7:00 a.m.
Registration
General Session
(Conference Rooms B & C)
8:00 a.m.
Welcome
by Mr. Ewald Weber, Conference Chairman
8:05 a.m.
Keynote Address
"Challenges Facing the
Appliance Industry"
Joseph M. McGuire, president,
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Washington, DC, U.S.
Session A-1
Conference Room A
NEW DEVELOPMENTS
9:00 a.m.
"Modulating Burner for Residential/ Commercial Appliances"
By Frank Johnson, Ph.D., Rich Van Camp, and Tim Cole, Gas Technology Institute,
Des Plaines, IL, U.S.
9:30 a.m.
"New Technologies and Ergonomics in White Goods"
By Konrad Steblovnik, Gorenje d.d., Velenje, Slovenia
10:00 a.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session B-1
Conference Room B
SAFETY/RELIABILITY
9:00 a.m.
" Fully Programmable Proved Ignition System for Cooking Appli-ances
with Fast Response Time and Improved Safety and Reliability"
By Thomas A. Chodacki, Saint-Gobain Igniter Products, Milford, NH, U.S.
9:30 a.m.
" Major Appliance Teardowns: A Review of Electrical Interconnection
Results"
By Brian J. Stumm, ETCO, Incorporated, Warwick, RI, U.S.
10:00 a.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session C-1
Conference Room C
SENSORS & CONTROLS
9:00 a.m.
" Sensorless Motor Control for Compressor Applications"
By Yashvant Jani and Ritesh Tyagi, Renesas Technology America, Inc., San Jose,
CA, U.S.; Yuji Mori, Renesas Technology Corp.; and Yoshitaka Iwaji and K. Endo,
Hitachi Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan
9:30 a.m.
" Sensorless Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Including Low
and Zero Speed"
By Peter Balazovic and Roman Filka, Freescale Semiconductor, Czech Republic
10:00 a.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session A-2
Conference Room A
MATERIALS
10:45 a.m.
" Innovative Die Casting Technologies Stimulate Appliance Market Trends"
By Leo J. Baran, North American Die Casting Association, Wheeling, IL, U.S.
11: 15 a.m.
" Low Temperature Arc Vapor Deposition for Cosmetic and Durable Coatings
on Appliances"
By Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D. and Gary Larson, Vapor Technologies, Inc., Longmont,
CO, U.S.
Session B-2
Conference Room B
NOISE CONTROL
10:45 a.m.
" Achieving Sound and Vibration Control in Appliance Design with Pressure
Sensitive Adhesives: How to Make Appliances
Really Quiet!"
By Cynthia Bellian, Avery Dennison Specialty Tape Division, Painesville, OH,
U.S.
11:15 a.m.
" Identification and Improvement of Abnormal Noise of the Outdoor Unit of
an Air-Conditioner Based on Psychoacoustics Analysis"
By Ding Houming, Hisense, Qingdao, P.R. China
Session C-2
Conference Room C
SENSORS & CONTROLS
10:45 a.m.
" Low-Cost Sensorless Field Oriented Control ACIM for Improved Washing Machine
Performance Enabled by Advanced Hybrid Controllers"
By William Hutchings, Freescale Semiconductor,
Tempe, AZ, U.S.
11:15 a.m.
" Intelligent Motor Control Software Algorithms Add Flexibility and Reduce
Cost"
By Kedar Godbole, Texas Instruments Inc., Stafford, TX, U.S.
12:00 p.m.
Luncheon
Penthouse Ballroom, 9th Floor
Luncheon Address
" Outsourcing: Outperforming or Outrageous?"
By Ken David, Ph.D.,
MBA, Michigan State University
Session A-3
Conference Room A
MATERIALS
1:30 p.m.
" Plastics for Improved Major Appliances"
By Werner Posch, Borealis GmbH, Linz, Austria
2:00 p.m.
" Flexible Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) Based on Ionomer Technology"
By J. McCoy, A. Montalvo, R. Sadeghi, and A. Puttarudraiah, A. Schulman, Inc.,
Akron, OH, U.S.
2:30 p.m.
" Structural Plastics: Smart Solutions for Smart Designs"
By Maria Witbrod, Solvay Advanced Polymers,
Alpharetta, GA, U.S.
3:00 p.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session B-3
Conference Room B
NOISE CONTROL
1:30 p.m.
" Seeing is Believing: A Better Way to Diagnose Noise Sources"
By Ravinder Beniwal, Manmohan Moondra, and Sergio Mazza, SenSound; and Dr.
Sean F. Wu, Wayne State University,
Detroit, MI, U.S.
2:00 p.m.
" Design of an Appliance Panel Damper for Noise Reduction and Sound Quality"
By Mr. Christopher R. Conklin, Material Sciences Corporation, Elk Grove Village,
IL, U.S.
2:30 p.m.
" Diagnostics of Engine Noise During Run-Up by Using HELS-Based Nearfield
Acoustical Holography"
By Authors A. Abualfeilat and S. Chevalier Powertran/NVH Metaldyne, Plymouth,
MI, and M. S. Moondra, R. Beniwal, D. Gaddis, and S. Mazza SenSound, Grosse
Pointe Farms, MI, and S. F. Wu, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, U.S.
3:00 p.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session C-3
Conference Room C
SENSORS & CONTROLS
1:30 p.m.
" Beyond Touch Panels: Appliance Solutions Using E-Fields"
By Brad Stewart, Freescale Semiconductor, Tempe, AZ, U.S.
2:00 p.m.
" Design Considerations for Capacitive Touch-Control Switching for Large
and Small Appliances"
By S. E. Wetterling and P. H. Barrett, P.E., Lamb Industries, Inc. Portland,
OR, U.S.
2:30 p.m.
" Choosing the Right Motor Control Algorithm for Laundry Products"
By David Wilson, Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, TX, U.S.
3:00 p.m.
45-Min Break in Exhibits Area
Session A-4
Conference Room A
NEW TECHNOLOGY
3:45 p.m.
" Commercial AC Grid Connected Two-Switch, Boost-Half Bridge Type Soft Switch
PMW Power Converter for Consumer Induction Heating"
STUDENT PAPER—By Hiroaki Tanimatsu, Tarek Ahmed, and Mutsuo Nakaoka,
Yamaguchi University; Izuo Hirota, Kenji Yasui, Toshiaki Iwai, and Hideki Omori,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Japan; and Hyun Woo Lee, Kyungnam
University, Masan,
South Korea
4:15 p.m.
" A Novel, Compact, High-Frequency Planer Transformer Linked, Soft-Switch,
PWM DC-DC Converter for Low-Voltage, Large-Current Power Supplies"
STUDENT PAPER—By Tetsuya Etoh, Y. Ishigami, Tarek Ahmed, and E. Hiraki,
Yamaguchi University; K. Morimoto, T. Doi, and H. Manabe, Daihen Corp., Japan;
and Nabil A. Ahmed, Hyun Woo Lee, and Mutsuo Nakaoka, Kyungnam University,
Masan, South Korea
4:45 p.m.
" Micro-Generation Appliances for the U.S. Market"
By Robert A. Zogg, Richard F. Topping, W. Peter Teagan,
Allan Chertok, and Justin S. Spencer, TIAX LLC, Cambridge, MA, U.S.
5:15 p.m.
Conference Adjourns for the Day
Session B-4
Conference Room B
TESTING
3:45 p.m.
" Time vs. Humidity-Controlled Tumble Drying: Are There Differences in Energy
Consumption in Real Use?"
STUDENT PAPER—By Prof. Dr. R. Stamminger and Sonja Reich, University
of Bonn, Germany
4:15 p.m.
" Sensorial Testing: A Scientific Method for the Appliance Industry"
By Prof. Dr. Michaela Schlich, University of Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany
4:45 p.m.
" A Structured Approach to Finding the Right Packaging Solution for Appliances"
By Alice Holm Kristensen, Lachenmeier Inc., Hollywood, FL, U.S.
5:15 p.m.
Conference Adjourns for the Day
Session C-4
Conference Room C
SENSORS & CONTROLS
3:45 p.m.
" Remote Temperature and Pressure Monitoring"
By Donnie Garcia, Freescale Semiconductor, Mexico
4:15 p.m.
" Water-Level Measurement Design Trade-Offs Using MEMS Pressure Sensors"
By Michael Nelson and Rod Borras, Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, TX,
U.S.
4:45 p.m.
" Intelligent Cooking Control of Glass Ceramic Appliances through Advanced
Temperature Sensing and Control Techniques"
By Peter R. Wilkins, Ceramaspeed, Ltd., Oldington, Kidderminster, United Kingdom
5:15 p.m.
Conference Adjourns for the Day
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Suppliers’ Reception
