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Photovoltaics

Renewable energy has become more and more attractive as an alternative to fossil fuels. Companies in the photovoltaics industry need to be ready for increased demand, rising quality awareness and stronger cost pressures due to growing competition. Digital camera systems offer support in automating production processes and quality controls, and in the process ultimately promote greater efficiency.
Basler cameras are extraordinarily well-suited to applications from the photovoltaics industry. Among their features:
- High image quality and low noise levels
- Strong sensitivity, especially in the NIR range
- Excellent price/performance ratio
Typical Areas of Use and Suitable Cameras
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Wafer inspection
The areas of use of cameras in wafer inspection include control of the wafer material and/or surface quality, especially regarding (micro) cracks, humps, unevenness or general coating failures.
Basler ace 2: Tailored to different vision needs
- The next ace generation: State-of-the-art CMOS sensors, optimized hardware design and improved image quality
- Two product lines, tailored to different vision needs - ace 2 Basic and ace 2 Pro
- ace 2 Basic: proven Basler reliability with extensive computer vision feature set for standard machine vision applications
- ace 2 Pro: including unique features such as Pixel Beyond, Compression Beyond and PGI for maximum performance
Basler ace: Especially small, low priced, high performance
- Compact 29 mm x 29 mm footprint
Basler beat: Brilliant CMOS image quality and proven design
- High resolution 12 MP sensor
- Over 62 fps
- Compact and robust housing for simple integration
- Highly attractive price/performance ratio
- High bandwidth connections using Camera Link for maximum image capture speed
Basler boost: CXP-12 for high frame rates & resolutions
- Excellent image quality due to latest sensors
- Available for C-mount, F-mount and M42 lenses
- Basler CXP-12 camera and interface card from one source
- Reduction of system complexity and costs
Basler dart: small, flexible, cost-efficient
- Very compact design, different mounts and board level variants
- Large sensor selection
- High frame rate for fast moving parts
- Outstanding price/performance ratio
- Ideal for embedded vision applications
- Particularly low power consumption and low heat generation
Basler racer: Line scan camera with exceptional performance and low space requirement
- Very good dynamic performance and low noise level for top image quality
- Resolutions: 2k, 4k, 6k, 8k and 12k
- Max. line scan rate of 80 kHz using Camera Link and 51 kHz using GigE
- PoCL (Power over Camera Link) functionality
Suitable Cameras
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Geometry Inspection and Saw Mark Inspection
The areas of use of cameras in geometry inspection and saw mark inspection include inspection for saw marks and their geometry (bows, flatness, thickness, etc.).
Basler ace 2: Tailored to different vision needs
- The next ace generation: State-of-the-art CMOS sensors, optimized hardware design and improved image quality
- Two product lines, tailored to different vision needs - ace 2 Basic and ace 2 Pro
- ace 2 Basic: proven Basler reliability with extensive computer vision feature set for standard machine vision applications
- ace 2 Pro: including unique features such as Pixel Beyond, Compression Beyond and PGI for maximum performance
Basler ace: Especially small, low priced, high performance
- Compact 29 mm x 29 mm footprint
Basler beat: Brilliant CMOS image quality and proven design
- High resolution 12 MP sensor
- Over 62 fps
- Compact and robust housing for simple integration
- Highly attractive price/performance ratio
- High bandwidth connections using Camera Link for maximum image capture speed
Basler boost: CXP-12 for high frame rates & resolutions
Basler dart: small, flexible, cost-efficient
- Very compact design, different mounts and board level variants
- Large sensor selection
- High frame rate for fast moving parts
- Outstanding price/performance ratio
- Ideal for embedded vision applications
- Particularly low power consumption and low heat generation
Basler racer: Line scan camera with exceptional performance and low space requirement
- Very good dynamic performance and low noise level for top image quality
- Resolutions: 2k, 4k, 6k, 8k and 12k
- Max. line scan rate of 80 kHz using Camera Link and 51 kHz using GigE
- PoCL (Power over Camera Link) functionality
Suitable Cameras
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Thin Film Inspection
The areas of use of cameras in thin film inspection include bare glass inspection, coating inspection and final inspection, identification of defects (coating voids, bubbles/delaminations, dirt, panel edge defects, etc.) and inspection of coating properties (thickness, optical properties, etc.).
Basler ace 2: Tailored to different vision needs
- The next ace generation: State-of-the-art CMOS sensors, optimized hardware design and improved image quality
- Two product lines, tailored to different vision needs - ace 2 Basic and ace 2 Pro
- ace 2 Basic: proven Basler reliability with extensive computer vision feature set for standard machine vision applications
- ace 2 Pro: including unique features such as Pixel Beyond, Compression Beyond and PGI for maximum performance
Basler ace: Especially small, low priced, high performance
- Compact 29 mm x 29 mm footprint
Basler beat: Brilliant CMOS image quality and proven design
- High resolution 12 MP sensor
- Over 62 fps
- Compact and robust housing for simple integration
- Highly attractive price/performance ratio
- High bandwidth connections using Camera Link for maximum image capture speed
Basler boost: CXP-12 for high frame rates & resolutions
- Excellent image quality due to latest sensors
- Basler CXP-12 camera and interface card from one source
Basler dart: Small, flexible and 100% USB3 Vision standard compliant
- Outstanding price/performance ratio, starting at 99 euros
- From 1.2 to 5 MP
- Up to 60 fps for fast moving parts
- Increased camera speed through reduced AOI
Basler racer: Line scan camera with exceptional performance and low space requirement
- Very good dynamic performance and low noise level for top image quality
- Resolutions: 2k, 4k, 6k, 8k and 12k
- Max. line scan rate of 80 kHz using Camera Link and 51 kHz using GigE
- PoCL (Power over Camera Link) functionality
Suitable Cameras
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Electroluminescence Inspection (EL) on Solar Cells, Solar Stringers and Solar Modules
The areas of use of cameras electroluminescence inspection include inspection for cracks, dead spots, weak areas and weak cells and determination of the intensity of EL, and thus the solar collection efficiency of the panel and even of each cell.
Basler beat: Brilliant CMOS image quality and proven design
- High resolution 12 MP sensor
- Over 62 fps
- Compact and robust housing for simple integration
- Highly attractive price/performance ratio
- High bandwidth connections using Camera Link for maximum image capture speed
Basler boost: CXP-12 for high frame rates & resolutions
- Excellent image quality due to latest sensors
- Available for C-mount, F-mount and M42 lenses
- Basler CXP-12 camera and interface card from one source
- Reduction of system complexity and costs
Basler dart: small, flexible, cost-efficient
- Very compact design, different mounts and board level variants
- Large sensor selection
- High frame rate for fast moving parts
- Outstanding price/performance ratio
- Ideal for embedded vision applications
- Particularly low power consumption and low heat generation
Basler racer: Line scan camera with exceptional performance and low space requirement
- Very good dynamic performance and low noise level for top image quality
- Resolutions: 2k, 4k, 6k, 8k and 12k
- Max. line scan rate of 80 kHz using Camera Link and 51 kHz using GigE
- PoCL (Power over Camera Link) functionality
Suitable Cameras
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Do you have questions about our cameras and how they can help your application in the photovoltaics field? We would be glad to help you.