Sok Overflowing Bath

Sok Overflowing Bath A long, hot soak in a bath is one of life's simple pleasures, or so it would seem. In practice, we all know the difficulty of keeping submerged and warm, and of keeping the bath at a constant temperature-not so simple, after all. That is, until the introduction of the sok overflowing bath.

Sok Overflowing Bath ，泡澡是人生簡單的樂趣，或者說似乎。在做這件事時，我們都知道很難保持浸在水中和溫暖，也很難保持洗澡時溫度固定，畢竟這並非如此簡單。直到使用了 Sok Overflowing Bath 。

overflowing 溢出bath 浴缸soak 浸泡

This reinvention of the soaking bath uses an overflow channel to recirculate water, creating a waterfall effect that soothes and engages the bather. While the water is recirculated, it is filtered and heated, so bathwater stays warm and clean; the recirculation also creates a natural effervescence that is more low-key than that created by a whirlpool.

這再發明的浴缸利用溝渠讓水循環，形成瀑布效應撫慰並契合洗澡者。當水在循環時，它同時過濾和加熱，所以洗澡水保持溫暖和乾淨，在循環時還會產生一個自然冒泡現象，但比起產生的漩渦這是比較不引人注意的。

reinvention 再發明 → invention 發明recirculate 再循環 → circulate 循環engage 契合

"The initial idea of the bath came to us because, listening to our customers, we were hearing that people could not get a bath deep enough to keep them warm and to give them a really deep soak," says Carter Thomas of Kohler Co. Consumers also wanted a new experience-a bath that would be visually interesting, quiet, restful, and reminiscent of bathing outside. Adds Thomas, "Obviously, they didn't say, I want something that overflows into a channel and has color-we had to discern that." The bath also fit into Kohler's strategy of marketing the concept of a home spa-a dedicated area in the house similar to a home gym or home theater-to give new interest to an overlooked category and to provide interior designers with a more engaging product to offer their customers.

我們開始有這個浴缸最初的想法，是因為傾聽客戶的聲音，我們聽聞人們不能在洗澡時得到足夠的溫暖和極度的浸泡， Kohler Co. 的 Carter Thomas 說。消費者還希望有新的經驗，洗澡將是看起來有趣，安靜，給人充分休息，以及聯想到在外面洗澡。 Thomas 補充說，很顯然，他們沒有說的是：我要的東西是溢出到一個渠道而且有顏色，我們已經看出這一點。這浴缸也適合 Kohler 公司的家庭 spa 的市場行銷策略， ( 策略是 ) 家裡一個專門的區域類似家庭健身房或家庭影院。 ( 這浴缸 ) 提供一種被忽視的新的趣味性，而且讓室內設計師提供了更具吸引力的產品給他們的客戶。

reminiscent of 讓人聯想的

The team came up with a number of concepts for a soaking bath; the bath that mimicked some of the qualities of an infinity pool was the one the team chose to develop. After initial brainstorming, Kohler quickly went into crude modeling of the bath in cardboard and plywood. "We're a very hands-on organization where we go right to the three-dimensional very quickly, and then we may follow up with the computer work," says Thomas, "because ultimately the experience is what we're after here, and you really can't get that from the computer."

該小組提出了許多的浴缸的概念，這個模仿一個無限的水池的特性的浴缸構想被這組選擇發展。經過初步的發想， Kohler 很快的用硬紙板和膠合板建了一個浴缸的粗模。我們是一個非常重視親自動手的組織，在我們很快地有確切的三圍尺寸後，也許就可用電腦工作， Thomas 說，因為最終的經驗是我們在這裡，而你真的無法從電腦中取得。

infinity pool 無限的水池crude 粗糙的cardboard 硬紙板plywood 膠合板

The rough prototypes were used to get an idea of what the size and shape of the bath would be, how many people it would hold comfortably, and how the depth felt. The data was adjusted and put into the computer model; then, the team built a rough model that would hold water. This model did not yet have pumps or motors; it was simply used so the team could evaluate the experience of the bath itself.

這個浴缸粗模被用來確認概念的大小和形狀，有多少人會感覺舒適，以及如何深入感覺。這些數據進行了調整並輸入至電腦模型，然後，該小組建立了一個將要盛水的粗模。這個模型還沒有泵或馬達，它只不過是能夠讓小組對浴缸的使用經驗進行評估。

prototype 原型

In evaluating this experience, the team had help from Kohler's human factors lab, which has access to a database of information about employees throughout the company. Employees were called and asked to spend half a day in the lab evaluating the bath. "The different sizes of people and the different volumes and the way people feel in different vessels of water surrounding them can be quite interesting," says Thomas. The team put that feedback into a third set of models, which now had detailing close to what the team wanted for the final design as well as working electronics.

在評估這經驗，團隊獲得從科勒的人為因素實驗室獲得幫助，使用整個公司的員工的數據資料。員工們被招集和要求花半天時間在實驗室評估浴缸。 不同身高和不同的容量與人們載不同容器中被水包圍的感覺可以是相當有趣 托馬斯說。小組講這個回饋放到第三個集模型，它現在已詳細接近團隊想要的最終設計以及工作的電子產品。

Database 數據Feedback 反饋訊息

From this testing, the team learned that the speed with which bathers entered the bath was a big variable in the proper functioning of the channel overflow. If bathers got in quickly, there was a good chance that the resulting water displacement wouldn't be caught by the channel and instead would end up on the floor. "We tried to go wide and shallow with the overflow channel, but that just did not work," says Thomas. "We had to go deep and narrow to make sure the water would stay in the channel, go down to the bottom of the channel, curl up on itself, and then stay in there and not ramp back out." The overflow channel also affected another of the team's primary objectives: keeping the bath quiet. The height the water fell from the interior well into the overflow channel turned out to make a big difference in the noise level of the bath, so the team had to take that factor into account when refining the overflow channel.

從這個測試中，團隊得知，人進入浴缸的速度，對於在正常運作的渠道溢出，是個大變量。如果人快速進入，有一個很好的機會，最終排出來的水將不會被渠道接住，反而最終會在地板上。 我們試圖讓溢出的渠道拓寬和淺，但是沒有用，托馬斯說。 我們必須使他深和狹窄，以確保水會留在通道，下降到了底部的通道，蜷縮著，然後呆在那不會回到坡道。溢出的渠道也影響到另一個團隊的首要目標：保持洗澡安靜。水的高度下降，由內部已湧入溢出渠道，洗澡使產生一個很大的不同噪音程度，所以團隊不得不考慮到這個因素在精緻溢出的渠道時。

Primary 主要的

Every change in a crucial element - the size of the pump, the volume of water contained in the bath, the size and shape of the overflow channel-affected all the others, and more adjustments had to be made to the rest of the design. As Thomas puts it, "These variables are all interdependent, and if you change one of them, the applecart really gets upset." At the same time, the design had to allow for a wide variation in one of the most crucial variables - the person using the bath, a factor that affects both the volume and the speed of the water displacement.

每改變一個關鍵元素，幫浦的尺寸，浴缸的容量，溢出渠道的大小和形狀影響到所有其他的，更多的調整，必須被產生在其他部分的設計中。正如托馬斯所說，“這些變量都是相互依存的，如果你改變其中之一， applecart覺得不高興。”同時，設計考慮到一個廣泛的變化，這變化是最關鍵的變量。使用浴缸的人，一個因素影響的容量和水排出的速度。

crucial element 關鍵要素Interdependent 互相依賴

One of the biggest challenges facing the team was perfecting the manufacture of the product. The chosen material-fiberglass-reinforced plastic (commonly used in the manufacture of boats)-had many advantages:It allowed for high-strength, thin, cross-sectioned parts, which were necessary to allow room for the electrical components contained within the walls of the bath; it could be crafted with the precise geometrical detailing necessary to make the overflow channel work; and it allowed for a colorful and highly durable surface.

其中一個最大的挑戰團隊面對的，是將製造的產品完美化。所選擇的材料，玻璃纖維增強膠（常用於製造船），有許多優點：它可以用於高強度，薄，橫切部分，這是必要的，有個空間讓電子元件包含在浴缸的牆邊緣裡，它可以被精確的幾何細節製作，必須讓出溢出渠道作用，以及它允許一個豐富多彩和高度耐用的表面。

fiberglass-reinforced plastic 玻璃纖維增強塑膠Geometrical 幾何Highly durable 高度耐用

There was one major drawback, however:The choice of this material meant Kohler would have to reinstitute manufacturing processes that they had not performed in years. The team was worried that it might be difficult to get right, especially on a product where precise manufacture was critical to success.

然而 , 這裡有一個主要的不利條件 :這種材質的選擇意味著 Kohler 將必須再重新建立近年來未實行的製造程序。團隊擔心如此可能不容易得到正確的過程，尤其是精密製造的產品。

manufacturing processes 製造程序

Because of Kohler’s unfamiliarity with the material and the intricacy of the overflow channel mechanism, the team decided to set up an independent manufacturing cell at their headquarters in Wisconsin and do a small prototype run, much as the auto industry does.

由於 Kohler 不熟悉材質和錯綜複雜的溢出方向機制過程 ,團隊決定設立獨立的製造點在 Wisconsin 的總部並且運作 , 就像汽車工業一樣。

auto industry 汽車工業

They brought up personnel from their manufacturing facility in Texas to assist. In doing so, they particularly wanted to prove two parts of the process -that the water would sheet out sharply and consistently into the overflow channel, and that the manufacture cycle time would be as planned.

他們從 Texas 的生產線帶來協助的人員，因為如此，他們特別想要證明水將會清楚的上升並穩定的溢出。這兩部分的過程並且製造循環週期將會被計畫好。

The manufacture is complex, multistep process-the bathing well and the overflow channel are cured, demolded, and trimmed separately, and then bonded together with high-strength methacrylate structural adhesive and reinforced by support rackets-so it was critical that the timing of each step could be predicted accurately.

這製造過程是複雜且有多重步驟 -良好的沐浴和水道溢出的消除、分別的調整然後用高強度的甲基丙烯酸酯結構膠聯結在一起且使用支架強化 - 所以每一個時間點的步驟可以準確被預測。

Demolded 脫模Multistep 多重步驟Structural 結構

In the test run, the team found out that all the assumptions they had made in CAD modeling were correct-the prototypes did indeed work as envisioned, and they could be manufactured within the range of time the team had predicted. "Everyone on the team and also executive management breathed a hugesigh of relief," says Thomas. “We were confident about it before, but I think until you actually see that part come off a prototype line, you don't really know what you have." The prototypes-fewer than a half dozen in all-were then sent to a packaging lab so packaging and shipping specifics could be determined.

在測試運行中，該研究團隊發現，他們提出了的所有假設在 CAD 模型是正確的 -原型如想像一般是有效的並且團隊還預測在製造時間的範圍內。 Thomas 說 , “每個人在團隊中且執行管理時都鬆了一大口氣。”我們以前很有信心，但我認為，直到你真的看到，部分脫落的原型，你真的不道自己擁有什麼。少於半打的原型後來送到包裝實驗室 , 所以包裝和運送是可以被決定的。

Assumption 假想Shipping 運輸 ;運輸業

The sok overflowing bath was an immediate hit with consumers while the sales team had projected a sales goal of just 100 units in the first seven months of release, at the end of that time they had sold quadruple that number, putting them close to surpassing their third-year sales projections. A year after its initial release, Kohler added chroma therapy, which allowed users to enhance their bathing experience with a variety of colored lights; this feature had been planned from the start, but the team didn't have time to incorporate it into the product's first incarnation.

sok overflowing bath 是一個直接擊中消費者。當銷售團隊預計的銷售目標只有在前 7 個月釋放 100套，最後卻賣了四倍數字，近超越了三年的銷售預測。第一批放貨後一年， Kohler增加色度療法，它使用戶能夠藉由顏色的多樣性提高他們的沐浴體驗；這特色已經從一開始就被計劃但是團隊並沒有時間使併入到產品的第一代。

Incarnation 第一代

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