Flexible, Affordable Solar Cell Manufacturing From ECD Ovonics Machine Division

Photovoltaic (PV) energy generation is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. Energy Conversion Devices, Inc.'s (ECD Ovonics) proprietary multi-junction triple-bandgap, continuous web, thin-film technology is the ultimate solution for PV energy production.

ECD Ovonics' Production Technology and Machine Building Division (Machine Division) has extensive experience in designing and building proprietary automated production equipment.

The Machine Division has enabled ECD Ovonics' wholly owned subsidiary — United Solar Ovonic — to set a new standard for PV products. Compared with traditional crystalline PVs, ECD Ovonics' thin-film PV can provide more overall energy than crystalline PVs since its triple-bandgap technology can capture 20% more of the sun's energy.

The Machine Division has designed and built for us and for our licensees multiple generations of photovoltaic production lines, including machinery and equipment for manufacturing solar products capable of producing on an annual basis 25/30 megawatts of electrical power for United Solar Ovonic. The Machine Division has also designed and built research & development equipment and manufacturing equipment for vapor barrier coating and other materials technology.

The Machine Division is capable of designing and fabricating production equipment, pilot production lines, R&D equipment, coating machinery and hydride storage containers for in-house use, commercial customers, licensees, joint ventures, and strategic partners.

Our production technology and machine building expertise is available to fulfill your production and R&D machine needs. Compare your machine needs to the successful machines we have designed and built over the last three decades. Our experienced technical support group will ensure successful machine solutions for your unique application — from the conceptual stage to the volume production stage.

See some sample photographs of our proprietary high-output, roll-to-roll machine developed for United Solar Ovonics.