InnoLas gets multiple machine order for new PV laser platform

Germany's InnoLas Solutions GmbH on Wednesday said it has received a multiple unit order for its recently launched ILS-TTnx laser machine platform.

The order is from an Asian customer.

InnoLas, which supplies laser equipment for micro material processing, says that the ILS-TTnx is the first laser machine in the photovoltaic (PV) market which increases the throughput beyond 4,000 wafer per hours.

"We have seen the laser machines becoming more and more a bottleneck in the PV industry because of their limitation in throughput below 4000 wafers per hour," chief executive Markus Nicht said, adding that the ILS-TTnx platform closes the gap from 4,000 to 6,000 wafers per hour and matches the requirement of state-of-the art solar cell lines. "The recent order entries for the ILS-TTnx show, that the product comes exactly at the right time and fulfills the current demand of the market," Nicht further said.

The platform was launched a month ago at the SNEC exhibition in Shanghai and the company is already building 10 units, according to the announcement.

The ILS-TTnx is designed for the Laser Contact Opening (LCO) process for PERC, as well as the Laser Doped Selective Emitter (LDSE) and the laser opening for direct plating on Silicon (PoSi) process for advanced p-type solar cells, the company said.

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