Dyson Airblade hand dryer
Role: Product Design Engineer
Requirement: Working with a manager and technician (small team) to create and develop a better solution to existing hand dryers, with regular consultation with Sir James Dyson. Once our concept was tested and proven, further development, testing and design for manufacture with a larger team working with diverse departments such as Acoustics and Microbiology.
Service
Concept Creation & Development / Testing / DFM
Client
Dyson
Year
2003 - 2005
Insight: During development and testing of the air knife area (slot width / spacing / profile / angle) to deliver optimal performance, I developed a tapered tip profile crucial in eliminating an unforeseen usability destroying hand suction phenomenon.
Insight: Use of extensive mechanical testing combined with FEA to maximise the openness of hand dryer area for better usability whilst maintaining vandal resistant casing strength.
Challenge: Previous hand dryers were ineffective, unhygienic and environmentally unfriendly.
Solution: We successfully integrated air knife technology into our paradigm shifting product configuration and added HEPA filtration to provide a solution that offered improved hand drying performance and hygiene with a lower carbon footprint than paper towels or previous hot air hand dryers.
