Appliance Design - April 2008 - (Page 10) NEwS watch cies of testing, inspection, certification and training. The new company would employ about 25,000 people worldwide and achieve sales of more than EUR 2.2 billion. In addition to the merger of associations and the groups, they also plan to set up a joint foundation to help train future engineers. The foundation would be located in Cologne, while the headquarters of the merged group shall be located in Munich. | MEETINGS | aPRIL 2008 ahaM annual Member Meeting April 27- 28, Ft. Myers, Fla. Contact: 202/872-5955 Email: info@aham.org Website: www.aham.org ahRI Spring Meeting May 17-20, Colorado Springs, Co. Contact: 703/524-8800 Email: sheit@ahrinet.org Website: www.ahrinet.org National Restaurant association Show May 17-20, Chicago, Ill. Contact: 312/853-2525 Email: nraregistration@dineout.org Website: www.restaurant.org Rapid 2008 conference & Exposition May 20-22, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Contact: 800/733-4763 Email: service@sme.org Website: www.sme.org/rapid MaY aNtEc 2008 May 4-8, Milwaukee, Wis. Contact: 203/740-5452 Email: lskyle@4spe.org Website: www.4spe.org/conf/antec08 63rd National hardware Show and Lawn & Garden world May 6-8, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: 888/425-9377 or 203/840-5622 Email: inquiry@hardware.reedexpo.com Website: www.nationalhardwareshow.com the Gourmet housewares Show May 6-8, Las Vegas, Nev. Contact: 914/421-3222 Email: Susan_Corwin@glmshows.com Website: www.thegourmetshow.com FEDDERS SELLS aDDISON. Fedders Corporation, Liberty Corner, N.J., a global manufacturer of air treatment products, has sold its Fedders Addison Co. subsidiary to RobertsGordon LLC. The sale was completed Feb. 15, following approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court overseeing Fedders’ bankruptcy proceedings. Addison is a manufacturer of commercial HVAC products and will now operate under the name Addison. JUNE Sensors Expo & conference 2008 June 9-11, Rosemont, Ill. Contact: 800/748-5045 Website: www.sensorsexpo.com < Graphical Touch Controls in a Single Chip Visit Atmel (Booth #928) and Amulet (Booth #2247) at ESC 2008 to experience the Amulet/CAP7 demo! A single chip with everything you need for your appliances with graphical user interfaces, brought to you by two leading companies. Based on Atmel’s CAP™7 platform, user interface controllers from Amulet combine Atmel’s field proven ARM®7 microcontrollers with Amulet’s graphical operating system, LCD controller and touch interface. Chips support monochrome and full color TFT displays and push buttons or touch controls. Need other peripherals for your appliance? Custom variations available. Contact us! For more information visit www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP or email Sales@AmuletTechnologies.com © 2008 Atmel Corporation. All rights reserved. Atmel®, logo and combinations thereof, and others, are registered trademarks, CAP™ and others are trademarks of Atmel Corporation or its subsidiaries. ARM® and others are registered trademarks or trademarks of ARM Ltd. Other terms and product names may be trademarks of others. For more Information Enter 102 AD04084Amulet.indd 1 10 applianceDESIGN April 2008 3/7/08 9:00:05 AM www.applianceDESIGN.com http://www.ahrinet.org http://www.aham.org http://www.restaurant.org http://www.4spe.org/conf/antec08 http://www.sme.org/rapid http://www.nationalhardwareshow.com http://www.thegourmetshow.com http://www.sensorsexpo.com http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP http://www.atmel.com/products/AT91CAP http://www.appliancedesign.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Appliance Design - April 2008 Appliance Design - April 2008 Contents Editorial Shipments/Forecasts News Watch A Variant of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Known as Acoustic-Stirling is Expanding Its Range Outside Cryocooling Into More Conventional Applications Such As Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Free-Piston, Stirling Coolers Are Now Showing Up in Mainstream Applications As Costs Come Down and Heat Transport Solutions Are Devised Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants A New Glass Ceramic Material for Induction Cooktops Can Be Decorated In a Variety of Glimmering Metallic, 3-D Looks That Can Employ a Number of Shades, Patterns, Styles, Colors, Intensities, and Textures Colorful, Reflective Coatings for Glass Create a Variety of Design Options To Help Designers Establish a Unique Look for Their Products Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing A New MEMS Valve Offers a Number of Advantages Over Solenoids In Certain Applications, Including the Opportunity To Cut Energy Use The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products Classifieds Design Marts Advertiser’s Index Association Report: CEA Appliance Design - April 2008 Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Design - April 2008 (Page Cover1) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Design - April 2008 (Page Cover2) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Design - April 2008 (Page 1) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Design - April 2008 (Page 2) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Contents (Page 3) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Contents (Page 4) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Editorial (Page 5) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Shipments/Forecasts (Page 6) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 7) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 8) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 9) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 10) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 11) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 12) Appliance Design - April 2008 - News Watch (Page 13) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A Variant of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Known as Acoustic-Stirling is Expanding Its Range Outside Cryocooling Into More Conventional Applications Such As Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Page 14) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A Variant of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Known as Acoustic-Stirling is Expanding Its Range Outside Cryocooling Into More Conventional Applications Such As Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Page 15) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A Variant of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Known as Acoustic-Stirling is Expanding Its Range Outside Cryocooling Into More Conventional Applications Such As Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Page 16) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A Variant of Thermoacoustic Refrigeration Known as Acoustic-Stirling is Expanding Its Range Outside Cryocooling Into More Conventional Applications Such As Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (Page 17) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Free-Piston, Stirling Coolers Are Now Showing Up in Mainstream Applications As Costs Come Down and Heat Transport Solutions Are Devised (Page 18) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Free-Piston, Stirling Coolers Are Now Showing Up in Mainstream Applications As Costs Come Down and Heat Transport Solutions Are Devised (Page 19) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Free-Piston, Stirling Coolers Are Now Showing Up in Mainstream Applications As Costs Come Down and Heat Transport Solutions Are Devised (Page 20) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Free-Piston, Stirling Coolers Are Now Showing Up in Mainstream Applications As Costs Come Down and Heat Transport Solutions Are Devised (Page 21) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 22) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 23) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 24) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 25) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 26) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 27) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Heat Exchanger Innovations Are Helping To Improve the Overall Efficiency of Vapor Compression Systems (Page 28) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants (Page 29) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants (Page 30) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants (Page 31) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants (Page 32) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Environmental Concerns Have Once Again Ignited a Debate Over Refrigerants (Page 33) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A New Glass Ceramic Material for Induction Cooktops Can Be Decorated In a Variety of Glimmering Metallic, 3-D Looks That Can Employ a Number of Shades, Patterns, Styles, Colors, Intensities, and Textures (Page 34) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A New Glass Ceramic Material for Induction Cooktops Can Be Decorated In a Variety of Glimmering Metallic, 3-D Looks That Can Employ a Number of Shades, Patterns, Styles, Colors, Intensities, and Textures (Page 35) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Colorful, Reflective Coatings for Glass Create a Variety of Design Options To Help Designers Establish a Unique Look for Their Products (Page 36) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Colorful, Reflective Coatings for Glass Create a Variety of Design Options To Help Designers Establish a Unique Look for Their Products (Page 37) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Colorful, Reflective Coatings for Glass Create a Variety of Design Options To Help Designers Establish a Unique Look for Their Products (Page 38) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Colorful, Reflective Coatings for Glass Create a Variety of Design Options To Help Designers Establish a Unique Look for Their Products (Page 39) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 40) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 41) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 42) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 43) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 44) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Appliance Designers Faced With Different Motor and Drive Options Need To Understand the Differences and Tradeoffs Before Choosing (Page 45) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A New MEMS Valve Offers a Number of Advantages Over Solenoids In Certain Applications, Including the Opportunity To Cut Energy Use (Page 46) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A New MEMS Valve Offers a Number of Advantages Over Solenoids In Certain Applications, Including the Opportunity To Cut Energy Use (Page 47) Appliance Design - April 2008 - A New MEMS Valve Offers a Number of Advantages Over Solenoids In Certain Applications, Including the Opportunity To Cut Energy Use (Page 48) Appliance Design - April 2008 - The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products (Page 49) Appliance Design - April 2008 - The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products (Page 50) Appliance Design - April 2008 - The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products (Page 51) Appliance Design - April 2008 - The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products (Page 52) Appliance Design - April 2008 - The AHR Expo Set Attendance Records and Showcased Thousands of Innovative New Products (Page 53) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Design Marts (Page 54) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Advertiser’s Index (Page 55) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Association Report: CEA (Page 56) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Association Report: CEA (Page Cover3) Appliance Design - April 2008 - Association Report: CEA (Page Cover4)
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