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Bioplastics: An Increasingly Durable & Sustainable Solution

The first man-made plastic—created in 1862 as a substitute for the ivory used to make billiard balls—was a bioplastic. Over the last 156 years, the plastics industry has continued to …

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2018 State of the Engineering Profession: A Highly Satisfied Field

Michelle Bangert

If you’re curious about others in the industry, we’re here to help. Our survey asks the questions about salary, job satisfaction, and job constraints that you’d like to know but …

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Innovation in Refrigerator Manufacturing

Steve Aprahamian Mike Super

As the appliance industry becomes increasingly competitive, refrigerator and freezer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are challenged with changing energy standards, as well as the need to maximize quality and efficiency …

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Integrating Flammable Refrigerants Under Environmental Protection Requirements

Byron Horak

As a follow-up to its Clean Air Act of 1990, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created the Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP), to identify and evaluate substitutes for ozone-depleting …

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Alternate Refrigerants: The Industry Wide Transition to Low Global Warming Potential (GWP) Solutions.

Kit Fransen

For thousands of years, scientists have researched, simulated, and theorized about our ever-evolving environment. Additionally, the humankind environmental footprint has been small for most of our time on Earth, and, …

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Threaded Metal Inserts for Plastic Assemblies

Bob Gallagher

The ever-increasing use of plastics in the manufacture of household appliances, compact consumer electronics, medical devices, and many other applications presents opportunities for designers to reduce the weight of assemblies …

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The Key Differentiators in Fiberglass Duct Insulations

Brennan Hall Kim Melton

When it comes to designing and installing HVAC systems, selecting the right insulation for your application is critical. Not only can the insulation help save energy and money, but it …

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Eternalism.

Darryl Seland

It is called Eternalism. It’s the philosophy adopted from the quantum theory that the past, present, and future all exist at the same time. In other words, the past, present, and future are not linear. One does not take place right after the other, rather they all exist equally.

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Appliance Design and Trends

Darryl Seland

Like many others, the word trend has evolved and changed in meaning over time. Some 400 years ago trend meant “to run or bend in a certain direction” and pertained to natural occurrences like rivers, coastlines and mountain ranges.

Mechanical

Upgraded Certification Directory Allows Greater Flexibility, Improved Reporting

Francis Dietz

In January, the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) launched its brand new directory of certified product performance, rebuilt to better meet the certified equipment needs of contractors, technicians, homeowners, and manufacturers.

HVAC

Putting You in Your Place

Darryl Seland

It has been said that one of the greatest attributes of humankind is the want and need to bring order to and better understand the universe and our place in it. To do this, we have qualified, quantified, and categorized just about everything around us and analyzed and ranked the relationships among just about all things.

Excellence in Design

Master Lock Electronic Built-in Locker Lock

Designed to elevate the experience for facilities and users, the Electronic Built-In Locker Lock combines a modern design with premium materials to offer improved functionality.

Excellence in Design

EVERDURE by Heston Blumenthal FURNACE Gas Barbeque

The Everdure by Heston Blumenthal FURNACE is a 3-burner barbeque featuring an integrated, flowing design finished in a range of contemporary colors.

Appliance Design

2018 August

Check out the August 2018 edition of appliance DESIGN: Protection Against Moisture and Foreign Particles, and much more!

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