METALAB » PV POD http://www.metalabstudio.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mold fabrication http://www.metalabstudio.com/2009/08/mold-fabrication/ http://www.metalabstudio.com/2009/08/mold-fabrication/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:41:05 +0000 admin http://www.metalabstudio.com/?p=938 The molds for the PV Pod prototype are being fabricated at Plastic Mart in Burnet, TX.  Our high-density polyethylene roto-molded vessles will be exhibited at the UHGBC exhibition next month.

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]]> http://www.metalabstudio.com/2009/08/mold-fabrication/feed/ 0 Trip to the Rotomolder http://www.metalabstudio.com/2008/12/trip-to-rotomolder/ http://www.metalabstudio.com/2008/12/trip-to-rotomolder/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:18:37 +0000 admin http://www.metalabstudio.com/blog/?p=154 Chris Boyer from SRE joined us to visit a Rotomolding Shop in Burnet, Texas.  We discussed prototyping the “PV POD” which is a project we are developing with industry partners and the UHCOA GBC (Green Building Components Grant Initiative).  It’s an impressive operation and exactly the process and material for our application.

Link to video of molds cooling after leaving the oven…


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