manz - passion for efficiency

Manz AG offers economical in-line automation systems for the manufacture of crystalline solar cells: These systems range from those that load and unload processing machines to complete automation solutions with integrated buffer systems and the ability to connect them to central manufacturing computer systems. Precise and fast robotic systems connected with high-performance image-processing systems ensure that breakage rates remain low while machine availability remains high. With takt times of less than a second, equipment with a total yearly output of up to 100 MW can be manufactured using only one production line.

The SpeedPicker is a new automation system which was specially developed for the requirements of the solar market. Compared to other systems in the market, the system is the most powerful in terms of:

• Space: 50 % reduction
• After sales costs: 50 % reduction
• Investment: 50 % reduction
• Safe wafer handling with lowest breakage rates of 0.05%
• 0.5% lower breakage rate than competitive products

Manz’s standard systems include:

• Loading and unloading of cleaning and texturing equipment
• Loading and unloading of diffusion equipment
• Loading and unloading of PSG etching equipment
• Loading and unloading of anti-reflective coating equipment (the SiNA® series, for example)
• In-line box buffer systems with a capacity of up to 10,000 cells