A European distributor wanted their own unique grill design, so Wood gave them the math data for the basic shape. That was forwarded to an industrial designer who created a new concept. Wood had the concept refined to make sure it fit, then sent the data back to the distributor for approval. When Wood got the nod, a rapid prototype was created, sanded, painted and flown to the customer who presented it in their booth at an appliance show. The distributor also put a photo rendering of the product in their brochure.
Wood notes they also had their own deadlines to meet.
Once we launched the first, smaller unit, we knew we needed to get the second one out very, very quickly within the same season, really because the demand is toward larger units, especially in North America. David Wood, director of Home Comfort, W.C Wood Company Limited, examines his company's newly designed dehumidifer with pride. The first phase product has a capacity of 15 - 25 pints, that being the amount of water it can remove from the air in 24 hours. The second phase from 30 to 50 pints had to be put in a larger box to accommodate more filtration and air through the unit. We could use the same design concept, the same math data and enlarge it to hold larger components.