Powerslide Prototyping 06.11.08 - 06.15.08

Powerslide, Prototyping — Jennifer on June 18, 2008 at 6:13 pm

Here are more images for the Powerslide prototype that we are exhibiting at Guestroom 2010 at the HITEC exhibition in Austin, TX.

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Coils wired up and placed next to eachother in the casting armature.

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Getting ready to to a test resin cast with woven fiberglass.

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Preparing a mock sliding door to test the prototype on.

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Magnet panel attached to a mock door for testing.

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Coils in place on the armature with woven fiberglass.  We covered the mold in plastic so that we could pop out the resin easily - though I would not recommend this in the future - as we discovered it left a wrinkly texture on the resin.

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One of the resin coil panels ready to be added onto the aluminum door valance.

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Attaching the resin coil panels to the valance.

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All installed.

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Resin coil panel and magnet panel. Ready to make some power!

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Wiring the LED lights that display the harnessed power.

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