Machine for producing an electrode
AssigneeFly Solartech Solutions S.R.L.
InventorDavide Zanatta
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Abstract
A machine and method for producing an electrode which can be used to electrically connect two or more photovoltaic cells to each other includes a support layer, an adhesive layer, provided on a surface for positioning said support layer, and a plurality of conductive wires applied onto said adhesive layer.
Claims2
A machine for producing an electrode, said machine comprising at least one feed station with a plurality of supports for respective conductive wires able to be unwound in a direction of feed and, downstream, comprising an assembly station with at least a first reel onto which a first continuous multilayer strip is wound, and a second reel onto which said conductive wires and said continuous multilayer strip are able to converge in order to form, by winding, said electrode, where said first continuous multilayer strip includes a protective layer and at least one support layer with which there is associated an adhesive layer onto which said conductive wires are cold-glued and said support layer has a lower melting point than that of the coating of the conductive wires, wherein said assembly station also comprises a roller able to return a band of the protective layer arriving from said first reel toward said second reel in a second direction opposite a first direction with respect to which a remaining part of said first continuous multilayer strip is pulled by said second reel, wherein said at least one feed station, said first reel and said second reel are configured and arranged such that the conductive wires are disposed tangent to the surface of said adhesive layer when converged on said second reel and a second continuous multilayer strip is formed on said second reel comprising said electrode and said protective layer by sandwiching said conductive wires between the adhesive layer and the protective layer.
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