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From starting out as a small part of the traditional vacuum cleaner to defining the product itself with the latest robotic vacuum cleaner, Dyson is placing electronics at the heart [...]

Rapid prototyping and design for assembly techniques light the way to a vacuum cleaner headlamp that is easier to assemble. Each year, engineers of appliances, automobiles and other products have […]

Staff Pro-Tec develops Rumble Grid tire cleaning system Public owners are demanding that contractors keep their roads and storm sewers free of jobsite mud and debris. To help contractors with [...]

Vacuum cleaner giant Dyson prefers to use traditional hands-on approach to rapid product development rather than simply relying alone on numerical software. Dyson believes that many of its discoveries come from actually touching and feeling physical working prototypes even though the computers are great for optimizing and improving designs with even concept designs often sketched by hand on paper.

BURLINGTON, Mass.-The American market for robotic vacuum cleaners presently consists of one model, but it's not likely to be that way for long. Eight months after Roomba arrived at three [...]

ATLANTA-Rubbermaid Cleaning Products has refocused and reorganized its business, and has developed a plan to significantly grow its share of the consumer cleaning industry. Ken Goodgame, president of the division [...]

It must be efficient, easy to use, durable, stylish and different. Inexpensive wouldn't hurt, either. In floor care, that seems to be the starting point for product development, a process [...]

For all the talk about disposable products challenging durable goods in the marketplace, there's seemingly no end to the reverse -- but with more than a little difference in the [...]

CHICAGO-Vacuum cleaners are hurtling into something of a business unknown in 2002. Executives from the leading manufacturers at the International Housewares Show here two weeks ago agreed that an industry [...]

Washers and dryers at tomorrow's laundromats could use sensors and embedded controls to analyze dirt in clothes, predicts IC maker Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, Ariz. Data would pipe to a [...]

SANYO ELECTRIC CO., Osaka, Japan, has developed a washer that cleans clothes without detergent. The Denkaisui model uses ultrasonic waves and electrolysis instead of liquids or powders. The waves produce [...]

208 Bentley has developed a new quality product, the hotel bedroom-ironing center. The Bentley ironing center is the only one with an automatic shut-off dry iron. Also, the iron can [...]

Vacuum cleaner manufacturers, such as Dirt Devil an Castex, have voluntarily joined the Carpet and Rug Institute's Vacuum Cleaner Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Testing Program. Under the voluntary testing program, [...]

Simple, inexpensive design changes can improve sound quality. A vacuum cleaner is an air-moving device that can generate excessive noise levels due to many separate, but oftentimes interacting, noise-generating mechanisms. [...]

JTT Equipment Services Ltd are specialists in the supply of industrial, commercial and public sector vacuum equipment. In-factory explosions occur and should not be under-estimated, especially when processing food stuffs [...]

Two drums rotating in opposite directions simultaneously are at the heart of the Contrarotator front-loading washing machine from U.K.-based Dyson. Inspiration for the machine came from Dyson engineers who discovered [...]

New front-loader features counter-rotating drums. The tumbling action of European-style, front-loading clothes washers has the reputation of being gentle on fabrics. But according to engineers at Dyson Appliances, Ltd., Malmesbury, [...]

High-efficiency washer beckons consumers with gentle motion. Three men and a tub. That's how they fondly recall the origins of the Calypso wash motion at the Whirlpool Technology Center in [...]

Pro-Team's Super CoachVac[TM] backpack vacuum is now only 10 1/2 lbs. and more powerful than ever! The latest in motor technology boosts the airflow to 150 CFM and gives the [...]

Available from Unitec Electronics is its Customized VIP Wash Pass, an image-enhanced version of the company's VIP Wash Pass prepaid wash card. The customized card is designed as a higher-powered [...]

Oreck and KMC speed skid plate redesign to meet trade show date. Cost is cut. Time was critical. Oreck wanted prototypes of its new designed-from-the-ground-up commercial vacuum cleaner in time [...]

Procter-Silex, Richmond, Va., added color to ironing with its new line of full-size ClearSteam irons. They are available in strawberry, lime, tangerine, and blueberry. Features include auto shut-off, non-stick soleplate, [...]

Discarding dirt has never been easier. Always at the forefront of innovation, floor care companies have been aggressive in introducing new technologies to make floor cleaning easier. The last floor [...]

How's your equipment mix? If you are looking to add some new machines this year, many of the aisles feature equipment. Sigma Controls, now available on all IPSO washer-extractors, allow [...]

Coin laundry equipment seems to be constantly changing. That piece of equipment, on the left, seems to be different. The Dexter Company has announced full production will begin on a [...]

Veit Brisay has developed a new line of pressing machines for the production of wrinkle-resistant garments. These machines, which produce more applied surface pressure than conventional presses, are available in [...]

Whilst vacuum cleaning can reduce the problem of a fine dust covering machinery and floors, it can cause a further problem in that fine particles are thrown back into the [...]

An effort by utility companies to boost energy efficiency in washers is gaining momentum. Tumblewash, a two-year-old energy-saving program in the northwest U.S., encourages awareness and use of energy-efficient washers. [...]

New from Colmac Industries Inc. is its redesigned Two-Station Sorting System, an optional unit made to work with the company's 3-CPU triple-buck shirt press to aid inspection. The sorter can [...]

Industrial Washing Machines Ltd, tel:0121-459 9511, tell us they have recently installed one of their Crusader 1000 traywash and dryer systems at Warburtons Bakery in Burnley. The system has been [...]

Trio of functions is built into Eureka vacuum by DNA Group. Transferring technology from a DC to an AC application resulted in the right solution. DNA Group, Inc., Raleigh, N.C., [...]

When washing dishes, reliability and simplicity take precedence over epic-sized innovations. The report from the commercial dishwashing front is: steady as she goes. No built-in fax machines or cellular dishwashing [...]

A stick vac that easily converts to a canister? How about a cordless upright? Or an upright that tells the consumer when the carpet is clean? These are floor-care products [...]

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.-Eureka has initiated an aggressive product-development and marketing strategy centered on increasing the depth of its line to provide 'one-stop shopping' for its customers. It's not a new concept [...]

Vacuum cleaners -- both uprights and canisters -- have become feature-driven products. Give consumers the mix of features they desire, and they will stampede to the stores. But which features [...]

US-based Zander Group of companies has developed air purification systems that can be used in removing volatile organic contaminants in an in-vitro fertilization (IVF) facility. The systems involve a photocatalytic oxidation process comprising the exposure of titanium dioxide to ultraviolet C radiation. As a result, the quality and survival of embryos in an IVF facility might be improved.

Douglas Machines Corp. has developed a new vat and bin washer that has the flexibility to wash and sanitize either one bin or two vats at a time using a […]

Running a successful business is two-fold: Not only does a company have to satisfy its customers, but it has to keep its employees happy as well. To do this, every [...]

Water softeners are commonly used in hard water areas to protect building services systems from limescale, however they can waste a considerable amount of water and also require a regular [...]