Patent ID: 11961937
Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS ITALIA S.R.L.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 11:
12. Method for uniformly arranging solar cell elements, comprising:
moving, using a transport device, a first solar cell element from a first position to a second position at a first speed;
selecting, using a controller, a second solar cell element on the transport device whose movement shall be accelerated;
moving, using a transfer device, the second solar cell element from a third position to the fourth position at a second speed while the transport device moves at the first speed, wherein the second speed is higher than the first speed; and
wherein the transfer device further comprises a rotator configured to simultaneously move the first solar cell element or the second solar cell element in a first orientation and change the rotational orientation of the first solar cell element or the second solar cell element to a second orientation opposite of the first orientation, the rotator further comprising a rotator axis and at least two laterally extended arms for moving the first solar cell element or the second solar cell element along a circular arc around the rotator axis and for changing the rotational orientation of the first solar cell element or the second solar cell element when rotating the rotator around the rotator axis

wherein the second solar cell element moves at the first speed after the second solar cell element has been put back on the transport device
moving the second solar cell element at the first speed after the second solar cell element has been put back on the transport device by the transfer device.