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Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, Mich., announced that by 2015 all of its electronically controlled appliances will be capable of receiving and responding to signals from smart grids. The announcement was made at the EE Global Forum & Exhibition in Paris.
Bracken Darrell, president of Whirlpool Europe, and executive vice president of Whirlpool Corporation, stressed the critical importance of a collaborative effort among industry, government institutions, NGOs, utilities, and other stakeholders to drive truly meaningful energy conservation, before announcing the company's newest commitment. Read more...
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), Washington, D.C., held its annual member meeting in Washington, D.C., where industry leaders were honored for their service and leadership to the industry and the association. This year's meeting, "Organized for Opportunity," was held from April 19-21, 2009 at the Mayflower Hotel. Read more...
Based on hundreds of on-site visits and interviews, this report delves into the common mistakes companies designing and integrating LEDs have made and offers recommendations to help your company unlock the power of next-generation Computer-Aided Engineering solutions. Download this PDF Report.
The Middleby Corp., Elgin, Ill., has announced the acquisition of CookTek LLC, Chicago, Ill., manufacturer of induction cooking and warming systems for the commercial foodservice industry with approximately $10 million in annual sales. The purchase price for the acquisition was $9 million, which was financed under Middleby's senior revolving credit facility. Further payments are due to the seller under an earnout arrangement to the extent certain financial performance targets are achieved.
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Consumer demand for digital media and online content will push worldwide annual sales of connected CE to more than 100 million units by 2013, according to the new Parks Associates, Dallas, Texas, report Home Networks for Consumer Electronics.
The market for connected CE includes networked TVs, Blu-ray players, game consoles, home media servers, and set-top boxes. Through network and Internet connections, these devices can access and display home network content such as photos and music and retrieve online content such as widgets, games, and video from Hulu and YouTube.
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Hill Phoenix Inc., Conyers, Ga., a Dover company, has announced the acquisition of certain assets and intellectual property of Tyler Refrigeration, a unit of Carrier Corp. Financial terms of the transaction were not released.
Under the terms of the transaction, Hill Phoenix has purchased select equipment and other physical assets, order backlog, intellectual property and the service parts business of Tyler Refrigeration. In addition, Hill Phoenix also has purchased Tyler's five service and installation branch businesses. Read more...
The Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers (AHAM), Washington, D.C., has released the 2008 Energy Efficiency and Consumption Trends data for home appliances. This data, based on 2008 shipments of major appliances, shows the continuing pattern of decreased energy consumption. Read more...
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Home appliance maker LG Electronics (LG), Seoul, Korea, has launched its third generation linear compressor, which the company says furthers its global leadership in environmentally friendly components and products.
A home ice bar equipped 725-liter refrigerator with LG's third generation linear compressor uses just 35.9 Kwh per month. This makes it the most energy efficient refrigerator in its class, even besting the same size model with LG's second generation linear compressor by 3.6 Kwh.
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The EnOcean Alliance, Boston, Mass., a consortium of companies dedicated to the advancement of sustainable building automation, has announced that more than 100,000 buildings worldwide have been fitted with EnOcean-based battery-less and wire-free controls.
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CHICAGO-An article in the Journal of Food Science Education
explains what freezer burn is, how to prevent it and how self-defrosting freezers and individually quick frozen products contribute to the problem, says the Institute of Food Technologists, a nonprofit scientific society with members working in food science, food technology, and related professions in industry, academia, and government. Read more...
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA), Mendham, N.J., has announced the availability of its On-line Energy Efficiency Database (EEDB) as a service to the industry. The PSMA on-line energy efficiency standards database provides "one click" access to the very latest global standards and initiatives. Read more...
One of the biggest challenges in designing any kind of embedded system is determining the optimal user interface.Too often the decision is driven more by the inclination toward more "bells and whistles," and less by the actual needs of the design. As a result, the designer must try to balance the marketing desire for a flashy interface against the functional needs of the design, as well as the associated production costs.
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Flexibility is the name of the game when it comes to elastomers, both literally and figuratively, given their wide range of uses and ability to be stretched repeatedly and returned to near original shape. A decade or so ago, elastomer use was limited to some gasket and hose applications, or used for appearance, feel, and color. Today's elastomers come in composites that are more utilitarian, and their usage has exploded. Read more...
There are many reasons why successful appliance design manufacturers use Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), including lower warranty costs, more successful testing programs, improved safety and compliance. But one of the most important reasons to use FMEA during appliance design is customer satisfaction. Read
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Keeping surfaces on residential and commercial appliances free of contamination from fingerprints and dirt, as well as making them easier to clean, is an active field of research and technology development. Recent development in the hybridization of perfluoropolyether polymers modified with organofunctional silanes has created stay-clean and easy-to-clean surface properties. Read
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by Steven Block Peter Hupfield Yasuo Itami Eiji Kitaura Don Kleyer Tetsuya Masutani Yasuhiro Nakai
Stainless-steel ball-bearing slides provide a full range of slide choices for installations where exposure to moisture or high humidity is a key environmental factor. The corrosion resistance of these products offers a slide solution for drawers or pull-out shelves in foodservice applications, outdoor kitchens, wash-down areas, industrial storage, and other applications subject to dampness.
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Recoil Tangless, thread-forming inserts are designed to reduce production costs by eliminating the time required to remove the tang and retrieve it. The inserts also enable additional security by removing the possibility of foreign objects (the tang) being left behind in the final product.
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The 8200 and 8300 miniature pushbutton switches ranges now have higher current ratings that have been re-assessed for ENEC approval to 12 A 250 VAC at 105 DegC for 10,000 operations. The 8300 range is available with either illuminated or non-illuminated buttons, in single-pole or double-pole with momentary or latching switch action. Read more...
Enhanced versions of Elastollan thermoplastic polyurethanes include Elastollan LoCoF that combines increased abrasion-resistance with a low coefficient of friction and Elastollan Lo-Tac that features greater low tackiness without additives. Elastollan LoCoF is for applications that require toughness, scratch resistance, chemical resistance, low-temperature flexibility, and hydrolytic stability.
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Multifuse surface-mount, polymer positive-temperature-coefficient, resettable fuses now include a new technology that increases the performance of the fuse with the ability to handle higher currents and voltages, improves its resistance stability and allows for a smaller footprint.
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