Featured in Green leap forward – 02-2012

Making sense of chaos

Automation standards: It has become common knowledge that with the implementation of automation, product quality significantly improves and costs can potentially be cut. Are standards in such automation necessary? What are the pros and cons of such standards?

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Shamsiah Ali Oettinger

31 Jan 2012

It often seems like a PV production plant is one big chaotic ball of processes, communication lines and equipment, all trying to pump out PV products at the best speeds, quality and quantity possible. Behind every action that occurs, however, is a meticulously planned process. Deciphering and streamlining these different processes can be made easier …

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