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  1. PHOTOVOLTAICS: Linescan cameras target thin-film solar panel production

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    Thu, 1 Apr 2010

    their location on the coated substrate. By rejecting a solar panel at such a stage, manufacturers can eliminate waste ..... To date, Basler has integrated three systems at solar panel manufacturer Sunfilm (Grossroehrsdorf, Germany; www

  2. Adept Technology expands into solar-power market

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    Fri, 19 Jan 2007

    robotics services, has secured new design wins with four solar - panel manufacturing companies in the international solar ..... To get the required production yields, high-volume solar - panel processing plants are combining robotics with on-the

  1. Sensor-robot tandem boosts solar-cell yield

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    Tue, 1 Jan 2002

    determination. A leading manufacturer of solar - panel cells has modified an existing ..... inspection system, robot arm removes a solar - panel cell from the stack and positions ..... inspection system developed for the solar - panel cell manufacturer required the

  2. Smart Camera Checks Electrical Tape

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    Tue, 1 May 2012

    measure new materials under extraordinary situations. In solar panel manufacturing , for example, various electrical components ..... accuracy of 0.3 mm (see Fig. 1). FIGURE 1. In solar panel manufacturing, electrical components are placed onto

  3. Capture the Speeding Web

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    Sun, 1 Aug 2010

    vendors offer products that allow system developers to capture monochrome and color images. By using these cameras in solar panel , sheet metal, wood, and agricultural inspection, in-line quality control systems can be designed to analyze and sort

  4. PHOTOVOLTAICS: Machine vision speeds edge isolation in solar cells

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    Sun, 1 Aug 2010

    which results in a field of view of approximately 165 × 165 mm, producing images each of 4096 × 4096 pixels. As the solar panel is moved across the camera’s field of view, images are digitized into a PC using an X64 Xcelera-CL, also from

  5. Scanning the Bow

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    Sun, 1 Feb 2009

    few large companies manufacture wafers, cells, and solar panel modules. “At these companies,” says Thor Vollset ..... and is currently undergoing trials at several major solar - panel manufacturers in Europe. According to Vollset, fully

  6. Solar Scribing

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    Thu, 1 Oct 2009

    wide. Conventional metrology systems utilize area-array cameras to produce snapshots of very small sections of the solar panel less than 0.2% of the surface area. These systems cannot tolerate glass bounce or warp and must perform the inspection

  7. Uniquely Challenging

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    Mon, 1 Feb 2010

    characteristics. The results can also assist in process control as well as in matching cells for compatibility in a solar panel assembly. Handling IR insensitivity While AOI in the final inspection has the potential to provide significant manufacturing

  8. Solar toolset is an alternative to standalone inspection systems

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    Tue, 1 Dec 2009

    existing production lines to immediately enhance processes from inspecting bare wafers to verifying assembly of the final solar panel . DataMan Industrial ID Readers--The industry's most powerful handheld and fixed-mount code readers enable high