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Manufacturing meets big data

As PV manufacturing lines continue to get larger, keeping track of the measurement data that’s vital for quality and process control becomes an ever more herculean task. Flashing equipment supplier h.a.l.m. has developed a software solution that keeps all of this data in one place and provides operators with a real-time view of production line performance and quality. pv magazine caught up with Managing Director Michael Meixner to discuss the latest on big data in PV manufacturing.

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Mark Hutchins

04 May 2021

Michael Meixner, managing director at German equipment supplier h.a.l.m. The company has developed a software solution to streamline manufacturers’ handling of the data produced by its measurement equipment, and to help them improve on quality and process control. | Image: h.a.l.m.

In 2021, it seems we are once again in the midst of a massive expansion in cell and module manufacturing in Asia. What does this mean for h.a.l.m.’s business? What we see that is different from expansion waves in the past is that projects are much larger. Both the total sum of the expansions …

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