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41st Annual Cooking Report
Cooking and Looking Smart
An APPLIANCE Staff Feature
Consumers around the world continue their love affair with higher-end appliances, especially in their showcase kitchens, and appliance makers are eager to provide cooking appliances that have stunning looks, gourmet performance, and a high IQ.

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41st Annual Cooking Report
Induction Means Green Cooking

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41st Annual Cooking Report
Cooking Controls

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41st Annual Cooking Report
Configurable Cooking

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Control Panels and Display
A Luminous New Control Panel
by Jill Russell, Contributing Editor
Whirlpool worked with a control supplier to achieve a dramatic look and responsive controls in its KitchenAid French door, bottom-mount refrigerator.

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Control Panels & Displays
Innovative Control and a Sleek Fit
by Jill Russell, Contributing Editor
Maytag put an innovative control on a new Jenn-Air glass cooktop for RV and hotel/motel markets.

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Plastic Materials & Equipment
Pliable Advantages
by Lisa Bonnema, Senior Editor
As appliance OEMs demand both flexibility and strength in their product designs, plastics suppliers are responding with materials and technology that can meet a variety of demands.

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Plastic Materials & Equipment
Trimming Where It Counts
When Flymo was looking to cost-effectively produce its latest hover and roller mowers, Basell supplied an impact-modified PP grade that saved costs and production time.

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Metals and Metal Service Centers
Structuring a Steel Strategy
by David Simpson, Contributing Editor
Appliance companies get supplier help in an environment of higher metals costs.

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Exhibition
FIN-X ’07
FIN-X ’07 is the international conference and expo for industrial finishers, scheduled for September 17–20, 2007, at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN, U.S.

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The Open Door
Less Can Mean More
by Stephanie Husk, president, Deep Blue Insight Group

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Cooking Technology
Ultra-Low-Resolution Thermal Imaging for Detecting Kitchen Hazards
by Justin A. T. Halls, Brunel Institute for Bioengineering, Brunel University, UK
More than 50% of fires are the result of unattended cooking appliances. This article describes a device that uses a very-low-resolution thermopile array to scan the kitchen to detect the presence of heat sources.

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Motor Technology
Designing inside the Box
Appliance engineers with tight space constraints have a new motor option that offers a thin profile and high performance.

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Electronics Report
Programmable Precision
A new programmable clock generator delivers low cycle-to-cycle and period jitter for precision clocking in networking equipment and consumer electronics.

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Technology Report
Cost-Sensitive Sensors
A new family of load cells allows designers to use direct-force measurement in many OEM applications where the technology had previously been too expensive.

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Appliance Line
Piracy or Patent Infringement
Tim Somheil, Editor
Intellectual property rights violations hurt OEMs everywhere, but distinguishing patent infringement from product piracy is never easy.