Obviously, they are all flat refrigerators, but some of them are difficult to integrate with the home after being embedded, either the gaps on both sides are large, or the refrigerator door protrudes from the cabinet. In the refrigerator market, this kind of chaos is not uncommon. One of the reasons behind the chaos is the lack of unified standards in the industry, which cannot form effective specifications for products.
On February 27, at the Beijing National Convention Center, Casarte Refrigerator, together with China Association for Standardization and other institutions, released the world's first original "Flat Embedded Refrigerator" standard. The standard stipulates multiple dimensions such as the size and design of the flush refrigerator, which not only regulates the embedded effect of the flush refrigerator.
1. The chaos in the industry such as poor use and storage experience provides a guarantee for the healthy development of the refrigerator market.
In the home appliance market, flush refrigerators are still a new category. In 2022, Casarte released the world's first original plain refrigerator, and it has only been two years. However, thanks to the user's pursuit of the integrated style of home appliances and home, the flat refrigerator market has developed rapidly in the past two years. According to the "2023 China High-end Home Appliance Market Report" released by GFK, the retail volume of high-end flush refrigerators from January to October 2023 increased by 212% year-on-year, and the retail sales increased by 258%, which also attracted more brands to join this track.
However, behind the rapid rise of flush refrigerators, the problems caused by the lack of standards are also being revealed. Consumers find that some refrigerators are "tightly fitted" with the cabinet after being installed, while others leave a large gap; Some are flush with the cabinet after being embedded, and some can only protrude from the cabinet; In addition, some refrigerators also reduce storage space in order to make a thin body, and the detail design does not consider the integration effect of the refrigerator and the cabinet. These chaos not only affect the daily experience and kitchen style, but also lay hidden dangers for the orderly development of the industry.
What should a real flush refrigerator look like? Qu Zongfeng, vice president of the China Household Electrical Appliances Research Institute, may be able to answer this question, he said: "The flat refrigerator is designed with a new generation of kitchen standards, breaking the separation between the refrigerator and the cabinet, and realizing the healthy, safe, comfortable, beautiful and personalized development of the kitchen." "However, to achieve such an ideal effect, a uniform industry standard is needed to standardize it.
Industry standards are not imagined out of thin air, and many problems will be encountered at the beginning of formulation, such as how to fit the size of the refrigerator with the cabinet, whether the refrigerator door can be opened normally after embedding, how to ensure the integration effect of the refrigerator and the home, and so on. These problems all pose challenges to the existing technology, and as can be seen in the original "Flush Refrigerator" standard, Casarte refrigerators have found a solution.
It is understood that the original "flat embedded refrigerator" standard is based on six embedded technologies: the flat embedded refrigerator should achieve the embedded standard size, and the refrigerator size matches the international cabinet depth and width size standards, so that the refrigerator and the cabinet are flush;In addition, matching the line chasing design of the cabinet, the height of the refrigerator baseboard and waist line is consistent with the cabinet, which strengthens the fusion effect from the details, and the lines are connectedAt the same time, the bottom should be front-mounted for heat dissipation, so that the refrigerator can be embedded with "0 flash seams" and release more storage spaceRecessed hinges should also be used to ensure that the door opening of the refrigerator is not affected after it is embedded;Finally, it is also necessary to have a professional embedded integrated delivery capability to provide more complete installation services and kitchen-home integration effects.
This is because as a high-end refrigerator, Casarte refrigerator has always been well versed in the needs of users, and in 2022, it took the lead in formulating the "Free Built-in Refrigerator" standard, which established three levels of the embedded effect of free built-in refrigerators for the industry. The world's first original "flush refrigerator" standard launched today is once again ahead of the industry and has become the vane of the flush refrigerator market.
Jiang Feng, executive director of the China Household Electrical Appliances Association, said that the integration of home appliances and home furnishings has benefited from the process improvement of the home appliance manufacturing industry and the iterative upgrading of built-in refrigerator technology, which has made the perfect integration of refrigerators and cabinets and won the favor of consumers. The "Flush Refrigerator" standard provides a standard basis and technical support for consumers to purchase built-in refrigerators, and for the industry, this standard has played a positive role in promoting the integration of household appliances.