Solar module assembly equipment — Page 4

HORAD's mounting station picks junction boxes out of a jumbled supply with a 3D camera and a six-axis robot, flips and feeds them on belts, and presses each box onto the module while vibration helps it settle over the leads. It covers panels 2550–1650 × 1450–990 mm and draws 380 V / 15 kW. Send your box drawing with the enquiry.

This HORAD station runs inline on the module's back face and lays adhesive along programmed paths at the three spots where junction boxes will sit. X and Y servos plus a Z cylinder place the valve, and flow and time are adjustable. It covers panels from 2550 × 1450 down to 1650 × 990 mm at 380 V / 5 kW. Box potting is a separate HORAD machine.

HORAD's laser station strips leftover adhesive from both faces of a module lead wire. A baffle drops over the area around the lead, a laser head travels up, down and sideways, and an extractor pulls the fumes away. Its panel range runs 1650 × 990–2500 × 1400 mm, powered at 380 V / 9 kW. Ask for the laser specification with your quote.

This HORAD station takes the protective tape or high-temperature cloth off a module's ICB leads, then aligns and reshapes the leads ready for the junction box. Three mechanisms peel at the same time. A heater adjustable from 0 to 400°C can be switched on when your site needs it. The machine draws 6 kW and weighs 2.5 T.

This HORAD station cuts away the film that squeezes out around a laminated module, along the edges and at the corners, in one pass. Eight servo blade modules do the cutting in a 12-second cycle, and each blade cylinder has its own pressure setting. HORAD picks the blade type to suit your film, so send your laminate build with the enquiry.

After lamination this HORAD station strips the protective tape from a module's edges with four servo-driven heads. Servo correction lines the panel up, and a camera at the outfeed photographs each edge to see whether the tape came off. Spent tape drops into a waste box. The machine draws 8 kW, weighs 2.2 T and takes panels 1650–2600 mm long.

HORAD's edge-taping station wraps tape along the edges of a module. A servo belt sets the panel in place, a head built from several cylinders presses the tape on with a soft touch, and high-speed-steel cutters trim each end. It takes panels 1650–2550 mm long, draws 5 kW and weighs 1.8 T. HORAD gives no cycle time or taping tolerance, so ask for both.

This HORAD station bends the three ICB leads that stick up from a laid-up module, all at once, in a 12-second cycle. It also places a protective layer and a barcode on each module. You pick high-temperature cloth or tape for protection, and barcode transfer or print-and-apply for labelling. Panels from 1640 × 992 mm up to 2520 × 1450 mm fit.

HORAD's back-glass station picks up the rear glass of a module, squares it on a floating mechanism and lowers it onto the layup, with flipping named in the title. Alignment happens about 30 mm above the glass. The machine draws 14 kW at 380 V, measures 5300 × 4300 × 2220 mm and weighs 3.6 T. Ask HORAD for the flip sequence and final placement tolerance.

HORAD's butyl dispensing station lays a butyl sealing bead around module glass in 12 seconds or less per piece. HORAD lists three bead tolerances: ±0.5 mm on width, ±0.15 mm on thickness and ±0.5 mm on corner thickness. Glass from 1650–2550 mm long, 990–1450 mm wide and 1.2–3.5 mm in the third dimension enters at a 950 ±30 mm docking height.

HORAD's backsheet station unwinds backsheet at a steady pull, cuts each sheet to length and places it on the module with ±1.5 mm layup accuracy. A hot-melt splice changes rolls in less than 50 seconds without stopping the line. It takes panels 1650–2550 × 990–1450 mm, draws 8 kW at 380 V and weighs 5.2 T. Send your backsheet construction and cut drawing with the enquiry.

HORAD's four-sided station lays EVA strips along both the long and short edges of a module, switches between the two directions and heat-irons each strip after placing it. It takes modules 1900–2520 mm long and 950–1450 mm wide, draws 21 kW at 380 V and weighs 6.5 T. Operators load strip material by hand, and the machine alarms on a broken or empty reel.