Digital cooking: CERAN Luminoir® TFT enables new cooktop display designs
Wednesday, September 11, 2024, Mainz, Germany
- New glass-ceramic cooktop from SCHOTT provides more freedom to integrate intelligent display and lighting solutions: Luminoir® TFT.
- The advanced glass-ceramic allows for high-resolution, multicolor TFT displays to shine through brilliantly and retain their deep black appearance, even when switched off.
- Technology group SCHOTT is the only manufacturer in the world to offer such a sophisticated glass-ceramic solution for cooking.
Until now, design-oriented kitchen appliance manufacturers had to forego the deep black aesthetics of a glass-ceramic cooktop if they wanted to integrate a display – because black color normally absorbs light. But that is no longer the case with the latest innovation from SCHOTT CERAN®: Luminoir® TFT. This glass-ceramic substrate, developed in Germany and optimized for light and color transmission, allows a broad spectrum of light and colors to penetrate with maximum brilliance, so that even high-resolution TFT displays can be integrated. At the same time, the elegant black surface appearance is maintained even when the backlight is off, creating the popular dead front effect. This enables a digital and interactive user experience with a classic, elegant look.
CERAN Luminoir® has already created new options for sophisticated lighting and product designs in modern cooktops, from hot zone lighting to designed user interfaces. Developed and patented at SCHOTT's German research site, the new glass-ceramic transmits a very broad spectrum of light. Not only white and blue light, but also color combinations shine through clearly and brilliantly. At the same time, the cooktop retains its deep black appearance without any reddish shimmer.
Innovation - Made in Germany
Luminoir® TFT now takes the next step. This glass-ceramic enables a uniform transmission curve for a broad light spectrum across the entire cooking surface, which is a basic requirement for integrating multicolor, high-resolution TFT displays. Optimized for the lowest luminosity of TFT displays, Luminoir® TFT makes display content clearly visible at any time of day, while delivering a dead-front effect when switched off.
All this is achieved by combining outstanding material properties and an additional coating on the back. As the inventor of the first black glass-ceramic for cooking, SCHOTT drew on over 50 years of experience in developing leading glass-ceramics when working on Luminoir® TFT. With its unique properties, Luminoir® TFT is setting a new standard for the clarity and brilliance of multicolored displays and their vivid, high-resolution presentation.
The SCHOTT technology group is currently the only provider worldwide of this type of glass-ceramic solution, which it developed in Germany and melts exclusively at SCHOTT's global headquarters in Mainz. Well-known kitchen appliance manufacturers are already in the process of integrating the innovation into their own products. The first products with Luminoir® TFT are expected to come to market in 2024.
CERAN Luminoir® is a registered trademark of SCHOTT AG.
Luminoir® TFT is optimized for the lowest luminance of TFT displays so that the content on the display is clearly visible at any time of day.
About SCHOTT
International technology group SCHOTT produces high-quality components and advanced materials, including specialty glass, glass-ceramics, and polymers. Many SCHOTT products have high-tech applications that push technological boundaries, such as flexible glass in foldable smartphones, glass-ceramic mirror substrates in the world's largest telescopes, and laser glass in nuclear fusion. With their pioneering spirit, SCHOTT’s 17,050 employees in over 30 countries work as partners to industries such as healthcare, home appliances, consumer electronics, semiconductors, optics, astronomy, energy, and aerospace. In fiscal year 2023, SCHOTT generated 2.9 billion euros in sales. In addition to innovation, one of its important corporate goals is sustainability, where it is pursuing climate neutral production by 2030. SCHOTT was founded in 1884 and is headquartered in Mainz, Germany. The company belongs to the Carl Zeiss Foundation, which uses its dividends to promote science. Further information at SCHOTT.com
Lea Kaiser
PR & Communications Manager