PhotoVoltaic Module Laminator Specifications.pdf

Photovoltaic Module Laminator Specifications:

1. The laminator shall have a usable lamination area of 500 mm by 500 mm.

2. The laminator shall have a usable lamination height up 20 mm, which is the total height of the lamination materials before laminations.

3. The heating system of laminator shall be equipped with at least nine (9) cartridge heater elements.

4. There shall be a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller that controls temperature.

5. The laminator shall have a temperature control range from 30 oC to 180 oC with the maximum deviation of ±3 degree at each thermocouple in the vacuum condition.

6. The laminator shall have an Aluminum platen with a minimum thickness of 36 mm and a block piece platen with gun-drilled holes as heating platens.

7. The laminator shall have device pin system that can lift up a module by at least 2 mm. The pin up/down frequency and interval shall be programmable.

8. There shall be at least two (2) thermocouples that are installed in the platen.

9. The laminator shall have both upper and lower chamber that control vacuum independently.

10. The upper chamber of the laminator shall be equipped with Bourdon tube pressure gauge for the measurement of the relative pressure. The Bourdon tube pressure gauge shall be on the control panel for reading.

11. The lower chamber of the laminator shall be equipped with both Bourdon tube pressure gauge and Pirani gauges. Both Bourdon tube pressure gauge and the Pirani gauge shall be on the control panel.

12. The lower chamber of the laminator shall achieve vacuum pressure of at least 130 Pa within 2 minutes without module inside.

13. The upper chamber of the laminator shall be hinged and be driven by hydraulic cylinder for chamber open/close.

14. The laminator shall have urethane insulation to be installed on both upper and lower chamber.

15. The laminator shall have diaphragm press as press system.

16. There shall be an industrial programmable logic controller (PLC) that monitors and controls the complete system through a menu driven interface control on an operator touch screen graphical display.

17. The laminator shall come with a vacuum pump.

18. The electricity power requirement shall be AC 200, 120KVA, 3 phase, and 50/60 Hz operation.

Installation:

a. The price of the laminator shall include delivery of the instrument to NRL, Washington DC.

Documentation and warranty:

b. A full set of all written documentation customarily provided to the public with a commercial item software, and any manuals for the software included with the system, if customarily provided.

This documentation should be received by NRL with the system hardware, unless other arrangements are agreed to by the authorized Government representative. In addition to the above documentation which is customarily provided.