Dyson Airblade dB, Airblade Tap, Airblade V Brochure

The fastest to dry hands hygenically
with HEPA filtered air.

The Dy son Airblad e Tap hand dr yer install ed
in the was hrooms of a lead ing F1 team.

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Why do we put up with products
that don’t work properly?

In 1907, paper towels were introduced
to washrooms. The electric hand dryer
made its first appearance in 1948.
But both have changed little since –
they can still be expensive, unhygienic
and harmful to the environment.

At Dyson, our engineers didn’t think
that was good enough. So in 2006,
they put a century of poor performing
hand drying methods to rest – with

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the invention of Airblade

technology.

The problems
with paper towels

Paper towels are expensive,
have a high impact on the
environment and cause extra
washroom maintenance
through mess and blockages.

And because dispensers are
often found empty, leaving no
way to dry hands, paper towels
can create hygiene issues
beyond the washroom.

Did you know?

Ensuring hands are dry is crucial
for maintaining hygiene levels,
as damp hands can spread up
to 1,000 times more bacteria
to the surfaces they touch.

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The problems with
other hand dryers

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Warm air dryers

Warm air dryers are slow.
Which means they’re energy hungry,
expensive to run and unhygienic.

Dry times can take up to 43 seconds,
so many users give up before their
hands are dry – risking increased
spread of bacteria.

Jet dryers

Other jet dryers might look like
a Dyson Airblade™ hand dryer,
but when it comes to performance,
there’s no comparison. Thanks to
weak motors, most other jet dryers
can’t generate the fast airflow
needed to dry hands quickly.
They can also lack the power
required to draw the air through
a HEPA filter.

Have you ever looked inside a drain tank?

Some hand dryers collect waste water
using drain tanks. But these are
unhygienic – providing the perfect
breeding ground for bacteria.

Drain tanks must be emptied and
cleaned regularly – adding time and
effor t to the washroom maintenance
process, and risking spillage of
waste water during disposal.

So most other jet dryers aren’t just
slower than Airblade

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technology,

they’re less hygienic too.

Did you know?

Public health specialists NSF state
th a t to be c e r tif i e d as hyg ienic,
a hand dryer must dry hands
in 15 seconds or less.

Did you know?

In recent te s t ing, D y s o n
microbiologists detected greater
le vels of b a c t eria in a drain tank
than levels that can be found in
the average household toilet.

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S ources: Dyson in-house testing, 2015;

Scot t et al., 2009; Med rano-Feli x et al., 2010.

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Dyson Airblade™ hand dryers

Dyson Airblade™hand
dryers work differently

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Dyson digital motor V4 HEPA filter

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Airblade™ technology The fastest way

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to dry hands
hygenically with
HEPA filtered air

Dyson digital motor V4

Co n ventio n al moto r s are bul k y, s low
an d can be in e f fici e nt. T h e y also r ely on
carbon brushes, which wear out over time.
The Dyson digital motor V4 is different.
It’s one of the world’s smallest fully
integrated 1600W motors, and instead
of old-fashioned carbon brushes, it uses
di gital p ulse te c hno logy to s p in up t o three
times faster than a conventional motor.

HEPA filter

Bacteria and viruses in washrooms
can cause colds, flu, sickness, diarrhoea
or worse. Dyson Airblade
have HEPA filters installed as standard,
which capture 99.9% of bacteria and
viruses in the washroom air. So hands
are dried with cleaner air, not dirty air.

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hand dryers

Airblade

Every second, the Dyson digital motor
V4 d r a w s in up to 35 litres o f air t hrough
a HEPA filter, and forces it through apertures
up to 0.8 mm wide. The result –430 mph
sh e e t s of filt e red air that scrap e water f r om
hands, drying them quickly and hygienically.

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technology

No other hand
dryer has this
technology

Dyson Airblade™ hand dryers

Airblade™ technology
has evolved

The latest Dyson Airblade™ hand dryers
are powered by the Dyson digital motor V4 –
one of the world’s smallest, fully-integrated
1600W motors. Its small size and power
density are what have made our latest
hand dryer technology possible.

It means you’ll now find a compact Dyson
han d dr y e r that’s ju s t 10 centim e tres deep –
and one that’s 50% quieter than the original
but still dries hands in 10 seconds. You’ll even
find Airblade

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technology in a tap at the sink.

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Concentrated Airblade™ technology.

Slim and compact profile.

Original Dyson Airblade

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hand dryer.

Acoustically re-engineered
to reduce no ise by 5 0 % .

Airblade

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hand drying
technology in a tap.

Wash and dry hands at the sink.

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Only Dyson Airblade™
hand dryers have

all these benefits.

10-12 second dry time.
Most hygienic.
Costs less to run.
Better for the environment.
5 year guarantee.

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Dyson Airblade™ hand dryers

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Other hand dryers are too slow

Testing based on NSF Protocol P335 shows that
most other hand dryers are much slower than their
manufacturers claim– with dry times based on drying
hands without a HEPA filter. Many people give up when
using a slow hand dryer. But damp hands can spread
up to 1,000 times more bacteria than dry hands.

Dyson hand dryers are fast

Testing based on NSF Protocol P335 shows
that Dyson Airblade™ hand dryers are fast.
Every second, up to 35 litres of air is forced
through apertures up to 0.8 mm wide. The result –
430 mph sheets of air that scrape water from
hands, drying them quickly and hygienically.

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NSF Protocol P335

For a more detailed overview
of NSF Protocol P335 please
see the reference section
at the end of the brochure.