Camstar and the Solar Industry

As the Solar Energy industry continues to emerge, new factories, new markets and new competitors place pressure on suppliers to meet ever higher demand for volume and quality. No longer can Solar manufacturers rely on legacy systems or manual methods of lot tracking. Today, Solar manufacturers need systems that can efficiently track, trace and control this high-volume production. Customer orders need to be visible to guarantee on-time delivery, and engineers need to collect data that will help them to improve quality and yields.

Full-featured and Scalable

Solar Cell manufacturing includes high volume silicon wafer processing, electronic assembly, component tracking, vendor compliance and ultimately cell testing and rating. To manage these complex processes, Solar manufacturers need detailed data for analysis and control of a Wafer Fab, combined with visibility and traceability of the complex and high production volumes of Assembly and Test. When time-to-volume can make the difference in gaining market leadership, implementing a first-class, production-ready Manufacturing Execution System (MES) translates to a bigger share of the future.

With Camstar’s Solar Suite , Solar manufacturers get the power and control of the Fab combined with the dynamic tracking of Assembly and Test in a single comprehensive Manufacturing Execution System. Camstar’s solutions have long been the premier choice for Semiconductor and Electronics manufacturers, and Solar Edition is specifically designed to meet the needs of both the wafer processing and the electronic assembly. Out-of-the-box functionality translates to faster implementation and greater capability so you can have a first-class manufacturing solution that doesn’t slow you down.

Here’s why Solar Cell manufacturers choose Camstar:

• One MES that manages Wafer production, Cells and Assembly/Test
• Proven ability to support and scale to high volume manufacturing and data collection
• Complete serialized cell traceability from raw material to final assembly
• Industry-standard integration with automated process control, assembly equipment and testers
• Preventative maintenance to increase overall equipment uptime and utilization
• Integrated Non-Conformance Management, providing contextual data to analyze root cause
• Comprehensive quality control and inspection data collection, assessment and action
• SPC integrated with KPIs, alarming, and out-of-control actions
• Electronic Kanban material control for Equipment or Operation