What we build, and don't
What We Build for a Module Line, and Where We Stop
Our scope is one segment of the module workflow, and it has two edges. Cells arrive already made; the laid-up module goes on to lamination. Between those two lines sit the six stations we build.
See where the boundary is drawn — read what we don't buildThe segment we own
Cell In to Module Out, Station by Station
Stated positively, this is the segment we build. A finished cell comes in one end; a marked, tested, laid-up module leaves the other. Each station does one job, and the six together are the whole of what we deliver.
- Laser scribing — cells split by laser, not a mechanical snap.
- Tabber-stringing — cells soldered into strings on ribbon.
- Robotic layup — strings placed onto the module layout.
- Busbar welding — the strings joined by the cross-conductors.
- IV / EL test — output measured, hidden cracks inspected.
- Frame marking — the finished module marked at the edge.
The span, end to end
A finished cell in, a tested and marked module out. Everything before that first station and after that last one is someone else's machine — and the next section says exactly whose.
What we don't build
The Machines We Don't Build, Named So You Can Check
A boundary is only useful if it is specific. Here is the segment we build set beside the machines we don't — so you can see at a glance whether a quote from us covers what you need, or stops short of it.
We build
- Laser scribing
- Tabber-stringing
- Robotic layup
- Busbar welding
- IV / EL test
- Frame marking
We don't build
- Wafer & cell making — ingot, slicing, texturing, diffusion, PECVD, printing
- Laminators
- Framing machines
- Cleaning machines
- Junction-box mounting
- Plant EPC & module installation
Of everything on the right, the two machines that sit closest to our downstream edge are the ones worth explaining — the laminator and the framing machine. They come right after our last station, so a buyer can reasonably assume we carry on into them.
Our machines handle cells and ribbon. They take a cell, scribe it, string it, lay the strings into a module, weld the busbars, test the stack and mark the edge. At that point the module is laid up and proven — but it is still an open sandwich of glass, cells and backsheet.
The laminator is where that changes: it bonds glass, encapsulant and backsheet together under heat and vacuum — a different machine class working on a different material, not on cells and ribbon at all. The framing machine adds the aluminium frame and the junction box after lamination — different again.
So the boundary isn't a preference; it is where the process itself changes hands, from cell-and-ribbon work to glass-and-frame work. We build up to a laid-up, tested, marked module and hand it on there — and we say so before you ask, so a quote from us is never mistaken for one that includes a laminator it doesn't.
Where the build is centred
Half the Engineered Build Is BC
A company's focus shows in what it engineers to a signed standard, not in what it says about itself. Of the technical agreements behind our machines, half are for BC-specific equipment — the plainest way to state where the build is centred.
Read together, that ratio is the fact under the claim: BC isn't a line item added to look current — it is where half of the engineered, agreement-backed work sits. TOPCon and PERC are built to the same standard, but the centre of gravity is BC, and it is a number you can count rather than an adjective you have to take on trust.
Who we build for
Who We Build For, in Order
The people we build for come in a clear order, and knowing which one you are tells you where a conversation with us starts.
A new module plant
A full line from cell to marked module, laid out around your cell format and your floor from the start.
An existing line moving to BC
A retrofit that adds BC-capable stations to a line already running TOPCon or PERC.
A single station to fill a gap
One machine that slots into a line you already have, matched to what runs on either side of it.
Whichever you are, the scope above is the same — a new plant and a single machine both sit inside cell-in to module-out. What changes is how much of that segment you are buying at once.
Behind the numbers
The Numbers a Machine Carries Are the Ones It Earns
There is a discipline behind every figure on this site, and it is worth stating because it shapes what you will and won't find here.
A machine either carries parameters we can trace to a signed technical agreement, or it carries its name and its picture — and nothing invented in between to fill the gap.
That is also why a machine is built and accepted against one signed blueprint. When you order, the spec you approve is the spec the machine is made to and checked against — not a broader capability sheet it might grow into. A blueprint you signed is a standard both sides can hold up; a marketing range is not.
So when a product page shows you a parameter, it is one the machine was engineered to hit. And when it doesn't, that is us declining to print a number we can't stand behind — rather than reaching for one.
We'd rather tell you what we don't build than let a quote imply a machine that isn't in it.
Where to start
Where to Start, Depending on How You're Buying
If the scope above fits what you need, three pages are the useful next step — which one depends on how you're buying.
Tell us your segment
Tell Us Which Segment You're Buying
The fastest way to a useful answer is to tell us where you sit — a new plant, a retrofit, or one station — and which cell you run. We'll reply against the scope on this page, not around it.
A plain answer within 24 hours · by email.