The Salfex PG41, which is classified as a new "thin gauge encapsulant," will utilize a technology that creates micro-channels that make the vacuum lamination encapsulation process that is necessary in the creation of some solar modules more efficient and quick.
The product is only the latest encapsulant to be released by Salfex, replacing the previously released Salfex PA41 thin gauge encapsulant by reducing it by 33 percent from 1.14mm to 0.76 mm. The improvement makes the product less moisture-sensitive at its edges regardless of the environmental conditions surrounding it.
"It follows the same logic as having treads on a tire," said Christopher Reed, a business director for Salfex. "By embossing the surface, we're providing a means to speed up the vacuum encapsulation process which then increases throughput and ultimately lowers processing costs."
Salfex Solar Encapsulants is the largest PVB manufacturing base for encapsulants in the world and the company plans on using their newest product to further their position in the solar energy market.
