Machine and method 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.
Claims12
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 consists includes at least one support layer with which there is associated an adhesive layer onto which said conductive wires are cold-glued, wherein said conductive wires are disposed tangent to the surface of said adhesive layer and wherein said support layer has a lower melting point than that of the coating of the conductive wires.
A method to produce an electrode, said method comprising at least:
- unwinding respective conductive wires that are wound onto a plurality of supports are unwound in a direction of feed,
- supplying a first continuous multilayer strip onto a first reel and directing the first continuous multilayer strip toward a second reel to which said conductive wires also converge, which are cold-glued on an adhesive layer which makes up, together with at least one support layer with which it is associated, said first continuous multilayer strip in order to form, by winding, said electrode,
- wherein said conductive wires are disposed tangent to the surface of said adhesive layer and wherein said support layer has a lower melting point than that of the coating of the conductive wires.
An electrode comprising a support layer, an adhesive layer, supplied on a surface for positioning said support layer, and a plurality of conductive wires applied onto said adhesive layer, wherein said adhesive layer is cold-activatable and has a thickness that is smaller, by two orders of magnitude, than the thickness of each conductive wire of said plurality of conductive wires and is smaller, by one order of magnitude, than a thickness of said support layer, wherein said conductive wires are disposed tangent to the surface of said adhesive layer and wherein said support layer has a lower melting point than that of the coating of the conductive wires.
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