Time to standardize

Not all quality control plans, processes and agreements are created equal, writes Frédéric Dross, the VP of strategic development for Senergy Technical Services (STS). Indeed, developers can find themselves saddled with agreements that allow unacceptably low levels of quality, unless they have followed standards.

Issue 04 – 2021

EL images taken in the field show manufacturing defects (cold soldering). The QCP used during production would allow for seven such defects on each module without the rejection of the lot. Per STS-STD-PVM1, only one such defect would classify the module as defective (major defect).

Image: STS

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