IFA 2025

[henene4]

Midea now explicitly mentioned a US size heat pump washer dryer.
Why or how on earth Midea goes live with such an announcement and Haier has not for the EU is beyond me - but that machine does not look like something we have seen before?

So, Samsung was the third to launch theirs in total, but the first to the EU.
Haier was the second to bring theirs to the EU - but so far only on paper.
LG does not appear to have even thought about doing that at all.
And now Midea has such a machine?
That market strategy just is so odd in that field...

 

[logixx]

I've briefly seen it mentioned here.

 

[henene4]

The new LG compact HP combo apparently no longer is based on the Centum design.
Given it was pretty much the last Centum model model, that's not surprising.



If the time stamp didn't work, skip to 2:44.



Small Eulogy to the Centum system:
Really interesting - completely unnecessary nowadays and pretty inefficient.
Basically, the idea was to have the drum moving inside the tub, with it being directly suspended.
Apparently allowed for more space efficient design allowing for what I think the first 80+ liter drums in a standard cabinet size.
It was particularly useful in the HP combo as any components for the drying could be mounted directly to the tub as the tub is stationary.

Downside was that the space between drum and tub was larger, meaning especially with smaller loads the machine could sometimes use SIGNIFICANT amounts of water to get any water level in the drum.
And if any component of the suspension goes bad (any of the half-dozen damper-components or the balancing rings on the drum) repairs could be complicated.

A novel and for the time useful idea - now LG has 80l class drums in similar size machines with just some clever suspension magic and a vibration sensor.

 

[logixx]

Not a whole lot to see but a little insight into the set-up.

 

[henene4]

But I think you just might have shown me enough.

2 clues:
On the exploded view at 0:19, you see a hint of coils (like the stator of a direct drive motor) on the very back air path.
Second is that there is just a tiny hole behind the motor backing.



This could be just how the animation is designed, but - and that's a HUGE but - this MIGHT just be another thing pointing to what I was hoping for:
This might be a dual motor dryer design.
From a German brand.
Let's hope. I would be stoked

 

[johnb300m]

With all the global greed and corruption going on, I refuse to be convinced as to "claims" on products.
Just because "they say" it, doesn't mean it's true.
Call me a skeptic, I don't care.