New Products
glass, flexible stainless steel and polyimide
roll-to-roll substrates. An optional propri-
etary thermal shield allows for film control
at panel temperatures of up to 300˚C.
www.solarmetrology.com
CRB-S™ systems produce bent
glass substrates to support demand
for solar energy
Glasstech, Inc., has engineered the Cy-
lindrical Radius Bender—Solar Parabolic
Shapes (CRB-S™) as a cost-effective and
efficient means of providing the essential
glass parts needed in the burgeoning CSP
market. CSP uses glass-based parabolic mir-
rors to create a trough, concentrating the
sun’s rays on a tube-within-a-tube configu-
ration containing a heat transfer medium.
That system provides the heat to create
Sono-Tek SonicSyringe ultrasonic dispersion pump
steam that powers an on-site electricity-
producing turbine. The system will form
glass from 1.6 mm up to 5.0 mm for the
the tracker can generate up to 40% more the Unicon 108XL high power soldering
specifications and tolerances needed for
power than fixed solar panel systems. www. iron for high mass soldering applications,
solar parabolic trough reflector glass parts.
etsolar.com including printed circuit assembly, indus-
www.glasstech.com
trial, and solar cell manufacturing. Avail-
RNT demonstrates solar and FPD able in 150 Watt and 300 Watt versions,
Sono-Tek Introduces ultrasonic
Gen 10 bonding capability and using a high mass soldering tip, the
dispersion syringe pump
Reactive NanoTechnologies, Inc., Unicon 108XL features precision control,
Sono-Tek Corporation announced im-
announced the successful demonstration fast recovery time and the ability to use
mediate availability of the SonicSyringe
of its NanoBond® process and technol- solder wire up to 2 mm diameter.
ultrasonic dispersion syringe pump (patent
ogy for bonding Generation 10 sputter-
www.christopherweb.com
pending). The SonicSyringe is designed
ing targets used in the fast growing solar
to quickly disperse particles in a mixture
photovoltaic and flat panel display (FPD) PV module long pulse simulation
and hold them evenly suspended for
industries. The demonstration was done systems for crystalline and thin-
several hours or more. The ultrasonic
on an aluminum target measuring 3400 film PV modules
system disperses agglomerated particles
mm x 218 mm and resulted in greater than EYE Lighting International of North
quicker and more uniformly than magnetic
98% bond coverage as measured by ultra- America, a subsidiary of Iwasaki Electric
stirring or sonic baths commonly used
sonic inspection. The bond was executed Co. Ltd., introduced a new family of Long
for the same applications. The system’s
in RNT’s Hunt Valley facilities and the Pulse PV panel performance test systems
high-frequency ultrasonic vibrations hold
process is now being transferred to licens- for testing both crystalline and thin-film
particles suspended for longer periods of
ees of the NanoBond® process throughout PV modules. The Class AAA system tests
time as well, improving process quality by
Asia.
www.rntfoil.com panels up to 1.2 m x 0.6 m; Class ABA
delivering consistent particle suspension
tests panels to 1.4 m x 1.0 m. Up to 1000
characteristics during the entire coating
High-power soldering iron for solar points can be acquired per pulse, depend-
process. These attributes make the system
applications ing upon the selected acquisition rate and
ideal for de-agglomeration of nanoparticles
Christopher Associates Inc. has introduced pulse duration.
www.eyelighting.com
and catalyst slurries that have a tendency to
clump and are difficult to keep evenly dis-
persed in solution during liquid delivery.
www.Sono-Tek.com
ET Solar introduces tracking system
with unparalleled wind load
ET Solar Group Corp’s new dual axis (ET-
D81) tracking system has an unparalleled
wind load of 110 mph (or 177 km/h) and
comes with features specifically designed
to withstand marine and desert environ-
ments. The dual-axis tracking system maxi-
mizes power production of photovoltaic
projects by orienting solar modules to be
perpendicular to the sun all day long. As
a result, the modules that are mounted on
Reactive NanoTechnologies’ NanoBond®.
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