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European Edition - Sensors & Controls
Touch and Go
by Linda Abu-Shalback Zid, Associate Editor/Newsletter Editor
Today's appliances are able to do more, be more effective, and require less manual intervention, all thanks to the small sensors and controls embedded within them.

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European Edition - Guest Editorial
Security: Home Automation's Next Step
by Daniele De Bellis, Wr@p SpA
The appliance industry is now at a point where it is ready to make some money in the so-called "Home Automation affair." The efforts are now fully being directed toward the specification and design of architectures that would guarantee an affordable level of satisfaction of investors and possibly of customers.

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European Edition - Motors & Air-Moving Devices
Bringing Value to a Mature Market
by Lisa Bonnema, Managing Editor
With international competition heightening, appliance motor and air-moving device manufacturers are offering sophisticated motor and blower systems and value-added services to differentiate their products from those carrying a low price tag.

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European Edition - APPLIANCE Engineer
Thermal Modeling of Oven Cooking and the "Brick" Test
by Dr. David Ward, engineering director, Molteni Technologies
This paper examines the performance of a domestic oven by developing a simple model to macroscopically describe the relative heat and mass transfer involved, followed by a closer look at the calculation of the thermal mass depending on food ingredients and mass loss due to evaporation.