At this year“s Munich Intersolar Europe Exhibition, Brkle managing director Hans-Joachim Bender will present a new method of lamination that the company claims will reduce lamination cycle times for …
At this year“s Munich Intersolar Europe Exhibition, Brkle managing director Hans-Joachim Bender will present a new method of lamination that the company claims will reduce lamination cycle times for glass foil modules by nearly one-half. This new technology was designed for Brkle“s two-step standard process, and has been developed to work with both the Multi-Opening Ypsator, now termed the Ypsator-SL, and the single daylight e.a.sy-Lam SL. This new series of lamination systems, which Brkle has applied for patents on, has been developed for many months in Brkle“s Freudenstadt, Germany Innovation Center. Laboratory testing to verify the lamination results has commenced. Another new process technology for the lamination of thin glass panels having thickness of 1.3mm is also being announced. The standard sizes of glass panels currently range from 3 to 4 mm. A spokesperson explained that there is increasing demand for thinner modules. Laminating thin modules is challenging, but the end result is a material thin enough to be rolled up like paper. This technology could potentially lead to energy applications with portable, rollable solar panels.