The screens service takes advantage of the manufacturer’s global infrastructure to meet customers’ needs for fast delivery and local product and process support. Manufacturers of PV cells can combine DEK’s precision screens with printers from DEK or third-party suppliers, benefiting from superior accuracy and durability to produce ultra-fine print widths of 100 micron and narrower in high-volume production.
Practical benefits include repeatable deposition of precision features such as ultra-thin current collectors, ultimately delivering tangible reductions in cost per Watt for solar power.
“Proven dimensional stability and hard-wearing performance are two key demands for screens destined to serve in the alternative energies industry,” said Darren Brown, Business Development Manager for DEK’s Alternative Energies division. “By combining superior materials with tight control over the manufacturing environment and processes, we are able to deliver long-lasting screens that give repeatable performance at the finest dimensions to maximise the power and efficiency of PV cells.”
The screens are produced in the United Kingdom under cleanroom conditions meeting ISO 14644–1 Class 7. Standard manufacturing time is five days, and the facility is equipped to receive customers’ files electronically from any global location. Further features of the manufacturer’s screens service for high-volume customers include local storage of pre-sensitised screens for rapid despatch, as well as user-group sessions and technical workshops hosted by DEK, and access to laboratory services for process development and optimisation.
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