Sep 17 2008
Philips Lumileds today released a new case study highlighting the innovative design and lighting for the new cooker hood from Faber (www.faberspa.com), Italy’s top manufacturer for the residential market. The design objectives for Faber’s new, ultra-slim cooker hoods were bold and the challenge was given Hikari of Italy to provide a design that met the specification.
- To be thinner than any cooker hood previously released to market – just 20mm in profile
- To eliminate the frequent failure-and-replacement cycle experienced with conventional lamps
- To provide a color temperature and quality that would complement the contemporary, high-tech feel of the overall design.
“I knew straight away that only one technology — power LEDs — was going to be able to meet the design specifications,” said Sergio Macchioni, Hikari Technical Director. “Power LEDs offer the combination of features that we needed – small size, long operating lifetime and the potential to get a neutral-white color temperature.”
Cooker hood lighting units operate in a very hot, steamy environment and Hikari’s evaluation and investigation showed that LUXEON Rebel LEDs offered excellent performance in high temperature environments for both light output and operating lifetime. Quality of light was addressed through the supply chain to ensure that color temperature and flux would be appropriately grouped together in each luminaire. One of Hikari’s key objectives in selecting the appropriate LED according to Macchioni was to be able to “trust the manufacturing and distribution capabilities” of its chosen supplier.
The entire Faber Cooker Hood case study is now available at www.philipslumileds.com/CS19.pdf.