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Welcome to appliance DESIGN E-News -- the electronic newsletter for subscribers of appliance DESIGN magazine. The newsletter is in a fast-scan format so you can quickly keep up on all the latest happenings in the design industry.
Please let us know what you think by sending your comments to Larry Adams, E-News Editor, at adamsl@bnpmedia.com.
Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst have created a synthetic polymer—a building block of plastics—that doesn’t burn, making it an attractive alternative to traditional plastics, many of which are so flammable they are sometimes referred to as “solid gasoline.” Read more ...
University of Utah physicists developed small devices that turn heat into sound and then into electricity. The technology holds promise for changing waste heat into electricity, harnessing solar energy and cooling computers and radars. Read more...
Appliance Design magazine has announced the winners of its 20th Annual Excellence in Design competition.
Entrants were evaluated by an independent panel of three experts in the field of design. The products were judged by four criteria: aesthetics, human factors, innovation, and technical merits. Read more...
ASHRAE’s new 2007 ventilation standard contains key changes impacting ventilation system designers and their designs. ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007, Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality, sets minimum ventilation rates and other requirements for commercial and institutional buildings. Read more...
The Canadian Appliance Manufacturers Association (CAMA) announced that the Canadian Appliance industry remains strong, with continued growth and robust economic performance reported in 2006. The industry is forecasting growth of 3.0% for the five core home appliance products in 2007. Read more ...
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Expanded requirements for safety relief protection are contained in ASHRAE’s new 2007 refrigeration systems safety standard.
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 15-2007, Safety Standard for Refrigeration Systems, establishes procedures for operating equipment and systems to assure the safety of building occupants and system technicians.
A significant change over the 2004 standard is expanded requirements for safety relief protection piped internally to systems. Read more ...
True, the headline sounds like the name of a too cute, upscale, boutique bakery, but some derivation of the word “create” just had to be in there. The originality found in this year’s crop of winners demanded it. Some of the products do things in an entirely new way, while others do things that simply weren’t done before. At the same time, other designers proved that there are always something new you can do to a simple box. Read more ...
By the Spring of this year, about 20 million Linux-based mobile phone handsets had been delivered to the market worldwide. This striking achievement occurred despite many experts all around constantly dismissing the idea that embedded Linux could play such a role in the market. “Linux is too big, it’s too slow and it certainly isn’t real-time, so it can’t possibly be a realistic solution,” they all said. But the fact is, through the efforts of the open source Linux community and commercial Linux suppliers such as MontaVista, Linux took the market by storm. Read more ...
Government regulations and educated consumers are forcing appliance manufacturers, HVAC/R companies, and makers of electronics to develop more efficient products that make less noise, and are more environmentally friendly. Because fans and their motors are often a root cause of power consumption and acoustic noise, these manufacturers are looking to their fan/blower and motor suppliers for answers. Read more ...
When designing their first portable air conditioning unit, the owners and designers at NorthWind Inc. focused on the needs of their customers. Precision cabinetry, unit size and performance were vitally important considerations, and noise reduction ranked as top priority. Read more ...
PRODUCTS
Kingbright LEDs
Kingbright Corp., a TS 16949, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 certified LED manufacturer has released its 2007-2008 optoelectronics catalog featuring diverse range of high brightness and power efficient LEDs. The full-color literature contains detailed product descriptions, specifications, and diagrams for its full line low profile SMD Displays, bi-color and full color LED Lamps, and high power white, blue, red, yellow, green SMD LEDs. Read more ...
Emhart Teknologies' POP NUT steel blind rivet nuts and installation systems were designed for providing threads in thin wall applications such as sheet metal, tubing or sheet plastic. The POP NUT product line includes TK Thin head, knurled body, TL Flat head knurled body, TH Flat head Hex body and ST Flat head round body rivet nuts. Read more ...
Electro-Mech’s new SW44515 backlit potentiometer switch offers both rotary and push-on/push-off functionality plus LED backlighting for maximum operation control. The compact all-in-one unit saves valuable panel space in applications where there are tight design limitations. Read more ...
Bodine Electric Co.'s new digital Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a controlled version of its INTEGRAmotor line of standard products. INTEGRAmotors combine all four elements of a typical motion control system -- a control, a brushless DC motor, a gearhead, and an optical encoder -- into one compact package. Read more ...
DESIGN DILEMMA? ASK US!
Are you stuck on a project? Looking for better ways to design or improve a process? Tap into the collective experience of appliance DESIGN's design experts -- our newsletter readers.
I have developed a concept of tear it open plastic disposable mineral water, soft drinks and liquor bottles such that once the contents are consumes, the user pulls a ring and it tears off a small portion from the bottle's body making it absolutely unusable or refillable.
The result is that the consumer is assured that the bottled water or drinks they purchase packed in such bottles are genuine and no counterfeit material or duplication. I have got the design patented and also made a small mold for a bottle.
The problem is on pulling the ring it does not tear off the body of the bottle. I understand one needs to mix some other polymers with the plastic which can build in properties of tearing it in the plastic.
Being a designer, I need to know from polymer experts what type of material can give me the desired results with PP, HDPE, and PET.
1. Resistance heating equipment used for stators bonding: Who are the suppliers?
2. Who are the motor/generator manufacturers using self-bonding wires in the world?
3. Who are the suppliers of self-bonding wires?
4. For what application are self-bonding wires currently used? And, if not, then why?
5. Details about resistance heating variables calculations ? (Any table for different wire gauges and specific amount of current (AC/DC) used for resistance heating required for self-bonding).
6. Cost comparison of the product with self-bonding CU wires vs. enameled CU Wires?
Please submit any responses to adamsl@bnpmedia.com
DESIGN DILEMMA: Aerospace structural designs
I am interested in aerospace composite material panel / structural designs.
