Modular Sauna Cabin Panels with Integrated Heating
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for constructing professional cabins for wellbeing treatments, such as Turkish baths and saunas, face challenges including the need for specialized personnel, difficulty in standardizing production, and complex transportation and installation due to large prefabricated parts.
Innovation Solution
The solution involves a modular design where prefabricated modules with reversible connections and integrated heating elements are used to form the cabin walls and roof, allowing for standardized production and simplified installation by non-specialized personnel, and easier transportation by dividing components into manageable pieces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If prefabricated structures with large dimensions are used to form cabin walls and roof, then production can be standardized to some extent, but transportation and installation become complicated and require specialized personnel
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the cabin structure into modular panels of standardized dimensions (e.g., 1200mm x 2400mm) that can be easily transported and assembled. Each panel is a self-contained unit with integrated insulation, finishing layers, and connection mechanisms, allowing standardization of production while maintaining ease of transportation and installation through manageable sizes.
2Ease of manufacture
If prefabricated structures are constructed at the maker's premises and then transported, then production can be controlled, but the structures are exposed to damage risk during transport and require re-installation of systems
Solution Approach 1:
All necessary systems including heating elements, lighting, insulation layers, and finishing materials are pre-installed on the panels during manufacturing. Connection channels for electrical and hydraulic systems are pre-formed during panel production, eliminating the need for subsequent re-installation work and reducing damage risk during transport.
3Adaptability or versatility
If complete cabin construction is performed at the installation site using artisan methods, then customization is possible, but installation time and labor specialization requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The cabin is divided into standardized modular panels that can be quickly assembled on-site. The panels come pre-configured with all necessary systems and finishes, allowing rapid installation while maintaining the ability to customize the overall cabin design through different panel combinations and configurations.
4Device complexity
If prefabricated structures require chasing and plastering for system installation, then systems can be integrated, but the construction process becomes complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
Connection channels for electrical, hydraulic, and other systems are pre-formed during panel manufacturing. Heating elements, lighting fixtures, and other system components are pre-installed on the panels before delivery to the installation site, eliminating the need for chasing and plastering operations.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This approach simplifies cabin design and production, reduces installation time and costs, and allows for easy assembly and repair, enabling cabins to be transported and installed in existing rooms without specialized labor.
Implementation Method 1
a heating element (27) integrated into the at least one panel (6, 7, 8, 18), said heating element (27) being designed to heat the interior of the cabin (1)
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AI summary
A professional cabin for wellbeing treatments, such as Turkish baths, saunas and the like, comprising at least one access wall (2) fitted with a door (3), one or more lateral walls (4) and a roof (17), in which each lateral wall (4) comprises a plurality of prefabricated first modules (18) which are drawn near each other vertically and each have a height corresponding to the height of the entire wall, the access wall (2) comprises at least one prefabricated second module (7) forming the door (3) and at least one prefabricated third module (18) which is drawn near to the prefabricated second module (7), and the roof (17) in turn comprises a plurality of prefabricated components (18) drawn near and connected to each other; the first modules and third modules (8) substantially forming the entire thickness of the wall and comprising a first finishing layer (9) towards the inside of the cabin (1); and each component (18) substantially forming the entire thickness of the roof (17) and comprising a second finishing layer towards the inside of the cabin (1). A method for making such cabins is also claimed.