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Solar industry

Fully automatic and error-free

Production and quality assurance of solar cells is largely automated for reasons of cost efficiency, and switching sensors and vision sensors from SensoPart play an important role.

The presence of wafers or wafer boxes must be registered at numerous stages in the production of solar panels. Our laser photoelectric proximity sensors from the sub-miniature series F 10 are perfectly suited for this type of application and can be easily integrated in installations, even in cramped spaces. Position detection requires that robots pick up and put down wafers or cells with utmost precision – a task for the VISOR® Solar vision sensor, which can detect the position of wafers with ± 50 µm accuracy. In addition, the sensor can also identify even the smallest of damage, such as edge breakouts, thereby avoiding the possible breakage of wafers further down the production line, and any subsequent related contamination or costly machine downtimes. 

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Visualisation of entire process with SensoWeb

Throughout the production process, a large quantity of data is generated that has to be monitored and checked. The operator must be able to consult, manage and evaluate this data easily in order to identify and implement any necessary modifications to the process.

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Classification
Identification
Inspection
Positioning