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30 Aug

aspirazione, cateringequipment, Virdex News

Pareidolia, Seagulls and Extractor Hoods

Friday August 30th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Have you ever heard of pareidolia? In a nutshell, it is a psychological phenomenon that causes us to see familiar shapes, such as an...

27 Aug

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Lamps, Ozone and Titanium Dioxide

Tuesday August 27th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

When discussing hoods with UV Lamp + Ozone technology, we should specify another crucial actor: Titanium Dioxide (TiO2). Don't be fo...

19 Aug

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Two Hood Types

Monday August 19th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

There are a lot of extractor hoods, which can be categorized by shape, type of filtration, extraction method and more. Nonetheless, ...

13 Aug

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Brearley: the Father of Stainless Steel

Tuesday August 13th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Harry Brearley was a metallurgist, born and raised in Sheffield, UK between XIX and XX century. He was taught this job by his father...

08 Aug

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Hot Weather, and Compensated-flow hoods

Thursday August 8th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Pretty damn hot, right? Well, August is one of the hottest months of the year. Let's say we should have expected it a little! Jok...

05 Aug

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Snack to bite, and Snack that extract

Monday August 5th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Fancy a snack? This Anglophone term has now entered into common use in many other national idioms, to indicate a "bite to eat quickl...

02 Aug

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Keep the filters clean!

Friday August 2nd, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Why is it important to keep filters clean? Because these have an impact on the hygiene of the duct system. An effect that has an ...

30 Jul

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Odorigenous Particles

Tuesday July 30th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

A extractor hood in the kitchen serves mainly three purposes: heat extraction to create a thermal balance: the extraction of potentiall...

26 Jul

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Paint your Hood

Friday July 26th, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

How many colours are out there? We can't answer. Perhaps one of the most accurate estimates speaks of 1.7 million colours that humans ...

23 Jul

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Taste, Smell and Hoods on Demand

Tuesday July 23rd, 2024
By Giulio Virduci

Long before sensorial marketing and olfactory stimulation were discovered, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin understood that smell, and not...

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