On September 24, the professional committee of intelligent sanitary appliances of China Household Appliances Association organized and held the 2021 technical exchange meeting of intelligent sanitary appliances industry in Guangzhou (hereinafter referred to as "sanitary technology exchange meeting"). Zhu Jun, vice chairman of China household electrical appliances association, Yan bangping, chairman of intelligent sanitary appliances special committee of China Household Electrical Appliances Association / deputy general manager of Wrigley Home Group Co., Ltd., industry experts and more than 100 representatives from nearly 70 enterprises attended the meeting.
Experts from many fields gathered to guide the development of the bathroom industry in an all-round way from ergonomics, acoustics and cost control. Zhu Jun first introduced the current development of the industry. He mentioned that this is another technical exchange meeting held by the industry after a lapse of five years. Over the past five years, the industry of intelligent sanitary appliances, especially intelligent toilet, has developed vigorously, expanding from about 2 million in 2015 to about 5 million in 2020. Domestic brands have changed from competing for market prices in the early stage to focusing on product quality and functional innovation, constantly catching up with foreign leading brands and narrowing the gap. At present, domestic intelligent sanitary appliances, especially in the field of intelligent toilet, show a good momentum of domestic and foreign brands catching up and going hand in hand.
But at the same time, the intelligent bathroom industry is also facing great pressure and challenges. Under the downward pressure of the real estate market in recent years and the impact of the global COVID-19 in 2020, how to enhance the innovation and user satisfaction of the product, rekindle the enthusiasm of the mass consumption, and set up an interactive platform for the industrial chain to promote exchanges and cross-border cooperation in the industry, promote product upgrading and technological innovation, and promote the development of the industry, are the original intention of this bathroom technology exchange.
Subsequently, Zhang Fan, executive deputy general manager of China building materials inspection and Certification Group (Shaanxi) Co., Ltd., shared the overall overview of the intelligent toilet industry. In terms of product development process, standards, quality problems and progress, the participants were combed and explained in detail. The industry prospect of intelligent toilet was inspired by the enterprises present from the aspects of intelligence, health, environmental protection and so on. At the same time, Zhang Fan is also full of expectations for the future development of intelligent bathroom. He believes that it is the future industry trend to vigorously promote intelligent manufacturing and build an intelligent bathroom system integrating intelligent mirror cabinet, intelligent bathtub, intelligent clothes hanger, intelligent shower and intelligent bath bully.
As a household appliance category inseparable from people's life, the intuitive use feeling and experience of users is an eternal research topic in the industry. In this regard, Dr. Hu Huimin of China Institute of standardization analyzed how to better improve product comfort and improve user experience from the perspective of ergonomics. "People centered, considering the adaptability of man machine environment." It is the core idea of ergonomics index system. It is implemented in the field of sanitary ware. It is analyzed from the contact point of human-computer interaction to match the physiological characteristics and psychological perception characteristics of the human body. These determine how a product should be upgraded in terms of structure, size, body pressure distribution and button position, so as to better meet the needs of the human body.
Shen Chao, a doctoral lecturer in the school of Metrology and testing engineering, China University of metrology, introduced noise measurement, noise sources, noise identification and noise reduction technology, helping sanitary ware enterprises with weak accumulation in noise research and application to introduce the concept of noise, how to build a noise laboratory, the direction of noise reduction of sanitary ware products and how to reduce noise. In addition, he also inspired new ideas for cleaning sanitary products from the perspective of acoustics. For example, the application of ultrasonic cleaning to sanitary products can achieve good results, but also a non-contact cleaning method, which can release manpower.
Zhu Jianzhi, general manager of innovation division of scientific consulting (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., brought dmfa (Design for manufacturing and assembly) method closely related to the enterprise's production process to help enterprises simplify design, realize high-quality and low-cost design methods, reduce the cost pressure caused by fierce competition, increase the need for automatic production and assembly, etc, At the same time, it can improve production efficiency and product quality. For example, the structural design of toilet cover with more parts can be optimized to reduce the cost pressure of enterprises.
These experts in different fields, from their respective professional perspectives, have brought more dimensions of interpretation and thinking about how sanitary products can develop more healthily, which provides a more comprehensive inspiration for enterprises' next product planning and function innovation.
Full category development and full scene exploration bring the progress and upgrading of sanitary products
In view of the current industry situation and future development, enterprises conduct all-round and multi-dimensional exchanges and discussions from the aspects of product whole machine technology, antibacterial and anti-virus, innovative accessories and service technology, so as to jointly seek the healthy development of the industry.
At the technical level of the whole machine, Xie Wei, director of Wrigley Home Group Co., Ltd., brought Wrigley's discussion on the expansion of intelligent bathroom products. "People-oriented innovation" is an eternal research topic in the industry. In this direction, Wrigley cut in from comfort and studied ergonomics together with Tsinghua University. Xie Wei said, "for example, many consumers now go to the bathroom with their mobile phones, so it is necessary to improve the comfort of sitting on the toilet cover." In this regard, they adopted the concept of returning to nature from high to low, bringing consumers a more comfortable product experience. At the same time, Wrigley is also conducting research in the direction of security, such as constant temperature electric water outlet and inductive night light, so as to ensure the safety of users.
Hengjie enhances its brand influence by creating a full scene bathroom space. Bi Dayan, senior vice president of R & D of Hengjie bathroom Group Co., Ltd., explained the advanced technologies related to bathroom, such as Hengjie new water purification technology - ceramics, Hengjie new water purification technology - hardware, Hengjie waterproof and moisture-proof wood alloy technology, so as to bring users a more comfortable product experience. Wang Weihong, product director of Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd., shared Kohler's discussion on spatial intelligent scene. He believes that it is very necessary to develop from the perspective of integration "We found that there are too many such systems in the whole smart bathroom and smart home, so how can we better integrate the whole product into different platforms is the most important node."