Featured in Contactless prowess – 06-2011

Quality panes

Solar glass: Modules should be cost-effective and durable. How difficult it is to achieve this becomes very obvious when taking a look at the requirements that module manufacturers place on their glass manufacturers. Glass manufacturers, on the other hand, also have requests of the module manufacturers.

Tom Clarius is a quality manager. For the past five years, he has been working for the CIS thin film manufacturer Avancis in Torgau. “We are in a market that offers warranties of 20 to 25 years. That is fairly uncommon,” he says. “I doubt whether many manufacturers know what happens with their products in …

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