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2. Fan (machine) - Wikipedia

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   A household electric fan A large cylindrical fan. A fan is a powered machine that creates airflow. A fan consists of rotating vanes or blades, generally made of wood, plastic, or metal, which act on the air. The rotating assembly of blades and hub is known as an impeller, rotor, or runner. Usually, it is contained within some form of housing ...

3. Vornado Air - Wikipedia

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   Vornado is an American fan and home appliance brand based in Andover, Kansas, United States.The current incarnation of the company was founded in 1989, two years after the death of Ralph K. Odor (1895–1987), who founded the firm in the 1930s with Ottis A. Sutton in Wichita. [1]

4. List of Dyson products - Wikipedia

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   The Dyson "Air Multiplier" was announced in October 2009 as an electric fan, intended to provide smoother airflow and, having no exposed rotating blades, operating in a safer manner than conventional fans. [39] [40] While it is described as a "bladeless" fan, it has blades inside its base. The fan works by drawing air in through an inlet in the ...

5. General Electric GEnx - Wikipedia

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   GEnx on 747-8I prototype. As of 2016, the GEnx and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 were selected by Boeing following a run-off between the three big engine manufacturers. The GEnx uses some technology from the GE90 turbofan, [1] including swept composite fan blades and the 10-stage high-pressure compressor (HPC) featured in earlier variants of the engine.

6. Bakelite - Wikipedia

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   Galalith is an early plastic derived from milk products. [80] Micarta is an early composite insulating plate that used Bakelite as a binding agent. It was developed in 1910 by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, which put the new material to use for casting synthetic blades for Westinghouse electric fans. [81]

7. Carbon-fiber reinforced polymer - Wikipedia

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   In 1968 a Hyfil carbon-fiber fan assembly was in service on the Rolls-Royce Conways of the Vickers VC10s operated by BOAC. [28] Specialist aircraft designers and manufacturers Scaled Composites have made extensive use of CFRPs throughout their design range, including the first private crewed spacecraft Spaceship One.