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Industrial experience for innovative heat treatment solutions
for large area thermal processing of PV thin-film
Service Centers in:Brazil / Sao Paulo India/ MumbaiJapan / Tokyo
Taiwan / Kaohsiung
www.re-solutions.cc
FAT of CIGS R2R tool, April 2012
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CIGS/CZTS
annealing crystalisation selenization
EXPERIMENTATION AND DEVELOPMENT:
The RES philosophy: equipment and process are inseparable.You
need well engineered, robust equipment that is designed
specifically for the heat treatment process. And a supplier
who has a sufficient understanding of your process to deliver
this equipment to your full satisfaction.
RES works with you to customize your furnace solution to your
requirements, starting with mutually agreed design concepts and
finishing with optimized installation in your facility.
RES offers up to full-scale testing/confirmation of design
concepts in our lab. We also offer confidential testing of
custo-
mer supplied material to confirm that our proposed concepts will
truly fulfill your needs.
Examples of development activities:
Optimization of CIGS annealing process temperature ramps, soak
times, Se atmosphere for various types of CIG
absorber layers. Improved Se delivery system to improve vapor
uniformity and reduce Se waste
Building a versatile annealing/selenization test system for
300x300mm rigid substrates
- Uniform fast heating and cooling - Uniform and consistent
delivery of Se vapor
Developing a R2R pilot selenization furnace for 300 mm flexible
substrate
CdTe
drying sintering activation
Other materials
superconductor fuel cell alternative PV materials
In-house manufacturing
offers complete furnace solutions for thin-film: Concept design
conceived in-house, or in conjunction with customer Experimentation
in our in-house lab (as necessary) Detailed engineering design -
Mechanical - Gas control/safety - Electrical - Automation/control
software In-house manufacturing/quality control Installation and
commissioning Worldwide after sales service 24/7
Customized web handling
Gas isolation lock
Reactive gas components source and trap
Corrosion resistance under Se atmosphere at
500 600C.
Heat treatment of customers sample in lab
Furnace cross section
Process development
Experiments for rigid substrate
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60+ years experience in: Special gas atmospheres (inert,
reactive, corrosive,...)
Temperature uniformity plus controlled heating and cooling
In-house metallurgists with significant history and
experience
controlling/specifying properties of metal strip materials
Extensive web handling experience low and high tension
control; web steering for neat re-wind coil production
Complete supply capability:from concept design through in-house
manufacturing to installation/commissioning and after sales
service. Mechanical design, including FMEA capabilities
Gas system design, with priority/emphasis on safety
Electrical design and control/HMI software programming
...di erent process steps:
Heat treatment/annealing
Crystallization
Selenization
Drying and Sintering
Activation
...auxiliary equipment:
Vapor source
Exhaust gas trap/condenser
Process gas recovery
Substrate handling systems
- Multiple metal experience stainless steel,
aluminum, copper
- Sliding contact or suspension between rollers
FURNACE SOLUTIONS FOR...
...various semiconductor absorber layers:
CIGS
CZTS
CdTe
Thin crystalline silicon
Other organic/inorganic semiconductors
Other materials such as:
- Superconductor
- Fuel cell
stainless steel substrate, 1000 x 0,1 mm
1,1C
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Ebner-Platz 14060 Leonding / AUSTRIATel.: (+43) 732 / 68 68 -
1247Fax.: (+43) 732 / 68 68 - 1000
Alfred Spitzenberger e-mail: [email protected]
EBNER Industrieofenbau GmbH
224 Quadral DriveWadsworth, Ohio 44281 / USATel.: (+1) 330 / 335
- 1600Fax.: (+1) 330 / 335 - 1605
Herbert Gabriel e-mail: [email protected]
EBNER Furnaces, Inc.
Beijing East Road 82215400 Taicang, Jiangsu / CHINATel.: (+86)
512 / 5357 6868Fax.: (+86) 512 / 5357 6867
Jiasheng Wang e-mail: [email protected]
EBNER Industrial Furnaces (Taicang) Co., Ltd.
ABOUT RES:
RES is a division of EBNER Industrieofenbau formed to address
the specifi c heat treatment needs of the thin-fi lm PV
industry.
Below is some background information about EBNER and the
resources and experience available from RES:
EBNER was established in1948 and remains a privately owned
company
EBNER is the world-wide technological leader in providing
equipment for controlled atmosphere annealing and heat
treatment in the metals industry
60+ years experience in design and fabrication of industrial
furnace/vacuum heat processing equipment
EBNER offers continuous and batch type process equipment, e.g.
for stainless steel strip and foil, copper alloy strip and
foil, carbon steel strip, aluminum strip and foil
Approx. 1,000 employees at 3 manufacturing locations in Austria,
USA and China
RES utilizes ALL of EBNERs resources in the design and
manufacture of their furnaces: 6 - 8% of turnover for R&D
(process development, prototyping, test stands, component testing,
etc)
In-house design for all engineering fields ~ 200 engineers (3D
design, incl. FEA, CFD, computer simulation, automation
software, HMI interface, data collection and storage, etc)
Risk and safety evaluation/engineering
Complete in-house fabrication - material and welding competency;
fabrication of all process relevant components
Rigorous quality control and testing
Site coordination for equipment installation and
commissioning/start-up, using RES/EBNER personnel
Customer training, comprehensive product documentation
Total project management from concept to after sales support
Service Centers in:Brazil / Sao Paulo India/ MumbaiJapan / Tokyo
Taiwan / Kaohsiung
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