Fabrication Process

The manufacturing facility consists of three assembly lines and a R&D line. It includes more than 50 different units of robotic, automatic,  and manual pieces of manufacturing equipment.

The process starts with a glass-washer. After washing, the glass substrate is covered by EVA,  a gantry robot lays up the strings of silicon solar cells, and operators  assemble bus bars. Then operators cover assembled panels with a second layer of EVA and back sheet.  Then on to the laminator  loading conveyer for the lamination process. Laminated panels are then tested on a sun simulator, which prints out a label indicating the power rating of the panels. The tested panels are then framed at a framing table, and  final tests are conducted before crating.

ASP achieved production capacity of 75 MW of panels (230 – 250 Watts) in  2010 and plans to add approximately 50 MW of new capacity per year, resulting in an annual production of 125 MW in the year 2011, growing up to 250MW in the following years.