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illuminated latch for use in exterior applications. The company is working with a proprietary material that charges itself in the sunlight and lights up when the sun goes down. Bjorlin says that in the dark, the pull part of the latch will stand out in color, which would be useful for poorly lit areas or if there was a power outage. Customizability can also come from off the shelf products, including the Quadro Compact drawer slide from Hettich America, Alpharetta, Ga. The Quadro Compact is a reworking of Hettich’s established Quadro drawer slide line for cabinets that was redesigned for refrigerator and warming-drawer applications, says Kurt Weissenfels, national sales manager. Sub-Zero has already incorporated the Quadro Compact drawer slides into some of its new refrigerators. Sub-Zero is utilizing Hettich’s Silent System damping principle for their refrigerator Quadro slides. The Silent System technology cushions the way drawers come to rest at the end of the closing cycle, enabling them to “close with a whisper,” says Weissenfels. The slides, which operate from -25 DegC to 80 DegC, were designed with customizability in mind, Weissenfels says. The slide systems can mount facing up or down. They can mount to a sidewall, to the bottom of the refrigerator, or on a cantilevered connection for use in a refrigerator with “ladder” type shelf supports. The slide itself is invisible in that it does not have any open running surfaces. Unlike a slide on a cabinet drawer, in which the slide separates along the length of travel, the Compact is encapsulated and rides along a mounting bracket with the drawer; to add to the “invisible” theme, the mounting bracket comes in several colors to match an appliance’s color theme. The slide mounts to two brackets, and the distance between them can be customized to meet a particular design’s need. Because the slide mounts to the bracket, and the brackets are separated, there is a gap between the appliance wall and the slide. This allows air to flow freely between the wall and the slide, which Weissenfels says improves the efficiency and energy performance of the appliance. While the slide itself has been redesigned, what has remained the same is Hettich’s A TV on a position-control hinge that is 50 mm away from the wall. JoINING An illustration of a TV fully extended and tilted 20 Deg. using Southco hinges. now th e fast cu re’s a high s your a ring silicone trength ssembl y proje for all cts. HIGH S T with rapid RENGTH – Tensi le st assembly rength build, allows strengths over 200 process psi customers to quickly , combined continue th THE SP eir E from 5 min ED YOU NEED – u required w tes to 50 minutes yo With ﬁve grades off ering cure ith conven u ti tional RTV can eliminate the work-in-p mes silicones EXCELL rocess ENT TE MPERA service tem TU peratures up to 250ºC RE RESISTAN CE – Con EXCEPT tinuous IO vibration, ﬂ NAL FLEXIBILIT exing, and Y – Easily thermal sh ocks to dif accommodates extrem EXCELL fering sub E strate mate e to ultravio NT ENVIRONM rials let E Resists co radiation, water va NTAL RESISTA por, ozone mmon solv NCE – Re a ents, mild ly acidic ﬂ nd other weatherin sistance EXTEND uids, and m g E ildly caust forces. temperatu D SHELF LIFE ic ﬂuids re – Many off er 1 year o f stability a LOW OD t room O concerns, R / NON-CORR as well as OSIVE – potential co Avoid work rrosive dam fo THOROU age to you rce health & safety G r materials issues fou H MIXING – Mix nd with co mpetitive ratios of 2:1 and 4:1 10:1, or hig , DISPEN her, produ eliminating mixing S cts conventiona ING EASE – Thre e gr l manual du al cartridge ades can be easily dispensed dispense ap PRIMER using plicators L the need to ESS ADHESIO N – Save purchase time and m and apply primers oney by avo LARGE GAPS & iding DEPTH material se OF CUR lection and E – Provid componen e ﬂexibility t design in Visit www.supersilicones.com to: See a short demonstration video - seeing is believing View/download a product brochure and product data sheets Request a product sample Request training from a Loctite® Product Specialist ® and ™ designate trademarks of Henkel Corporation or its afﬁliates. ® = registered in the U.S. and elsewhere. © Henkel Corporation, 2009. All rights reserved. 5355 (1/09) www.applianceDESIGN.com AD02094Henk.indd 1 applianceDESIGN February 2009 25 1/19/09 2:13:48 PM http://www.supersilicones.com http://www.supersilicones.com http://www.appliancedesign.com

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