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issue: December 2008 APPLIANCE Magazine
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Expanded Coverage
Expanded Online: A Press for Complex Parts
Web Exclusive: Changing a Standard
Web Exclusive: Environmental Validation
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Feature Articles
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Case Study - Laundry Manufacturing
Expanded Online: A Press for Complex Parts
When a laundry OEM orders large, complicated laundry appliance parts, the part supplier finds the solution in two specially configured straightside presses.
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Quality & Testing Certification
Quality Confirmed
by Diane Ritchey, News Editor
Certification agencies expand to keep pace with technology and markets.
Related Links
• Web Exclusive: Changing a Standard
• Web Exclusive: Environmental Validation
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Supplier Solutions
LEDs, Lamps, Appliance Lighting
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APPLIANCE Engineer®
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The Open Door
Surviving the Standards Jungle
by Robert Noth, manager, Engineering Standards, Deere & Co.
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Appliance Engineer-Commercial Food Service Equipment
Creating the Perfect Technology Blend
Roberto Nevarez
Engineers at smoothie machine manufacturer Enodis have developed an integrated foodservice solution that overcomes current technology limitations.
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Appliance Engineer-Motor Technology
Powering Up for Less
Ten new digital signal controllers (DSCs) give appliance engineers the ability to save power and have better performance at a reduced price.
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Appliance Enginer-Technology Report
Low-Cost Resistance
 A new series of rocker switches offers appliance engineers water resistance at an affordable cost.
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News Section
This Month's News Headlines
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U.S. Appliance Unit Shipments
Statistics for the month of September 2008
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Europe Report
IFA 2008 Berlin
Paul Roggema, Europe correspondent
 European OEMs used their new stage to debut energy-saving innovations.
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China Report
Fans Hot This Summer
Qinli, China correspondent
 Electric fans are getting new designs—and they’re flying off the shelves.
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Departments
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Appliance Line
China Is Letting Its Brand Go Bad
Tim Somheil, Editor
If "Made in China" is stamped on the appliances you sell, then "Made in China," like it or not, is one of your brands.
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Products
New Products and New Literature
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