Featured in Automation in motion – 05-2010

Enabling growth

Automation and robotics: Reducing the cost of labor is only one reason to further automate the processes of solar photovoltaic production. Currently, the quest for improved quality and increased production capacity is driving the global demand for automation and robotics.

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pv magazine

17 Sep 2010

Advanced manufacturing technologies are often seen primarily as reducing the cost of manual labor by replacing humans in various steps and processes in PV production to reduce labor expenses. Yet if that was the case, automation would only be gaining ground in high labor cost countries. In fact, equipment suppliers are addressing a global market. …

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