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Johnson Controls Hosts Women in HVAC During Two-Day Summit

Biannual event provides educational and networking opportunities.

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All About AI: New CTA White Paper Explores Cognitive Technologies

CTA released the white paper at its Technology & Standards Fall Forum in Hollywood, CA.

Case Study: Installing Variable Refrigerant Flow HVAC in a Multi-Building Housing Development

The series of three, four-story buildings that make up the new complex would typically call for traditional split HVAC systems with conde...

NAM, Manufacturers Nationwide Partner to Recruit Next Generation on Manufacturing Day

Manufacturers open their doors and minds to show students, teachers and parents the truths about modern manufacturing.

PTC, Rockwell Automation, and the Manufacturing Institute Join Forces to Inspire the Next Generation on Manufacturing Day

Industry leaders come together to increase visibility and interest in modern manufacturing through interactive augmented reality experience.

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How to Radically Impact the Mobile Experience with Haptics

Eric Gervais

Most mobile applications are developed primarily around the visual experience. In some cases, the developer may have integrated audio as well. As end users, our senses of sight and hearing …

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Appliance Design Demands Smart Material Selection

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The Internet of Things (IoT) impacts our daily lives in a myriad of ways that are now commonplace. Connectivity has become status quo as we strive for smarter, faster, better …

Materials

How Injection Molded Plastics Measure Up In Aerospace Applications

Al Timm

“Tight tolerance” is a term that can sometimes be loosely defined, but in aerospace manufacturing, precision is an important factor in aircraft performance. Critical-use parts with improperly executed tolerances can …

International Appliance Manufacturing

Adhesives or Welding for Plastic Part Assembly?

Tarick Walton

Two of the most popular methods for assembling plastic parts into finished products are adhesives and ultrasonic welding. But how can a manufacturer differentiate between these two options? What questions …

International Appliance Manufacturing

The Most Efficient Cooking Experience

Matt Reynolds

Cooking food hadn’t changed much since the beginning of time, until the invention of the stove. In the last century gas and electric cooktops became popular, but now, with modernization …

Appliances

Choosing Polymer Colorants

Alan Barcon

Color is one of the most powerful tools for differentiating products, communicating brand impact, and enhancing value—and even safety—of appliances. To make smart decisions about polymer colorants in your appliance …

Appliances

It Helps to be Smart: the 2018 IDSA Design Excellence Awards for Home Products

Lou Lenzi

The best known IDSA award program has to be the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) recognizing design excellence in product design from around the world. …

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IoT and Cloud Computing Meet Restaurant Refrigeration

John Burton

The Internet of Things (IoT) is uniquely poised to transform the restaurant refrigeration industry worldwide. The ability to connect refrigeration (and other restaurant equipment that is critical to operations) to the public cloud for the purpose of sending and receiving data is at the core of this transformation.

HVAC

Safer Gas for a Safer Future

In 1993, as part of an effort to improve the safety of gas appliances entering the European market, the Gas Appliance Directive (GAD) was introduced. This directive applied to manufacturers of appliances that burn gaseous fuels for cooking, heating, producing hot water, refrigerating, lighting or washing and helped establish a clear path for market entry into Europe.

Smart Technology

Maintain a Safer Connection

Over the last several years, it has become clear that connected technologies – those that comprise the internet of things (IoT) – are only going to grow in significance, capability, and overall number.

Materials

How the Use of Dampers Reduces Noise Levels in our Homes

Tadej Borstnar

Noise is an unpleasant sound which disturbs concentration, communication, relaxation and sleep. Noise affects our quality of life. In these modern times, it is hard to avoid all urban noises caused by transport, people and machines…

International Appliance Manufacturing

Electronic Components

Terry Murphy

In our increasingly connected world, quality, reliability and consistency matter a great deal, particularly in the context of the smart home ecosystem. The antennas, connectors, relays, sensors, switches, terminals and tubing inside these devices play critical roles in the product’s ultimate functionality.

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How Integrated Thermal Protection Technology Can Prevent Solid State Relay Failure in Industrial Systems

Oscar Rivera Rogelio Castaneda

What do large industrial/commercial HVAC and refrigeration systems, heavy duty transportation, conveyor belts, assembly lines, medical, energy and other complex manufacturing systems all have in common?

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2018 September

Check out the September 2018 edition of appliance DESIGN: Controls Diagnostics: The Importance of Staying Connected and much more!

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