"The pressure on the solar markets is still very high. We are taking that into account in the form of our new PV backsheet laminate variants", says Klaus Bernhardt, Head of the KREMPEL Solar Materials Division. "They will enable us to expand our range in a way that gives module manufacturers greater scope in material selection. Furthermore such selection is always the result of a weighing-up process, which includes customer requirements and application-specific components as well as cost-efficiency."
Four AKASOL variants with fluoropolymer film in 25 µm or 18 µm thicknesses are new in the product portfolio. They complement the two proven AKASOL product groups with 38 µm and 30 µm: The classics, AKASOL PTL and PVL with fluoropolymer film as the cell-side layer and outer layer, known as TPT and KPK types, have proved their quality in use throughout the world. In a cost-optimized further development, AKASOL PTL 2 and PVL 2 have been created as TPE and KPE variants. A fluoropolymer film continues to form their outer layer, while the cell side has been manufactured as a primer layer with a first-class UV protection formulation. KREMPEL supplies all AKASOL types either with TEDLAR-PVF films or KYNAR-PVDF films.
"We are supporting the best possible material selection at all levels. That starts with clear designations," says Karlheinz Brust, Technical Director of the Solar Materials Division at KREMPEL. "Our KPK and KPE variants give anyone who chooses AKASOL quality with KYNAR film exactly what the name promises: the three-layer KYNAR original that we developed together with ARKEMA. Furthermore our TPT and TPE variants actually do use DuPont's TEDLAR film."
KREMPEL's solar experts always follow the rule of transparency when advising customers in respect to application-specific material selection. This is based on 30 years of market success.
