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US 10,950,745 B2Granted
Manufacturing systems and methods including inline cutting
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsMark J. Votava, Jiaying Ma
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Abstract
An automated photovoltaic (PV) subassembly manufacturing method involves in-line cutting of material strips. A tape is cut longitudinally into multiple strips. The strips are separated and guided into spaced apart positions relative to a surface of the PV cell subassembly comprising one or more PV cells. The multiple strips remain attached to the tape while the strips are guided to the spaced apart positions. The multiple strips are positioned at attachment locations on the surface of a PV cell subassembly.
Claims8
An automated photovoltaic (PV) subassembly manufacturing method comprising:
- cutting a tape longitudinally into multiple strips;
- separating the multiple strips;
- guiding the multiple strips into spaced apart positions relative to a surface of a PV cell subassembly comprising one or more PV cells, the multiple strips remaining attached to the tape while the strips are guided to the spaced apart positions;
- and
- positioning the multiple strips at attachment locations on the surface of the PV cell subassembly.
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