#Industry ·2026-03-10
"Click——" An old photovoltaic panel was conveyed by a crawler onto the operating table, where a six-axis robotic arm lowered its detection head to precisely locate the frame. In an instant, the high-speed rotating diamond blade sliced along the aluminum alloy seam, and the millisecond-level vibration instantly disintegrated the adhesive layer. With a light lift by the suction device, the completely stripped aluminum frame slid into the collection tank like a shed cicada shell, while the undamaged crystalline silicon panel body entered the next recycling process unharmed. When tens of millions of decommissioned photovoltaic panels piled up into a silver-blue "photovoltaic graveyard," traditional manual disassembly methods faced unprecedented challenges: workers used angle grinders to forcibly disassemble panels, with flying debris potentially damaging expensive crystalline silicon, and fluorinated backplanes releasing toxic fumes during incineration. Witnessing this scene, Engineer Lin and his team were determined to develop a mechanical solution for photovoltaic "frame removal" — a three-year technological breakthrough thus began. "The core challenge lies in precise millimeter-level cutting." The team's progress notes repeatedly revised the force analysis diagrams. To achieve "painless separation" of the 0.2-mm-thick alloy frame from the glass substrate, they ultimately developed a four-stage solution: using 3D laser scanning to construct a frame topology map, piezoelectric ceramic sensors to real-time sense cutting resistance, micron-level vibration milling cutters to strip off polymer adhesives, and finally magnetic suspension suction devices for physical separation. When the first batch of aluminum frames spun off effortlessly in the vacuum suction cups, cheers erupted in the operation room — the prototype of the "frame breaker," which improved the planned aluminum recovery rate by 37%, was born. In the automated disassembly workshop, these "steel surgeons" are creating dual value: processing 60 photovoltaic panels per hour at 20 times the manual efficiency; and recycling 95% of aluminum materials directly into remelted ingots. The fully recovered silicon wafers, after purification and remanufacturing, will become brand-new photovoltaic hearts. More excitingly, each machine annually reduces 380 tons of disassembly dust and 1.6 tons of fluoride emissions. When sunlight once again penetrates the reassembled battery panels, the aluminum frame removal machines complete the closed loop at the end of the industrial chain, symbolizing the most brilliant footnote to the green energy era: true environmental protection technology forever dances precisely between creation and destruction.
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No. 15 Industrial Avenue, Industrial Park, Shicheng County, Jiangxi Province
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