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NEWS WATCh mittee, R10 Residential Systems. The committee’s first project will be revising the ANSI/CEA-2030 Multi-Room Audio Cabling Standard. The standard provides a detailed blueprint for adding multi-room distributed audio to homes as well as graphics and charts with suggested set-ups. The group will also work on the CEA/CEDIA Home Theater Recommended Practice: Audio Design. government hopes that more than 480 million units will be sold over a fouryear span in an effort to spur China’s domestic demand for appliances. Previously, the program was open to farmers in four provinces, but the program has been expanded to include 10 provinces. Under the program, farmers in these areas can purchase a household appliance until November 2012 and receive a 13 percent subsidy. To receive the subsidy, color TV sets, refrigerators, clothes washing machines, and cell phones must be sold below 2,000 yuan, 2,500 yuan, 2000 yuan, and 1,000 yuan, respectively. The program was initially started in December 2007 and, to this point, a total of 3.5 million household appliances have been sold to rural farmers. < PURIFICATION POPULARITY. Demand for water purification and aircleaning systems are projected to increase 4.4 percent per year to $1.5 billion by 2012. Consumer concerns about the quality of air and water in the home will drive these sales gains, according to a new report from The Freedonia Group, a Cleveland-based industry research firm. The report, Consumer Water Purification & Air Cleaning Systems, found that water purification systems with conventional filtration media accounted for the majority of water system demand in 2007, with 61 percent of sales value. However, faster percentage growth will be registered by higher value reverse osmosis and distillation systems, although from significantly smaller bases. Among air cleaners, conventional filtration systems accounted for the largest share of value demand with 47 percent in 2007 because they offer thorough air cleaning and minimal-to-no ozone production. However, electrostatic air cleaners are projected to achieve faster gains through 2012 because they offer improved efficiency, quieter functioning, and low operating costs. In 2007, water purification and air-cleaning system demand was dominated by equipment intended for use in a limited area of the house. Point-of-use water purification systems had the larger share of demand for water systems in 2007. Portable air cleaners accounted for the largest share of demand for water systems. A Product of its Environment Problem: The operating environment inside your particular appliance may cause thermal controls to act differently than you expected. Solution: 1 Involve a Pepi® sales engineer 2 Choose the right control 3 Customize to meet application needs Pepi® thermal controls can be customized in a variety of ways to ensure reliability in virtually any application. To learn more about how easy and affordable it is to get the right device for your particular application, visit our special Proto • Type web site. www.pepiusa.com/prototype.html Only Pepi® thermostats and thermal protectors offer so many options in fit, configuration, cost and customization. For a close look send for our new Disc-Type and Conductive-Type Catalogs today. ChINA SUBSIDIES EXPAND. The government of China is expanding a subsidy program to encourage farmers to buy household appliances. The www.pepiusa.com Portage Electric Products, Inc. N. Canton, OH U.S.A. salesinfo@pepiusa.com • 1-888-GO4-PEPI www.applianceDESIGN.com applianceDESIGN February 2009 11 http://www.pepiusa.com/prototype.html http://www.pepiusa.com http://www.pepiusa.com http://www.appliancedesign.com

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Appliance Design - February 2009 Contents Editorial Shipments/Forecasts News Watch Force-Sensing Technology Offers Designers an Alternative Approach to Creating Touch-Control Interfaces A Flammable Vapor Sensing Technology that was Originally Developed for use in Water Heaters has Evolved for use in a Broader Array of Applications Latches, Hinges, and Slides Must Reliably Secure Parts Together, Sometimes for Hundreds of Thousands of Cycles. Beyond their Utilitarian Functions, They Can Also Change Consumer Perceptions Elastomeric Electrical Connectors Can Solve Space Constraint Problems in Electronic Products and Provide Some Cost Advantages as Well A Multi-Layer Ceramic Capacitor with a Novel Electrode Design Can Suppress Electromagnetic Interference, Improve Circuit Performance, and Reduce the Number of Needed Components Design Marts Association Report: AHRI Advertisers’ Index

Appliance Design - February 2009

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