720671Development of a new heat resistant lighting system for use in consumer ovensClosedGRD Development of PrototypeInnovate UKThe detrimental effect that temperature has on electronics has so far restricted the design and integration of innovative LED lighting into consumer and industrial applications that require high temperatures, resulting in inefficient, ineffective incandescent light bulbs still being used for these applications. These inefficient bulbs have already been banned from general sale in the EU under Regulation 244/2009 and increasingly restricted to a small list of specialist applications. As the EU continues its legislative drive to remove all incandescent and halogen bulbs from circulation by 2016, there is a real need to develop and supply the market with a viable LED alternative. Trumeter Technologies Ltd are a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of innovative lighting, measurement and sensory technology. Having created significant advancements in LED technology in the automotive industry, Trumeter believe there is significant cross-over potential for their lighting technology in the consumer products market, developingthe next generation of LED lighting for home appliances.Trumeter intend to develop a low-energy, low failure rate LED lighting system capable of operating in and illuminating ovens which are heated to temperatures in excess of240ºC. The detrimental effect of temperature on electronics and LED’s has so far restricted the integration of innovative LED technology in household appliances, preventing the environmental, control and luminosity benefits of the technology being realised. If successful the project will result in the first, high volume, low energy LED lighting system able to function and illuminating environments of 240ºC heat or more. Implementation of the technology will initially focus on consumer oven, before other applications and markets are explored. The project will help ensure that Trumeter and the UK remains at the forefront of lighting technology and to the wider benefit to the UK household appliance manufacturing community.