The AMPERE Newsletter

The AMPERE Newsletter appears quarterly and covers short topical articles written by experts in the field. Typically it also includes a profile, conference reports, advertisements, a calendar of events and news items on various aspects of radio frequency and microwave energy usage in the ISM frequency band, covering topics broadly from 1 MHz to 30 GHz, although higher frequencies have also been covered. It also highlights on promising new research developments to emanate from academe and industry.

Issue 39 Issue 39, published in January 2004, contains the following articles and reports. Editor's Comment. After 42 Years, I'm Still Microwaving, by Bob Schiffmann Case Study 4: Sausage patty producer achieved a return on investment (ROI) within 6 months with microwave installation News and Events

Editor's Comments

In this issue Bob Schiffmann describes his involvement with microwave heating from the early days at DCA to the World Congress. Readers would have come across the numerous names that Bob mentions in his article in past publications in the literature on microwave heating and other topics. This adds another perspective to the intricate spider’s web of personalities and firms that shaped microwave heating in the sixties and seventies.

John Bows introduces another case study using microwaves this time in the manufacture of sausage patties and describes the new integrated process that included the patty-former, microwave system, gas-fired infrared browning unit, packaging line and freezer. The average increase in yield was around 75% and the return on investment was less than six months. Coincidentally, the details for this case study were supplied by RF Schiffmann Associates.

The 10th AMPERE conference will be held at Modena, Italy, during 13-15 September 2005, preceded by a short course on 12 September. The usual mix of industrial and academic contributions are envisaged as well as thematic keynote addresses by well-known personalities in our field.

Ricky Metaxas
St John's College
Cambridge CB2 1TP, England, UK

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Previous Newsletters: Issue 38, October 2003 , Issue 37, June 2003 , Issue 36, March 2003 , Issue 35, December 2002 , Issue 34, October 2002 , Issue 33, June 2002 , Issue 32, March 2002 , Issue 31, December 2001 , Issue 30, October 2001 , Issue 29, June 2001 , Issue 28, April 2001 , Issue 27, January 2001 , Issue 26, October 2000 , Issue 25, July 2000 , Issue 24, April 2000.