MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SOLAR BATTERY MODULE AND TRIMMING DEVICE

• Main Author: MURATA TAKANORI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 11.07.2016
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRIC SOLID STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; ELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing method of a solar battery module, capable of stably obtaining the quality of a module substrate 1 after the cutting of a sealing surplus member.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method of a solar battery module includes: a sealing step of forming a module substrate 1 obtained by sealing a solar battery cell with a seal member, the solar battery cell being arranged on a transparent substrate; and a trimming step of cutting a sealing surplus member by a pair of cutting means 33a, 33b while the module substrate 1 is carried, the sealing surplus member being a portion projecting from an end face of the transparent substrate in a seal member of the module substrate 1 carried by a carrying conveyor 12, the cutting means 33a, 33b including a rotation mechanism and a cutting tool rotated by the rotation mechanism and having a plurality of cutting blades formed at an outer peripheral surface of a cylinder, and the cutting means 33a, 33b also being arranged so as to sandwich the carrying conveyor 12 therebetween in a direction orthogonal to the traveling direction A of the carrying conveyor 12.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】封止余剰部材切断後のモジュール基板１の品質を安定して得ることのできる太陽電池モジュールの製造方法を提供する。【解決手段】透明性基板に配置された太陽電池セルを封止部材で封止したモジュール基板１を形成する封止工程と、搬送コンベヤー１２を搬送コンベヤー１２の進行方向Ａと直交する方向に挟むように配置された１対の切断手段３３ａ，３３ｂであって、回転機構と、回転機構によって回転し、円筒の外周面に複数の切断刃が形成された切断具とを有する切断手段３３ａ，３３ｂによって、搬送コンベヤー１２で搬送されているモジュール基板１の封止部材のうち透明性基板の端面よりもはみ出た部分である封止余剰部材を、モジュール基板１を搬送させながら切断するトリミング工程とを備えることを特徴とする。【選択図】 図３