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A hair dryer (the handheld type also referred to as a blow dryer) is an electromechanical device that blows ambient air in hot or warm settings for styling or drying hair. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Hair dryers enable better control over the shape and style of hair, by accelerating and controlling the formation of temporary hydrogen bonds within each strand.
At the 2024 Consumer Electronic Show, L'Oréal unveiled the biggest beauty tech for the year ahead: the AirLight Pro hair dryer.
World Dryer Corporation is a Berkeley, Illinois, based manufacturer of hand dryers and related products. Established in 1950 with the Model A, it was a subsidiary of Beatrice Foods , has been a subsidiary of Carrier Corporation , and in 2017 joined the Zurn Industries brand of Rexnord Corp .
A schematic of a direct solar dryer. Direct solar dryers expose the substance to be dehydrated to direct sunlight. Historically, food and clothing was dried in the sun by using lines, or laying the items on rocks or on top of tents. [2] In Mongolia cheese and meat are still traditionally dried using the top of the ger (tent) as a solar dryer. [3]
The jet-air dryer, which blows air out of the unit at claimed speeds of 180 m/s (650 km/h; 400 mph), was capable of blowing micro-organisms from the hands and the unit and potentially contaminating other users and the environment up to 2 metres away. Use of a warm-air hand dryer spread micro-organisms up to 0.25 metres from the dryer.
An American style clothes dryer with a rear control panel A European style clothes dryer with a front control panel. A clothes dryer (tumble dryer, drying machine, or simply dryer) is a powered household appliance that is used to remove moisture from a load of clothing, bedding and other textiles, usually after they are washed in the washing machine.
In 1996, in the United States, ASTM International published a system of pictorial care instructions as D5489 Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products, with revisions in 1998, 2001, 2007, 2014, and 2018. [7] [8] American Cleaning institute developed and published their guide to fabric care symbols. [9]
Laundry hung on a clothes line in a drying room (dehumidifier in the background and duct for ventilation in the ceiling). Drying is a mass transfer process consisting of the removal of water or another solvent [1] by evaporation from a solid, semi-solid or liquid.