Method and apparatus for manufacturing a solar module strand and a solar module strand of flexible solar cells

US9601651B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MUEHLBAUER GMBH & CO. KG · DE

Inventors

• Dieter Bergmann · Sollentuna, SE
• Klaus Schlemper · Dresden, DE
• Volker Brod · Bad Abbach, DE
• Gerald Niklas · Roding, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 21, 2013
• Grant date: Mar 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Dec 31, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1734

Abstract

A flexible solar module strand manufactured by a method including providing a first conveyor track for applying flexible solar cells; guiding the first conveyor track around two or more deflecting means; providing individual flexible solar cells; applying the individual solar cells to the first conveyor track; deflecting the first conveyor track by guiding the first conveyor track over a first one of the deflecting means; separating the first conveyor track from the at least one deflected solar cell strip in such a manner that the solar cells are released, with their respective first or second sides facing the first conveyor track, from the first conveyor track; and applying the at least one deflected solar cell strip to a first film web in such a manner that the solar cells are oriented, with their respective first or second sides separated from the first conveyor track, away from the first film web.