Laminator apparatus and method of making curved laminated solar panel

A laminator system comprising:

• a lower housing including a convex surface having two axes of curvature, said convex surface selected from the group consisting of:
• a mold, a lower tray, or said lower tray being operably coupled to said mold in a physically and thermodynamically complementary manner,
• said convex surface being adapted to uniformly transfer heat from a heat source to, and to support, a lamination stack when said lamination stack is coupled thereto,
• said convex surface including a protrusion formed outwardly therefrom and formed contiguous a perimeter of said lamination stack when said lamination stack is coupled to said convex surface, and
• said convex surface further including one or more passages formed proximate said perimeter of said lamination stack when said lamination stack is operably coupled to said convex surface, said one or more passages adapted to convey a vapor away from said lamination stack during lamination;
• one or more lift pins adapted to move said lamination stack between a first position and a second position,
• said first position characterized by said lamination stack being offset from said heat source such that said lamination stack is thermally insulated from said heat source,
• said second position characterized by said lamination stack being in thermal communication with said heat source, and
• said one or more lift pins including a thermally insulative portion such that when said one or more pins are in said first position, said thermally insulative portion of said one or more pins thermally insulate said lamination stack from said heat source;
• and
• an upper housing including a membrane having a first membrane portion proximate said lamination stack and a second membrane portion surrounding said first membrane portion;
• wherein said protrusion is shaped such that, when said membrane is in a lamination state, said first membrane portion is coincident with, or forms a obtuse angle with respect to, said second membrane portion about said perimeter,
• wherein, in an assembled configuration said lower and upper housing form a cavity partitioned by said membrane to form upper and lower cavities, said upper cavity having at least one radiused upper corner and an upper opening formed in said upper housing to remove and/or add fluid to said upper cavity, said lower cavity having at least one radiused lower corner and a lower opening formed in said lower housing to remove and/or add fluid to said lower cavity.