Manufacturing Equipment for the Photovoltaic Industry

Represented Companies and Products


Herbert Arnold GmbH & Co. KG - is the leading manufacturer of equipment for machining silicon in wafer manufacturing for mono- and multicrystalline materal. Arnold's product portfolio includes individual machines, automated manufacturing cells combining multiple pieces of equipment, and fully automated manufacturing solutions:

  • Brick polishing
  • Brick chamfering
  • Brick cropping
  • Ingot squaring
  • Ingot cropping
  • Ingot round grinding
  • Fully automated solutions including the equipment above

 

Decker Anlagenbau GmbH - is a manufacturer of wet processing equipment with almost three decades of experience. Decker is offering professional solutions for acidic chunk and granule etching.  Sophisticated chemical support systems guarantee turnkey-type installation and commissioning. The system is designed to be configurable. Cleaning, etching, drying modules can be added depending on the customer's requirements. The newest member in Decker's product portfolio is the GECKO, a wafer separation tool, which utilizes adhesion forces in a patented design. Located between wafer pre-cleaning and the final wafer cleaning tool, the GECKO increases wafer yield and cleaning tool utilization while decreasing labor cost.

  • Silicon chunk and slab etching
  • Granule etching (0.1 - 3 mm granules)
  • Slim rod etching
  • GECKO wafer separation tool

Meier Solar Solutions GmbH - is the world leading manufacturer of vacuum laminators for the PV industry. Meier's products cover the range from laboratory machines to big fully automated systems needed in module mass production. If you are planning to modernize your existing module fabrication line, if you plan to expand your factory capacity, or if you are a start-up just about joining the PV manufacturing community, don't look any further. Meier has the lamination solution for your application:
  • Stand-alone laminators
  • Fully automated solutions for mass production
  • Stack laminators
  • Automation and process management options



 

Mondragon Assembly Technologies, an automation vetereran of 30 years, is a manufacturer of turnkey module fabrication lines and individual equipment used in module manufacturing. Mondragon's engineers analyze a customer's requirements, select the process equipment, and add just enough automation to match its intended purpose. The result is a well integrated, smoothly running manufacturing line. Mondragon also assists its customers in the selection of raw materials, module design, facility design, production ramp up, and more.

  • Turnkey module manufacturing lines
  • Cell testers
  • Tabber/stringers with automated layup stations
  • Bussing stations
  • Lamination stations (with 3rd party laminators)
  • Trimming stations
  • Junction box mounting stations
  • Module testing stations (with 3rd party module testers)
  • Framing stations
  • Module sorting stations
  • Testing equipment (Dark IV for string and module, IR imaging)