticleLeveraging Trends for New Concept Inspiration
As an industrial designer, my first inclination is to go right to the seemingly cool stuff. I’m referring to those times when an inspiring new technology is introduced and designers quickly...
View ArticleEngineering Survey Shows Job Satisfaction, Embrace of New Technology
BNP Media’s Market Research Division, in conjunction with appliance DESIGN, has released its Inaugural Design Engineering study to provide detailed information on professionals involved in design...
View ArticleDeveloping a Motor Management Plan Can Save Time, Money and Energy
Electric motors are relied on by schools, offices, and commercial complexes, industrial facilities, and both military and government buildings—essentially everywhere we live and work.
View ArticleAn Appliance Noise Tutorial
After a long and arduous design process, it can be frustrating to learn that a product has a “noise problem.”
View ArticleExtrusion
Extrusion occurs in a variety of forms, from the low-tech squeeze of a toothpaste tube and the making of foods such as long-stranded pasta, to aluminum window frames and the continuous lengths of...
View ArticleNegative Reinforcement
I have to admit that it sometimes appears to me that we live in a very negative society. More often than not, we, as human beings, receive more negative reinforcement than positive reinforcement.
View ArticleSlotless vs. Slotted Brushless DC Motor Design
Due to their mechanical commutation, brushed dc motors have a limited operational lifetime and are confined to low operating speeds typically less than 12K rpm.
View ArticleGE Appliances to Expand Cooking Products Production Facility
The Roper Corporation facility has been a part of the Northwest Georgia community since 1973.
View ArticleThermally Conductive Molding Compounds: Providing Design Flexibility and...
Appliance designers have utilized metals in their designs for generations. By utilizing metals, appliances have inherently achieved both EMI protection and thermal management.
View ArticleVinyl Clad Metal: The new pre-paint?
Vinyl Clad Metal (VCM) is one of the best kept secrets in the appliance industry. Why? VCM is only produced by a few manufacturers domestically and a handful overseas.
View ArticleAHRI Reaches Settlement on Walk-in Coolers and Freezers Energy Efficiency Rule
The HVACR and water heating industry has been affected in recent years by a dramatic increase in regulations affecting its products.
View ArticleCreative Destruction
Creative destruction is a concept that, simply stated, means you must destroy in order to create. It is a major tenet of capitalism and the foundation of persistent, long-term economic growth.
View ArticleEfficient, Compact EC Motors for High Performance Fans and Blowers: The...
Society is facing considerable challenges in light of global warming and rapid world population growth.
View ArticleImproving Gas Oven Ignition
Gas oven ignition systems used in residential cooking appliances have remained essentially unchanged over the last three decades, until now.
View ArticleTrends in the Design and Manufacture of Round-Tube Plate-Fin Coils from...
Aggressive environmental legislation has motivated the design of ACR appliances that use low- or ultra-low GWP refrigerants and yet deliver high system efficiency.
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