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Renesas Electronics Corporation

May 07, 2012
The latest member of the company’s driver IC family is the R2A20135SP. The driver is designed to optimize high-accuracy, high efficiency LED lighting systems, and features an on-chip dimming function and a 40-percent size decrease for the mounting area.
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Association Report: The 2012 Tour de-Sign

May 01, 2012
Despite its current standing in the business community, industrial design has not always been considered a core business practice. Over many years, the design community has grown its own capabilities and made a compelling case for how design practice can deliver ROI.
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Damping Strategies to Improve Appliance Acoustics

May 01, 2012
Controlling sound from appliances is best accomplished at the source, but it takes some clever adaptations, e.g. damping metal laminates pictured above, to make that happen.
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Panels Get New Juice

April 05, 2012

 From hoop skirts to electromagnetic alarms to wall-mounted keypads to user-friendly touchscreens. 


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Philips Toothbrush Wins Best of Best Design Award

April 05, 2012

 Royal Philips Electronics of The Netherlands received 18 nods from this year's red dot international product design competition, including a Best of Best award for its Sonicare DiamondClean power toothbrush. 


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Exclusive Interview with Stefano Marzano

April 02, 2012

Last January, Stefano Marzano was appointed Chief Design Officer at Electrolux, a new role leading all design-related competencies in the group. 


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Insulating with Alkaline

March 01, 2012

 Thermal insulation is widely used to improve energy efficiency and safety in cooking appliances, and designers have routinely relied on fiberglass as their material of choice 


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HVAC Considerations for Spray Foam Homes

March 01, 2012

 Design engineers for residential HVAC systems always keep a close eye on home construction mores. But these days spray foam and strict adherence to insulation codes is changing the formula for how powerful an HVAC system needs to be. 


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Powerful Choices

March 01, 2012

 Considering battery choice early on in the product development process can save time and money, and make the difference between ordinary and truly remarkable products. 


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Self-Powered Switches

March 01, 2012

 Able to find just enough power to operate a tiny wireless signal just about anywhere, energy-harvesting switches and relays could represent the next great evolution in electromechanical design. 


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DOCUMENTS AND FILES

Prototyping Process

March 08, 2012
Being able to obtain prototype parts quickly to test for component fit and function can help get your product to market faster than your competition. Adjustments in design, materials, size, shape, assembly, color, manufacturability and strength can be made following the results of your testing and analysis.

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Boost ACR Energy Efficiency with Copper MicroGroove Tubes

ON-DEMAND: Today's market is challenging manufacturers of air conditioning and refrigeration equipment to increase energy efficiency, use less materials and reduce impact on the environment. The superior heat transfer of smaller-diameter copper tubes with inner grooves is helping manufacturers meet these demands with high-performance compact coils that reduce energy requirements, transfer heat more efficiently and lower costs by using less material while using familiar manufacturing techniques.

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Introduction to Manufacturing Processes

Focusing mainly on processes, tailoring down the typical coverage of both materials and systems.  The emphasis on manufacturing science and mathematical modeling of processes is an important attribute of the new book. 

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