Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. has announced its new "CS-X series" air conditioner lineup of 11 models that boast an updated airflow control system. Street pricing is expected to be around ¥180,000 to ¥320,000 with the market debut slated for December 21, 2006. The CS-X series' new feature lies in a technical effort that controls airflow coming out from the product's air outlet.
In the upgraded system, airflows for cooling and heating are designed to be different to improve efficiency in each setting. According to Matsushita's own user survey, nearly 50% of respondents complained about air conditioning performance by saying, "It is too cold when lowering temperature, while it takes long to warm up the room when heating," or "Cooling performance is acceptable but heating is slow," for example. The latest airflow control system is the company's response to address such complaints.
Specifically, the new series products are designed not to chill users with direct cold airflow coming from their outlets. By changing the angle of the flaps on the product's front panel, cold airflow blows toward the ceiling when cooling the room. This reportedly also helps room temperature distribution get even. Meanwhile, warm air blows directly toward foot zone when heating the room. By making airflow directly warm up user's feet, the company tried to compensate for the air conditioner's poor performance of heating.
The lineup also improved automatic filter cleaning system and achieved 20% higher dust vacuum performance per unit time, compared to the company's current system. For this, Matsushita upgraded the fan structure, where dust comes through, and set a brush that removes off the dust on the filter. The previous system wiped the filter with a pad and vacuumed the dust. The new system monitors the amount of airflow, temperature setting, operating time and other data using the air conditioner, estimates the amount of dust that stays on the filter and automatically cleans it regularly based on the data.
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