New products
industry, the need to reduce peripheral to help solar panel manufacturers prove existing batteries and which could play an
cracks on solar cells has received much and improve reliability. The solar panel important role in distributed generation
attention. Pressurex® surface pressure test chambers are perfectly sized to and allow the large scale proliferation of
indicating film directly fits this bill by accommodate PV solar panels ranging renewable intermittent power technologies.
providing a low-cost solution for quality from 1.2 m x .6 m to 1.2 m x 1.8 m. In Combined with renewable energy sources
control checks during equipment setup, addition to extreme temperature testing such as solar and wind turbines, Lion
calibration, as well as re-qualification of a from +180°C to -70°C, these chambers energy’s battery will provide a 24 hour
solar module production line. include a reliable, accurate, and efficient energy release at an economic cost.
www.sensorprod.com full range humidity system for simulating www.lionhellas.com
conditions from 10% RH to 98% RH.
Dupont launches new pV www.thermotron.com laser Direct Writing marks panels
encapsulant sheets based on without damaging the surface
polyvinyl butyral (pVB) polymer christopher associates introduces Advanced Solar Photonics, (ASP),
technology gSMc photovoltaic metallization announced the invention of Laser Direct
DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DPVS) pastes to North america Writing for tracking thin film solar panels.
announced commercial availability of the Christopher Associates, Inc., has Traditional methods to mark panels
DuPont™ PV5200 Series photovoltaic introduced the Gigastorage range with tracking codes such as mechanical
(PV) encapsulant sheets, based on polyvinyl of photovoltaic metallization pastes. etching or engraving using a Co2 Laser
butyral (PVB) polymer technology. Giga Solar Materials Corporation has can crack the surface of the glass thereby
The new PVB sheets offer physical and developed a complete range of the compromising the overall strength
processing performance levels proven most efficient and reliable solar paste and quality of the glass. Due the harsh
in laminated glass manufacturing, with materials for photovoltaic applications environments the panels must endure,
additional features designed in to meet the in either crystalline silicon or thin film these cracks can potentially lead to panel
needs of thin-film solar power generation. manufacturing processes for both front issues in the future. Laser Direct Writing
photovoltaics.dupont.com and back side metallization. is a non-destructive, patent pending
www.christopherweb.com laser marking technology that marks
photovoltaic solar panel test
glass without damaging the surface while
chambers from Thermotron lion energy breakthrough in
producing a readable image. This process
Whether testing needs are driven by design electrical energy storage with
does not require tapes or sprays to make
qualification, endurance or accelerated revolutionary battery design
the mark thereby eliminating any cleaning
life testing, or certification and type Lion Energy has developed a battery
and post processing required with other
approval, Thermotron solar panel test in the flow category that has major
methods. www.advancedsolarphotonics.com
chambers provide the exact environment performance and cost advantages over the
JpSa introduces dual side scribe
capability for JpSa laser systems
JP Sercel Associates, Inc., (JPSA),
introduced dual side scribe (DSS)
processing for its laser wafer scribing
systems. JPSA provides DSS capability
across a wide range of laser wafer scribing
systems to perform both front side and
backside scribing for LED, sapphire, GaAs,
Si, and metal wafers, depending on wafer
processing requirements. A proprietary
backside camera technology produces the
highest accuracy with fast alignment times
for the DSS systems. JPSA has achieved
high throughput backside scribing at
speeds up to 150mm per second with no
debris or damage to the epi layer. The DSS
is available on all JPSA scribing systems,
and is also a field upgrade to all existing
JPSA scribing systems. www.jpsalaser.com
Qcomp Technologies introduces
new robotic glass handling
conveyors
QComp Technologies, Inc., has introduced
five new conveyors designed specifically to
meet any glass handling applications. The
complete line of conveyors include straight,
pop up transfer, cantilevered finger, tilt top
and skewed roller conveyors. “Glass
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