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The power of process measurement

By Mark Osborne
July 11, 2017
Manufacturing

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Aurora Solar Technologies' founder and COO Gordon Deans tells PV Tech how inline measurement and monitoring can protect yield, prevent process excursions and ultimately, ensure maximum profitability for PV manufacturers.

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