Newport Corporation announced the latest addition to the SolaryX family
of industry-leading thin film photovoltaic laser scribing systems - the
SolaryX 1600P laser scribing system. The SolaryX 1600P tool is a fully
automated solution that was designed for full production photovoltaic
manufacturing environments. It offers a fast, flexible, and
accurate means to scribe thin film solar panels. The SolaryX 1600P
system is the latest addition to Newport's broad portfolio of
photovoltaic manufacturing and test solutions that includes the SolaryX
family of scribing systems, lasers, light sources, motion systems,
optics, test and measurement technologies and integrated solutions.
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"The SolaryX 1600P scribing system is a cutting-edge solution that
significantly enhances our leadership position as a supplier of thin
film photovoltaic laser scribing systems to the rapidly growing solar
cell manufacturing market," said Larry Parson, Vice President and
General Manager for Newport Corporation's Integrated Solutions
Business. "What makes our flagship product unique is that it
combines all of Newport's key photovoltaic technologies such as lasers,
motion control and optics into a fully automated, high-throughput,
flexible system. No matter what panel sizes or materials our
customer may be working with, Newport can easily configure the SolaryX
1600 laser scribe system to meet that customer's specific needs."
At the heart of the SolaryX 1600P tool is a Newport-designed
air-bearing motion control platform leveraging the company's expertise
in high-speed stage mechanics and ceramic air-bearing designs. In
operation, this air-bearing stage is used to scribe extremely straight
lines, providing the smallest possible dead zones in the industry and
producing the highest possible efficiencies in the final product.
Used for more than a decade in the company's DynamYX
wafer positioning stages, the scribe stage in the SolaryX 1600P system
offers proven performance and reliability critical for robust
production applications.
The SolaryX 1600 laser scribe tool also incorporates HIPPO or Explorer
lasers from the company's Spectra-Physics Lasers Division. These
lasers have emerged as the technology of choice for customers that want
to support 24/7 manufacturing environments with high throughput, fast
repetition rate IR and green lasers.
The SolaryX 1600 system can support up to 1600 x 1100mm glass panel
sizes in its standard configuration. Custom versions can handle
additional panel sizes upon special request.
Parson concluded, "Over the next several months, Newport will continue
to expand the SolaryX family, and we look forward to introducing
several new platforms that support a broad range of applications, solar
cell materials, panel sizes, and processing requirements. By
offering accurate, high-speed laser scribing, edge isolation, test
equipment, drilling of interconnects and other photovoltaic laser
machining applications, Newport continues to develop new solutions that
improve the efficiency and reduce the cost of solar cells."
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