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Case study: robots reduce production costs for solar panels

07.11.2016

Robots reduce production costs for solar panels

To reduce production costs and maintain the high level of quality required in the production of solar panels, Scheuten Solar at Gelsenkirchen made the decision to use robotic automation. Machinefabriek van de Weert, a Dutch machine builder, was chosen to engineer and build this production cell.
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The main reason for the introduction of robotic automation for Scheuten Solar was the high labour costs of four people working 24 hours per day on the demanding and repetitive task of soldering connections between the solar panels. Robotic automation would reduce labour costs and would also ensure that the delivered quality would remain at a high and constant level. The main benefit to Scheuten Solar is the reduction in labour costs for producing soldered panels. The added benefits are the flexibility and consistency that the robotic automation provides when using FANUC Robotics’ fully integrated iRVision.

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