Featured in Celebrating solar success story – 06-2018

Double the output, on the fly

Alongside GT Advanced Technologies, Germany’s 3D-Micromac was awarded the top innovation award in the 2018 Technology Highlights for its microCELL OTF 8000. With a doubling of throughput, the double lane tool brings to an end any bottleneck caused by laser processing of high efficiency PV cells. Frederik Bamberg, 3D-Micromac’s Product Manager PV Laser Tools took pv magazine through the tool’s advantages.

By

Jonathan Gifford

19 Jun 2018

Image: 3D-Micromac

The microCELL OTF 8000 represents a doubling of throughput of laser processing in a single tool. Can you tell me about the drivers for such an increase? The microCELL OTF has been well-known in the industry for five years now, and more than 60 tools have been sold. The latest development is the result of …

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