Photovoltaic panel glass whole piece disassembly equipment

How does envie use disassembly equipment to dismantle PV panels?

“Envie will utilize our disassembly equipment to dismantle PV panels and then cooperate with Rosi, a French company that developed recycling processes allowing to separate and recover metals such as silver and high purity silicon from the PV cells,” it further explained.

What is a solar module disassembly line?

Developed by Japanese PV equipment provider NPC Incorporated, the solar module disassembly line is claimed to enable the reuse of frames, junction boxes, intact broken glass, solar cells and EVA sheets. The module disassembyl line. Image: NPC Incorporated

How does a glass separator work?

The glass separator is able to process both broken and unbroken panels. The machine presses the panel with a metal plate from the top and the panel slides to the heated blade, which in turn separates the cells and EVA sheet from the glass. This process takes around 90 seconds per unit and is also applicable to modules with backsheets.

How to recycle discarded solar panels?

We provide intermediate treatment service to recycle discarded solar panels. At Matsuyama Factory in Ehime, Japan, an automatic solar panel disassembly line is installed. The line separates glass from other materials without crushing, applying the “separation method using heated blade,” our own technology.

How is glass separated from other materials without crushing?

The line separates glass from other materials without crushing, applying the “separation method using heated blade,” our own technology. Recycling of glass becomes difficult when metals mix with it, however our original method enables an efficient recycling as no metals exist on the separated glass.