Featured in Contactless prowess – 06-2011

Reinventing stringers

Stringers: Conventionally, soldering (stringing) surely forms part of the first stage of module production. This article suggests that making stringing the last stage in cell production could open up new fields of learning, ones that are significant for cost and quality, and may increase productivity.

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pv magazine

31 May 2011

The first attempts at soldering solar cells automatically were made in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when the first markets in the lower megawatt range came about and reproducible soldering processes were being sought for use in series production. Before then, photovoltaic systems had mainly been a niche application, limited to such extraterrestrial uses …

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