Schiller to automate Chinese thin-film PV plant

Schiller Automation has won a contract for a new factory automation facility in Chinese a silicon thin-film factory.

Schiller’s BackBone concept, which allows for full size glass substrates to be handled in a central control area and then distributed to multiple process steps, is expected to be utilized.

Additionally, the installation of a ProLoad station, that handles the substrates as they are being processed in one step, and Schiller’s line control software system will implemented. Schiller points out that its LC software is already used in eight thin-film module factories, allowing for continuous operation to be maintained at the facilities.