SPI Energy secures two provisional patents for solar module manufacturing

SPI Energy "announced Solarjuice Technology, the company’s solar manufacturing division, has secured two provisional patents relating to a rework apparatus that achieves EVA, back sheet, and whole solar cell string replacement in a solar module production line and another patent relating to a solar cell replacement machine. These two patents will achieve great improvements in the solar module production field. The first patent is for a device relating to the rework process during the manufacture of solar modules. This device can be used for an EVA, back sheet, and whole solar cell string replacement during manufacturing. The second patent will create a mechanism for replacing defective solar cells from a given solar string during the fabrication process of the solar module. This solar cell replacement can take place when a defect is diagnosed in a specific solar string before the actual lamination, or when the local positioning information for the defective solar cell is provided by the previous quality control operation. This process will also yield reduced time for both identification and replacement of any defective solar cells."