page 10 Testing Equipment Appliances On Trial
by David Simpson, Contributing Editor
Appliance companies use new technology and techniques to get more bang for their bucks in such areas as testing of electrical safety, coating thickness, dimensions, and refrigerant leaks.
Feature Articles
page 20 Guest Editorial: European Manufacturing Manufacturing for Eastern Europe
by Nedim Esgin
Eastern Europe, which is changing politically and economically at a speed we could not dream of 15 years ago, is becoming a new and important market for the appliance industry and, at the same time, a new manufacturing base for our industry.
APPLIANCE Engineer®
page 22 European Edition: Engineering Refrigerators The Effect of Blowing Agents on Energy Use and Climate Impact of a Refrigerator
by Dr. Robert W. Johnson, RWJ Consulting Inc. and Jim Bowman, Honeywell International
The phase-out of CFC-11 as a foam-blowing agent, as called for under the Montreal Protocol, is well underway. The most common replacements with zero ozone depletion potential have been c-pentane and mixtures of c-pentane with other hydrocarbons, along with some HFCs, including HFC-134a and HFC-245fa.
