{"id":16353,"date":"2017-04-07T10:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=16353"},"modified":"2017-04-07T10:52:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T14:52:09","slug":"wavewalk-s4-mold-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/07\/wavewalk-s4-mold-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"Wavewalk S4 mold completed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The S4 mold got coated with Teflon, and our mold makers are done with its final inspection.
\nIt’s on the way to its new home at the production facility where our kayaks and boats are made.
\nDeveloping and producing such a large size cast aluminum tooling is a complicated and lengthy process, and it was carried out pretty much on schedule.
\nWe are planning to produce the first S4 units next week.<\/p>\n

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The top part of the S4 mold. The golden-brown glossy material is the Teflon coat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The purpose of coating the inside of a mold with Teflon is to prevent the Polyethylene from sticking to the mold after it’s cooled down.
\nIf the Polyethylene sticks to the mold, the production team can have a hard time taking the molded boat out.<\/p>\n

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The mold’s top part viewed from another angle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Close up of the bottom part of the Wavewalk S4 mold<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The bottom part of the tooling suspended from a crane<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Rear view of the bottom part (upside down) – The bottom half of the rear carry handles can be seen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Wavewalk S4 cast aluminum tooling waiting to be picked up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The S4 mold got coated with Teflon, and our mold makers are done with its final inspection. It’s on the way to its new home at the production facility where our kayaks and boats are made. Developing and producing such a large size cast aluminum tooling is a complicated and lengthy process, and it was … Continue reading “Wavewalk S4 mold completed”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}