Article: Panasonic Develops Heat-Pump Drying System for Home-Use Washer-Dryers; New Tilted-Drum Machine Dries Clothes Quickly Without a Heater, Achieves Significant Reductions in Energy, Water and Time.

Osaka, Japan, Sept 26, 2005 - (JCN Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand name for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is best known, today unveiled its innovative tilted-drum washer-dryer that uses no heater or water during the dry cycle. Incorporating a heat-pump dryer for the first time in the world, the NA-VR1000 completes a cycle of washing and drying using half the energy, water and time required for our conventional model*. The new model will be available in Japan from November 28, 2005.

Conventional drum-type washer-dryers use heater dryers. During the dry cycle, they consume a large amount of electricity to heat the air and many litters of ...

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