MBJ Solutions is expanding its product portfolio with a new SolarModule EL-quickline system. The SolarModule EL-quickcheck is designed as an alternative to the company's high resolution product platform, SolarModule EL-basic / EL-lab.
German-based Schletter GmbH has developed a novel cleaning system for PV module rooftop installations. The PVSpin is designed to be operated safely by one person and employs a twin rotating brush heads fed with water through a central nozzle.
Avago Technologies has introduced a new precision optical isolation amplifier for motor control and current sensing applications. The ACPL-790B, ACPL-790A and ACPL-7900 devices improve the accuracy and response times of the Avago isolation amplifier portfolio,
McObject’s ‘eXtremeDB’ Fusion embedded database system, a Linux-based high performance embedded database system for solar power optimization, is being integrated with Azuray Technologies' DC-to-DC converters for 'smart' solar modules. Azuray needed a small, fast embedded database management system (DBMS) in its communications gateway but building a DBMS from scratch would be costly and take considerable development time.
Edwards has expanded its iXA family of magnetically-levitated turbomolecular pumps with the introduction of the STP-iXA2206 and STP-iXA3306 pumps. Developed for solar, glass coating, semiconductor and LCD etch applications, the iXA2206/iXA3306 pumps offer performance superior to that offered by earlier iXA family pumps.
2BG Srl has extended its product line with the complete automation of bussing soldering process in order to meet the high demand of quality production and throughput. The IC200AR is an in-line system that’s operates as a robotic workstation which solders bus ribbons to solar cell strings for completing the electrical interconnection of the module prior to lamination.
Atlumin Energy has begun fabricating monolithic `barking’ (dog bone) rotary molybdenum sputtering targets for solar thin-film module manufacturing. Barking targets offer superior material utilization, while monolithic targets offer higher density and higher purity than traditionally fabricated targets.
National Semiconductor has released the ‘SolarMagic’ ‘MYPVDATA’ Solar Operations Center (SOC). The software as a service (SaaS) offering helps users analyze data collected from the PV array by delivering information through an easy-to-use web-interface.
Enercon Industries Corporation is introducing the new ‘Plasma4’ in-line atmospheric plasma surface treatment system for the cleaning and functionalizing of roll-to-roll materials used for fabricating photovoltaic systems.
GT Solar International has announced the commercial release of the ‘DSS650,’ multi-crystalline ingot growth systems for the solar PV industry. The DSS650 can grow significantly larger silicon ingots averaging 625 kg - resulting in 25 percent more output.
