Mr Havant has worked in the kitchen appliance industry for over 10 years, and has excellent knowledge of kitchens and kitchen appliances
BSH group is on a mission to increase the use of induction hobs cooking throughout Europe. To achieve this aim, the company needs to do two things: make its induction cooktops stand out from their radiant counterparts and entice consumers to absorb the increased cost of an emerging technology.
Ceran Cleartrans is a glass ceramic that offers industrial design options not possible with Schott’s standard monochrome black or white glass ceramics. Cleartrans has a transparent glass ceramic hobs base decorated on both the top and underside. The topside pattern is made from colored glass ceramic, while the underside is coated with a homogenous metallic film. This metallic coating is a thin composite of noble metals, including gold and platinum. The film, combined with the colored glass-ceramic topside pattern, provides myriad design possibilities, enhancing the aesthetic appeal of the cooktop.
A further design advantage of the material is that it allows for sophisticated user interfaces. A black semitransparent display area enables the use of different display colors and opens the door for complex display and electronics possibilities in future applications.
For product innovation manager Lutz Klippe of Schott HomeTech, bringing this product to market was not without challenges. The greatest challenge, he says, was meeting high-temperature stability demand while maintaining aesthetic quality and mechanical integrity. The key to the product, Klippe says, is the noble-metal underside coating. It does not compromise the durability of the glass ceramic even at peak hob temperatures, which can reach 500° to 600°C. “We had to develop something that was very heat resistant, very stable, that wouldn’t show any aging effects, even after long-time cooking applications. And on the other hand, the coating could not spoil the mechanical toughness of the glass-ceramic base material. This is not easy to achieve.”
“The superiority of induction hobs technology in terms of speed and efficiency is extremely high. And with Ceran Cleartrans we can now make this technology more visible.”
Bosch, Siemens and Neff hobs have a full 2 year parts and labour warranty.
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