Despatch Industries Upgrades Best-Selling Firing Furnace
Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. - Despatch Industries, a leading process technology provider for the solar industry, has upgraded its industry-leading firing furnace for even better performance. The upgrade package will be included on all newly manufactured firing furnaces and is available as a field retrofit for existing firing furnaces.
"We created this feature-rich upgrade package to offer our customers better process monitoring and control, reduced equipment downtime and a lower cost of ownership," states Jeff Bell, Product Manager. "We are continuously improving our equipment to meet our customers production challenges and keep them operating at peak performance."
A feature element of the package is the Thermal Response Improvement upgrade. Thermal Response Improvement is the result of a unique temperature control algorithm that allows the furnace to adjust for inconsistent wafer flow into the process chamber. This element offers over fifty percent improvement in thermal stability for varying loads resulting in an overall increase in cell efficiencies.
The addition of Soft Start is another important feature to the package. Furnaces equipped with Soft Start utilize an intelligent, controlled start-up for optimized heat transfer and a reduced connected load of less than 100 amps to significantly reduce peak power costs. The Soft Start is also a critical feature because it enables the connection of Despatch's new VOC Thermal Oxidizer without a separate power drop.
Despatch's new VOC Thermal Oxidizer is an industry-first, maintenance-free solution designed to eliminate over 99% of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from gasses exhausted during drying of photovoltaic metallization pastes. The Oxidizer is a direct replacement for current ineffective remote abatement and VOC Condenser options.
Cooling monitoring, E-stop monitoring and notification, independent top and bottom airflow and an AC Drive Motor round out the rest of the firing furnace upgrade package.
Despatch has shipped over 8GW of firing furnace production capacity worldwide. The company's firing furnace is known for providing the highest up-time, highest yields and lowest cost of ownership. Despatch's technology is the industry standard with profile flexibility for development of new processes and materials.
Despatch Industries partners with solar industry leaders to provide the process technology expertise for integrated solutions that make solar power a viable and affordable energy option. Despatch is consistently recognized for exceptional performance and process quality, optimal cell efficiency, maximum equipment uptime and reduced operating costs.
For more information on Despatch visit our website: www.despatch.com
