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Control Panels & Displays
In Touch, In Control
Jill Russell, contributing editor

Control panels and displays are using more touch and more sensing ability to power-up and drive today’s products.

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End Product Innovations
Refrigerators

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HVAC - 45th Annual Report
Efficiency Urgency
The demand is now for eco-HVAC.

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HVAC - 45th Annual Report
Cutting Humidifier Design Time with CFD
Design engineers at Aprilaire turn to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to help walk the thin line between too much and too little humidity.

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Supplier Solutions
Finishing Materials and Equipment

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The Open Door
The Real Cost of Green Manufacturing
Eric Urruti

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Engineering: Interior Permanent Magnet Motors
IPM Motors: A New Solution for High-Performance Appliances
Dan M. Ionel, engineering fellow, A.O. Smith Corporate Technology Center
Brushless (BL) permanent magnet (PM) motors have emerged in recent years as a very strong contender to replace induction motors used in electronically controlled variable-speed applications.

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Appliance Engineer-Motor Technology
Control in a Kit

Motor control kits with DSP source code and MATLAB libraries save appliance engineers crucial development time.

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Appliance Engineer - Technology Report
Relieving Design Pressure

 A new compact pressure transducer saves engineers valuable design real estate while ensuring accuracy

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HVAC - 45th Annual Report
Cutting Humidifier Design Time with CFD
Design engineers at Aprilaire turn to computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to help walk the thin line between too much and too little humidity.

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Appliance Line
The Enemy Is Uncertainty
Tim Somheil, Editor

There’s nothing worse than not knowing. But how do we look ahead from here?