Panel Specifications.pdf

PVC panel specifications for the USDA-ARS Plant Science Research Unit in Raleigh, NC

OTC top panel

• Material: Clear Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) film

• Film layers: 1

• Thickness: 8-mil

• Finished Dimensions: 51’L X 4’W

• 2”-channel on each long side, created by folding and sealing edges

• Ropes (supplied by customer) are to be installed inside each channel during fabrication

OTC bottom panel

• Material: Clear Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) film

• Film layers: 2 (inner and outer)

• Thickness: 16-mil inner layer, 8-mil outer layer

• Seals: One long side (top) and both short sides to have layers bonded together

• Finished Dimensions: 46’L X 4’W

• One 2”-channel on long sealed side (double layer), and a 2”-channel for EACH film layer on the long (bottom) unsealed side (total of 3 channels)

• Perforations: 300 1”-holes on the inner film layer (16-mil), arranged in a 6 X 50 grid distributed evenly over the entire layer between the channels

• Fan plenum/adapter: 19”-dia X 4’-lengh clear PVC film tube, with one end bonded to the 8-mil layer (outer), centered both in length and width of the layer

• Ropes (supplied by customer) to be installed inside each of the three channels during fabrication

AES panel

• Material: Clear Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) film

• Film layers: 2 (inner and outer)

• Thickness: 16-mil inner layer, 8-mil outer layer

• Seals: All sided to have layers bonded together

• Finished Dimensions: 46’L X 4’W

• 2”-channel on each long side, created by folding and sealing edges

• Perforations: 300 1”-holes on the inner film layer (16-mil), arranged in a 6 X 50 grid distributed evenly over HALF the inner layer, lengthwise

• Fan plenum/adapter: 19”-dia X 4’-lengh clear PVC film tube, with one end bonded to the 8-mil layer (outer), centered both in length and width of the layer