Multi wire saw
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A multi wire saw is a cutting machine to designed slice hard materials. Especially in the solar cell industry of slicing wafers it is temporary (2006) a very important step of producing solar cells. Over 80% of the global solar cell production requires the cutting of multi- or monocrystalline silicon blocks into wafers, whereby multi-wire sawing is the main slicing technique of the photovoltaic and microelectronics industry.
[edit] External links
- Meyer + Burger AG -- Swiss manufacturer of slicing systems
- HCT Shaping Systems SA -- wire saws
