IPC Forms Committee to Develop Solar Panel Assembly Standards
September 4, 2009 // Published as a news service by IHS
At a July committee meeting, members identified seven areas of standardization to be addressed:
- Acceptability guidelines for solar panel lamination.
- Specification for materials used in tabbing and stringing.
- Acceptability criteria for tabbing and stringing.
- In-process test methods for solar panels.
- Visual acceptance criteria for solar panels - final module assembly.
- Guidelines for final test with an emphasis on flash test.
- Design guidelines for tabbing and stringing.
"As solar energy manufacturing takes on a global scale, it is critical that comprehensive assembly standards, including DFM, process materials, workmanship, test and inspection are developed and adopted across the industry," said Dr. Dongkai Shangguan, vice president of advanced technology, Flextronics. "IPC, with active support from its members, is well positioned for this."
Source: IPC.