Patent ID: 8883545

Claim:
An installation for producing a solar panel containing a plurality of solar cells, comprising: at least one flat carrier suitable for displacement and comprising a vacuum system for securely holding a layer or a stack of layers on the carrier; a series comprising several treatment stations between which the carrier with a growing stack of layers can be displaced successively from a first to a last treatment station, said treatment being suitable for carrying out the steps of: providing a rear layer with electric conducting means on the carrier; providing an electrically conductive bonding agent on the electric conducting means; providing an electrically insulating thermoplastic insulation layer on the rear layer, which insulation layer is provided with passages to the electric conducting means; providing solar cells on the insulation layer in such a manner that the electric terminals thereof come into contact electrically with the electrically conductive bonding agent on the electric conducting means via the passages; providing a light-transmitting thermoplastic layer on the solar cells; providing a light-transmitting rigid support layer on the light transmitting thermoplastic layer; supporting the stack on a support layer thereof; and removing the carrier; return means for returning the carrier from the last to the first treatment station; first transfer means for transferring the carrier from the return means to the first treatment station; and second transfer means for transferring the carrier from the last treatment station to the return means.