Brick Cropping Equipment

The centrotherm SiTec multi-crystalline brick cropping saw is a key system for integrated ingot and wafer facilities. The equipment crops multi-crystalline bricks using high speed diamond wire technology and cooling water only. The bricks are loaded manually or automatically by robot system and are automatically clamped. The cut-offs are removed by an appropriate handling system and can be recycled.

The multi-crystalline brick cropping equipment cuts at a high speed rate of 20 mm/min, processing two bricks at a time. It is designed for integration into fully automatic production lines.

Advantages

• High cutting speed of 20 mm/min with advanced diamond wire technology
• Parallel processing of 2 bricks
• High throughput of 5 bricks/hour [> 100 MWp]
• Small footprint
• Very short downtime due to fast exchange of diamond wire
• Automatic clamping technology
• Automatic handling of cut-offs
• Cooling water recycling unit can be connected to centrotherm SiTec fully automatic ingot squaring equipment

Note: centrotherm photovoltaics AG reserves the right to make changes in the product specifications at any time and without notice.