Solar Power World

Semicustom cam followers guide the manufacturer of String Ribbon silicon wafers

By Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor A simple change to “older” technology ensures a cutting-edge wafer system keeps solar cell production moving.The bulk of all solar panels made today are based on silicon wafers. In many manufacturing facilities, these wafers are produced using conventional methods such as energy-intensive casting and cutting of large silicon blocks with diamond saws; not what you would expect from a hi-tech clean energy product such as solar... Read More

Semicustom cam followers guide the manufacturer of String Ribbon silicon wafers

By Leslie Langnau, Managing Editor A simple change to “older” technology ensures a cutting-edge wafer system keeps solar cell production moving. Although these are not the exact components used by Evergreen Solar on their String Ribbon Wafer furnaces, shown are several cam followers designed and manufactured by IntechThe bulk of all solar panels made today are based on silicon wafers. In many manufacturing facilities, these wafers are produced using conventional methods... Read More