Method and device for fully automatically selecting and packing photovoltaic modules

US9379661B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• GRENZEBACH MASCHINENBAU GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Thomas Rossmann · Laichingen, DE
• Egbert Wenninger · Rain, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 25, 2014
• Grant date: Jun 28, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 25, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/53187
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure relates to a method and to a device for fully automatically selecting and packing photovoltaic solar modules, for example, produced in mass production. The device may include the following characteristics: a production line, b) a quality checking device having devices for mechanical final testing and electrical final testing, c) an assembly device for module carriers, d) a device for distributing and stacking the solar modules in the horizontal and vertical direction according to particular selection criteria at acceptance locations corresponding to said selection criteria, e) devices for placing strips as spacers between stacked modules, wherein different types of strips can be taken from a magazine, f) devices for collating packages of a plurality of solar modules at each acceptance location, wherein aid devices each comprise a film wrapper, a protective cap applicator, and a strapping device.