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三月 14, 2019

商业卫生间反思: 跟随 Mike Gipson 了解冲洗阀

自发明 Royal® 手动冲洗阀并开启现代化管道时代以来,仕龙一直走在冲洗阀技术的最前沿。 迈克·吉普森担任仕龙冲洗阀产品线管理人员近 8 年,帮助推动了仕龙冲洗阀的不断创新。

How are aesthetics starting to play a more important role in flushometer specification?
I think the commercial restroom has become a more popular place for architects and designers to pay attention to than it was 5 to 10 years ago. We’re finding that the architecture and design community is now becoming more involved in specifying commercial plumbing products. More pleasing and aesthetic flushometer options are beginning to present themselves.

这一需求推动了仕龙许多新品开发,催生了最新的暗装式冲洗阀 — 仕龙 CX 冲洗阀 的诞生。 如果您问建筑师和设计师何为理想的冲洗阀,他们会说是暗装式冲洗阀。 为此,我们开发了一款全新的暗装式冲洗阀,配备多种表面处理的面板,极具吸引力。 可从墙面前方进行维修,无需接入后入式管道。

CX 哑光黑暗装式冲洗阀

How has a focus on touch-free technology continued to evolve?
Hands-free, sensor-activated flushometers aren’t necessarily a new trend, but it’s certainly one that is expected to continue. It’s in most of the specs we see now, so most of our new product development focuses on sensor-activation. The appeal is obviously from a user standpoint in the fact that you don’t have to touch anything. Yet in the commercial restroom space, the other advantage of hands-free activation makes the Sloan CX Flushometer more practical for facility managers to ensure that fixtures get flushed. Commercial restroom user behavior can be a little sloppy so it’s nice to have that feature.

Flushometers are continuing to push the envelope in water conservation, but is it important to balance low-flow and operability?
There continues to be a lot of pressure to lower flush volumes and we have responded to this trend with Sloan’s low-flow flushometers for both water closets and urinals. Yet, as the industry leader, we’re trying to take a moderate, responsible approach. The industry has come a long way with water conservation, and I think we’re about to hit a wall and need to be careful about sacrificing performance for the sake of small incremental water savings.

Plumbing Efficiency Research Coalition 发布了一份关于低流量技术的报告,指出一旦抽水马桶低于 1.28 加仑/冲,可操作性就会急剧下滑。 性能由许多变量决定,包括管道和水压的状况以及使用的卫生纸类型,为此我们正在努力引导消费者,确保其正确认识适用于自身行业的冲洗阀。 例如,如果您知道一个新的建筑项目的管道的坡度和状况良好,那么低流量冲洗阀很有可能会运行顺畅。 但是,改良旧建筑中的旧洁具和旧管线时,我们就要格外注意了。

What project are you most proud of in your time at Sloan?
I would say Sloan TruFlush and CX Flushometer product launches. The Sloan CX Flushometer was our most innovative flush design in 50 years so it was pretty neat to be part of that. It started out as a valve we designed specifically for the international market. Historically, we try and make the most of what we can with U.S. products internationally, so it was pretty rewarding to watch this evolve and come from the specific needs of the international market.

CX 感应式冲洗阀

Where do you see flushometers heading in the coming years?
We’re heading down a path toward smart flushometers and the Internet of Things (IoT). There's so much information gathering that can be done. For example, how much water’s been used and on how many flushes. There are some diagnostics that you can do as well that can be run from phone apps, so there’s an intelligence side and then there’re also some settings that can be changed. We recently implemented this type of innovation with our redesigned Sloan Optima® faucets. Everyone in the industry is trying to harness this technology, make it more efficient and do so in a cost-effective way that won’t be burdensome to the end-user.

这是与仕龙产品线管理人员进行的一系列问答环节的第四部分,内容涉及他们对商业洗手间的历史、发展现状以及未来走向的看法。 可以借机了解之前的洁具版本。

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