Leading PV manufacturing equipment supplier Meyer Burger Technology said it had been awarded new tool orders from two existing customers in Europe and Asia valued at CHF15 million (US$15.3 million).

SolarWorld has announced that it is making a significant investment to move its monocrystalline silicon wafering operations in Freiberg, Germany to diamond wire saws, noting that diamond wire ...

With the diamond wire saw, we can precisely cut through many materials. Since the object can be mounted and after turning on the saw you can distance yourself, it is also possible to cut energetic ...

The German tooling firm announces the development of a new texturing process for multicrystalline wafers using diamond wire sawing on its LINEX inline system. Company believes process can boost multi ...

DarkAero replaced butt joints in the center wing box assembly to increase the flight test envelope in high-speed gust load conditions for its DarkAero 1 prototype composite aircraft.

Cutting through piles made from concrete and steel and spending a long time under water isn’t a job for the faint hearted. So what kind of ‘rough diamond’ would be up to such a tough job? In a recent ...

You can’t saw without producing sawdust – and that can be expensive if, for example, the “dust” comes from wafer manufacturing in the photovoltaic and semiconductor industries, where relatively high ...

The method of wafering, cropping and slicing of silicon wafers can be achieved using fixed diamond wire. The diamond wire is able to cut 75% quicker than wire slurry saws. It reduces the production ...

US Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management contractors have used new techniques, including the use of a diamond wire saw, in a collaborative effort to demolish a legacy research ...