Patent ID: 8839500

Claim:
A process for pre-assembly of a solar panel string for a solar canopy, the process comprising: (a) aligning a plurality of solar panels onto an edge conveyor, wherein 2 belts of the edge conveyor contact and support a bottom of each respective solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, each belt at opposite longitudinal ends of each solar panel, thereby leaving working space between the 2 belts and below the plurality of solar panels; (b) aligning a first solar panel support channel below the plurality of aligned solar panels while the plurality of aligned solar panels is on the edge conveyor by raising the first solar panel support channel until it contacts a bottom of each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels, wherein the first solar panel support channel runs across an entire cross-section of each solar panel of the plurality of solar panels; and (c) attaching the first solar panel support channel to the plurality of solar panels, thereby forming a solar panel string assembly.