By
Dyson
Designed in
UK
Description
The Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer washes and dries hands with no need to leave the sink. Infrared sensors pinpoint hand positions and release water from the tap stem. Once hands are wet and drying is requested, integrated circuitry computes the information and activates the latest Dyson digital motor, creating two high velocity filtered sheets of air from the tap’s branches to dry hands in 12 seconds. Compact and sleek, the product is the fastest, most cost efficient and environmentally friendly way to wash and dry hands hygienically, whilst also eliminating the common issue of water on the floor.
Key Features
and/or Benefits
In commercial washrooms, users wash their hands at the sink and walk to a separate area to access the paper towel dispenser or hand dryer, dripping water on the floor along the way. For premium environments and washrooms with heavy traffic, this creates a messy presentation and potential slip hazards, resulting in a need for constant regular cleaning. The Dyson Airblade Tap hand dryer delivers a solution that consolidates washing and drying in one sleek compact appliance at the sink. Able to fit in awkward spaces, the product saves valuable footprint and prevents users leaving the sink with wet hands.
Instead of painfully slow evaporation, Dyson Airblade ™ technology draws up to 30 litres of air through a hospital grade HEPA filter before it’s forced through apertures up to 0.8mm wide. The result- high velocity sheets of unheated filtered air travelling at 690 km/h that scrape water from hands in just 12 seconds. It is the fastest most hygienic way to dry hands.
By integrating mechanical, electrical and aerodynamic systems, the new V4 Dyson Digital Motor featured in the Dyson Airblade V hand dryer is a very efficient, power dense package with a diameter of just 85mm. In the old motor the electronics were separate, which makes the new motor package significantly smaller. The V4 Dyson Digital Motor took seven years to develop and is one of the world’s smallest 1600W motors. It delivers all the performance of the previous digital motor but in a much smaller package with half the weight.
Dyson Airblade™ Tap hand dryer is the result of nearly three years’ intensive R&D; by a team of 125 Dyson engineers. Fully automated robotic precision cutting and welding capable of cutting through tough steel to 0.001 millimetres of accuracy was used to produce the marine grade brushed stainless steel tap. The result being almost no joining lines. Air, water and electrics are contained in a smooth package at the sink allowing for a minimalistic appearance and an easy cleaning product, with the motor bucket housed under the sink. Infrared sensors operate air and water, eliminating the need for physical contact.
Based on recent peer reviewed LCA university research, Dyson Airblade Tap produces 67% less carbon emissions in its lifetime compared to conventional hand dryers and 62% compared to paper towels. From an operational perspective, it dries 15 pairs of hands for the price of a single paper towel and costs just $48 per year to run compared to $1,460 of a paper towel dispenser and $157 annual cost of a conventional hand dryer. The tap component was also designed to minimise environmental impact, with a flow rate to meet WELS 6 star rating and sensor operation to prevent water waste.