Adept Technology – solar cell inspection
Adept Technology – solar cell inspection
Article Type: Mini features From: Industrial Robot: An International Journal, Volume 36, Issue 3
Adept Technology, Inc. a leading provider of intelligent vision-guided robotics and global robotics services, has announced its new solar cell handling and inspection technology. The new system integrates high-resolution inspection with high-speed solar cell handling and features the Adept Quattro™ s650 robot along with a Bernoulli gripper. The Quattro robot is the world’s fastest robot with over 200 systems sold worldwide. The Bernoulli gripper combined with the Quattro robot creates an effective method for manipulating solar cells without the potential for product damage.
“Automating solar cell inspection has proven to be an effective way to increase yields and reduce in-process scrap,” said John Dulchinos,President and Chief Operating Officer for Adept Technology, Inc. “Integrating inspection with automated handling is the next step in improving production efficiencies and continuing the trend towards lower cost solar cells.”
The high-resolution camera is capable of detecting micro cracks both on the surface and penetrated in the solar cell. The system cell preview at the show will feature the Adept Quattro s650 robot handling high-speed solar cell transfers from a moving conveyor belt to a pallet.
