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Fuzzy Logic Dyson Airblade launches down under
Fuzzy Logic Dyson Airblade launches down under | Dyson Airblade launches down under |
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| by Alex Zaharov-Reutt | |
| Friday, 30 November 2007 | |
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Page 2 of 2 In terms of filtration, the Airblade also packs a HEPA filter to remove bacteria and mould from the air, cleaning the air when in use. In answer to a question from the media on the filter’s lifespan, Dyson answered that it was several years, and if used in very high traffic areas with constant use would still last at the very least a year and was easily replaceable. In terms of energy efficiency and usage, the Airblade contains no heater or heating element, unlike conventional hand dryers which use a heating element to blow hot air onto your hands as you rub them together, and uses Dyson’s custom designed electric DDM ‘digital motor’ spins at 1,666 revolutions per second to produce enough air pressure to dry hands in 10 seconds without the need for heat. Airblade's documentation says it's 5 times faster than an F1 engine! The digital motor took five years to develop, with the Airblade then taking an additional three years to design and create, with 37 litres of air going through the unit each second – and being cleaned - when on. Yet despite all the super speed, air shifting and cleansing “grunt”, as it were, that the digital motor possesses, the Airblade’s documentation says that it “uses significantly less power and delivers not only power savings but also saves 730,000 paper towels from being produced, transported and disposed of over a five year period if just one Airblade was used 200 times a day, with a calculation based on an average of two paper towels per hand dry” by people to dry their hands after washing them, as would easily be the case in a large, busy office, shopping centre, cinema or any number of other locations around the world. I wonder if they could be used on planes? I only just thought of it now... Although lauching today in Australia and being available for purchase in Australia from Feb 1, 2008, and also set to go on sale in New Zealand, the Dyson Airblade is already on sale and in use in the UK, Ireland, The United States, The United Arab Emirates and throughout Europe, in hotels, restaurants, hospitals and other public places. Set to cost approximately AUD $1695 per unit, it is competing with units that cost anywhere from AUD $300 to $1800, but is in a class of its own in energy costs and hygiene, rapidly lowering the total cost of ownership compared with the competition. Images, a demo of how it works and more information is available at Dyson’s Airblade UK website, although there's nothing like experiencing it in person, which you may well be doing in 2008 if the shopping centres, cinemas and other buildings with hand dryers and paper towels in public and private locations decide to install this technology in your area. I don't know if the Dyson Airblade will change the world, but it's definitely a great invention which leaves me marvelling at what we'll see revolutionised next! :-)
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