Dyson (company)

Dyson is a global technology company with headquarters in Malmesbury (United Kingdom). Its main products are vacuum cleaners that are based on the principle of a centrifugal separator. The company was founded by James Dyson in 1993 and employs approximately 4,400 people in over 60 countries. Dyson has also developed alongside the bagless vacuum cleaner the Airblade hand dryer and the Air Multiplier fan.

Since its inception, Dyson has sold more than 28 million vacuum cleaners worldwide. The company currently has a market share of 17.5 percent, the number three on the German vacuum cleaner market. In the premium segment with products over 300 € Dyson is the market leader since 2000. There, the market share is 82 percent.

• 2.1 Vacuum cleaner: " cyclone "
• 2.2 Hand Dryer: " Airblade "
• 2.3 Fan: " Air Multiplier "
• 2.4 heaters, " Dyson Hot "

Business

Formation

1980 reported the Briton James Dyson his first patent. After development of prototypes 5127 he built the first bagless vacuum cleaner 1983 model called G-Force. It was released in the same year on the front page of the design magazines. In 1991, the G-Force was honored in Japan with the International Design Fair prize. As a result, he was considered a status symbol and a Japanese company sales model for U.S. $ 2,000. With the help of royalties Dyson founded in June 1993, the company Dyson with development department and production in Malmesbury.

Development

1993 Dyson produced the first product version of the DC01, a vacuum cleaner, which took advantage of the " dual cyclone technology ". It cost around 200 British pounds and was promoted within 18 months of the best-selling vacuum cleaner in Britain. In subsequent years, Dyson reported on other new developments patent, including the Airblade hand dryer and fan Air Multiplier.

Locations

Dyson is headquartered in Malmesbury ( Great Britain). From there, the management and development of the company are managed. More than 500 employees work in Malmesbury in the Department of Research, Design & Development ( RDD). The product manufacturing was relocated in 2002 due to cost reasons and expansion to Malaysia. The German head office is in Cologne.

Research and innovation

Almost every third Dyson employees working in the Department Research, Design & Development ( RDD). Dyson holds more than 3,000 patents for over 500 inventions.

To promote research and innovation potential, James Dyson is committed to promoting young talent. The James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson Foundation for charitable purposes, gives the James Dyson Award, worth £ 10,000.

Products

Vacuum cleaner: " cyclone "

In the late 1970s, James Dyson was annoyed about the vacuum cleaner models available at that time. He observed that the device clogged and increasingly lost suction. In a sawmill he saw a cyclone and embraces this principle exploited for the development of new vacuum cleaner. The air is brought into a rotating movement and accelerates to high speed. The dirt particles that move outwardly by centrifugal force will be collected in a separate container. Thus, the Dyson models do not need bags and so far can not clog.

On this basis, Dyson developed the " dual cyclone technology ". The vacuum cleaner now have two " cyclone chambers." The " outer cyclone " swirls coarse dirt from the air and the " inner cyclone " accelerates the air still more, so that even finer dust particles are thrown out of the air. However, this technique removes any particulate matter from the air.

Hand dryer: " Airblade "

In 2007, Dyson Airblade hand dryer the one on the German market. The company claims he is very hygienic and with a dry period of ten seconds more than twice as fast as conventional hand dryers ( " up to 38 seconds ").

The idea for the Dyson Airblade had arisen by chance. Sir James Dyson was examining together with staff of the research department in Malmesbury airflow in vacuum cleaners. In this case, an employee holding his wet hands from a high velocity stream of unheated air, where they dried within a few seconds.

The HEPA filtration of the Airblade remove more than 99.9 percent of bacteria from the air before blowing it onto hands. The British Royal Institute of Public Health called the Dyson Airblade ™ hand dryer is why as a " significant advancement in technology and hygiene of hand dryers ".

The Airblade is operated with a digital reluctance motor, which consumes up to 80 percent less energy compared to conventional warm air hand dryers. The engine power lies at 1600 watts, the power consumption in standby mode in less than one watt. Conventional hand dryers would contrast a standby consumption of up to 8 watts and need for their heating elements up to 2400 watts.

Fan: " Air Multiplier "

Since autumn 2009, the product Dyson Air Multiplier is on the market. The fan works without visible rotor blades. The air is drawn through the inner rotor in the base of the device through the lower holes, and pressed into the cavity of the top ring. The air passes through a narrow slot on the inside of the ring. Thus, an annular air jet builds up. This is guided over a slope which is formed as a support surface in order to channel the air flow direction. In addition, the surrounding air is sucked in as a secondary flow, and thereby enhances the air flow of the fan ..

Fan heater: " Dyson Hot "

2011 was followed by a fan heater.

Awards

• IF Product Design Award ( 2010, 2009, 2007, 2002)
• Catering Star Award ( 2009)
• PLUS X Award ( 2009, 2008, 2005, 2004 )
• Red dot product design award (2009, 2007, 2002)
• International Design Award Baden- Württemberg (2009, 1999)
• Gastro Innovation Prize, Intergastra (2008)
• James Dyson Lifetime Achievement Award, PLUS X Panel ( 2007)

Dyson products are exhibited in museums around the world. These include, for example, the " Museum of Applied Arts " in Cologne, the " New Collection Pinakothek der Moderne " in Munich, the " Metropolitan Museum of Art" in New York, the "Victoria & Albert" Museum in London, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Zurich Design Museum, the Design Museum in Lisbon and the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney.

James Dyson Award James Dyson Foundation or

The James Dyson Award is an award for young engineers and product designer since 2004 and takes place annually. The award is foundation for charity awarded by the James Dyson Foundation, James Dyson, worldwide. Applicants are asked to set footage, pictures and drawings of their ideas along with a personal description of the design process on the website.

James Dyson: " Young designers and engineers are full of creative ideas that they want to change the world. It is this ability to think differently, which celebrates our Award. We must support and encourage product designers and engineers of the future. "

For the James Dyson Award, students can fan the product design, industrial design and engineering or graduates of these subjects who have completed their degree no more than four years before login. Open to applicants from universities in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Germany, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand, Netherlands, Austria, Russia, Switzerland, Singapore, Spain, and the USA.