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                                                                      Exhibit 23


                       Consent of Independent Accountants
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We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333- 47153) of HMI Industries Inc. of our report
dated November 8, 2002, relating to the consolidated financial statements, which
appears in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. We also consent to the incorporation
by reference of our report dated November 8, 2002 relating to the Financial
Statement Schedule, which appears in this Form 10-K.


/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Cleveland, Ohio
December 11, 2002

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