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The Schweigen Silent exhaust systems
Europe's major appliance brands are well represented in Australia and each aggressively markets a full range of domestic appliances. Europe's independent specialists however, are less well known as they just design and manufacturer brilliant and innovative products offering exceptional value.
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Sound is produced by every canopy and range hood, motors moving air through filtration panels, ducts and fan blades will produce sound. The volume of sound rises with the volume of air as today we demand ever more powerful suction to dispel vapours and odours.
Schweigen's challenge was simple: find a way to deliver full suction while eliminating almost all the sound.
Did they succeed? Well, it's no coincidence that 'Schweigen' is the German word for 'silent'.
Q. Why are Schweigen Ducted Exhaust systems so quiet?
A. It's nothing more than the application of a little 'sound logic'.
It starts with the motor and fan assembly. Schweigen select the quietest and most powerful domestic extraction motor and fan available. A German design, it is without peer in terms of its power, reliability and low noise level.
Schweigen then designed a range of sleek and smooth canopies devoid of all those small internal nooks and crannies that generate sound as the air rushes by. Then they did something quite revolutionary.
Schweigen believe the most crucial factor in canopy design is the placement of the motor and fan assembly as placing the motor and fan inside a suspended canopy just isn't very logical. Designers cannot eliminate noisy nooks and crannies if their first priority is to support the weight of the motor and fan.
Inside a stainless steel canopy the motor and fan will vibrate creating even more noise, placing even the quietest motor and fan right next to your ear just doesn't make good sense. For Schweigen, sound logic dictated that the motor and fan should no longer be built into the canopy. It must be relocated well away from your ears.
 Their solution was brilliant. They now install both the motor and fan at the other end of a very long, flexible, sound-absorbing duct and not only does this remove the source of most noise, it has other benefits as well. Placing the motor and fan at the exit point ensures that any noise is carried out through the vent as the air is expelled whilst firmly anchoring the assembly to the roof or wall structure dramatically reduces both fan and motor vibration and noise allowing the entire motor assembly to be placed outside the building on top of the roof.
 The Schweigen approach is unique; it's the result of a detailed study of every stage in the extraction process and is based on innovative thinking and sound logic and this is what makes Schweigen the quietest canopies of all.
Schweigen's third design goal is a contemporary yet timeless combination of form and function, designed in Europe each Schweigen rangehood has high quality halogen down lights for better vision and safety together with front, eye-level controls for simple operation and cleaning. To finish the perfect product Schweigen rangehoods are fitted with the latest commercial grade stainless steel, dishwasher safe filters.
The Schweigen design philosophy makes sense, it's practical, it works and it achieves all its stated goals of quality, style and performance. Put simply, it's a marriage of brilliant European design, components of the highest quality and just a little sound logic.
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