page 32 Ignition Systems and Gas Technology Keeping it Clean
by Lisa Bonnema, Senior Editor
A hot water booster heater uses a patented gas burner to keep commercial dishwashers running hot and dishes sanitized.
page 34 Ignition Systems and Gas Technology Igniting Strategic Synergy
by Lisa Bonnema, Senior Editor
With competition heating up in the global cooking market, manufacturers are taking strategic steps to ensure their appliances are built with the best gas technology available.
Feature Articles
page 20 Guest Editorial Consensus is Key to Advancing Our Industries
by GAMA Chairman William S. Rafferty, executive vice president, Mestek, Inc.
I am honored to take the reins as chairman of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) for 2006-2007. Our previous chairman, Tom Huntington of York International, served us with great judgment and leadership, and he will be a tough act to follow.
page 59 Floor Care Two Tales of Added Value
In two separate instances, residential floor care OEM Tacony and commercial floor care OEM KleenRite turned to their thermostat supplier’s Value Added Department for easy solutions to complicated problems.
page 24 Small Appliances No Tolerance for Arc Faults
by Dr. Allen C. Eberhardt, mechanical design and test engineer, Product Safety Research
Closely evaluating end-of-life and pulse-current failure scenarios can make small appliances more robust and protect against potential fires.
page 27 Technology Report Connectivity Made Easy
A new family of 8-bit microcontrollers features a built-in Ethernet controller, enabling designers to easily add connectivity to a range of applications.
page 28 Electronics Report Bright Ideas
By combining a unique light extraction technology with a solid-state light source, a new edge-lighting solution allows engineers to design LCD TVs with a handful of LEDs.
Production
page 59 Floor Care Two Tales of Added Value
In two separate instances, residential floor care OEM Tacony and commercial floor care OEM KleenRite turned to their thermostat supplier’s Value Added Department for easy solutions to complicated problems.
page 16 Europe Report Cutting Edge Washing from BSH
by Paul Roggema, Europe Correspondent
The first week of July was an unusual time for a large-scale product presentation, but BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH used the new Munich soccer stadium as the venue for presenting its wares to almost 10,000 German, Swiss and Austrian white goods retailers.
