September,2012 /
Quick assembly of modules without frame: the Calyxo MX1 assembly system
Light PV assembly system for direct application on trapezoidal sheet roofs
The Saxon Anhalt expert for CdTe thin film modules Calyxo has developed a new assembly system which has been developed especially for the installation of modules without frame on trapezoidal sheet roofs. The insertion system called MX1, made of durable aluminium, permits the quick and safe assembly of the on-site Calyxo CX3 modules. However, also modules without frame by other manufacturers with a maximum thickness of 6.8 mm can be fixed on trapezoidal sheet roofs using the system especially designed for fixing glass/glass laminates.
In doing so, the installation of the Calyxo CX3 modules by use of the MX1 assembly system loads the roof with less than 20 kilogram per square metre. This permits the safe assembly of PV power plants even on less load-bearing roofs. The assembly proves to be quick and easy. Due to the insertion technology, the modules can be installed without using any tools, as neither clamping nor screwing is required. Besides time saving, this concept is also extremely gentle to the modules. Because due to the floating module installation, the thermal surface expansions of the profiles can be uncoupled from the complete system.
The design was also attached great importance to during the development of the MX1. In combination with the black Calyxo CX3 modules, compact, optically attractive roof areas are created, that fit optimally into the architecture of the building. At the customer`s request, the system can be delivered in black anodized design, as standard, Calyxo delivers the profiles in mill finish design.
While the MX1 system is installed directly on trapezoidal roofs, in the MX2, Calyxo offers an assembly system especially designed for slanted roofs, which offers all the above mentioned advantages, but is assembled in cross connection. As of now, the MX assembly systems are available Europe-wide. With the MX assembly systems, Calyxo extends its expertise as an EPC supplier (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) for efficient PV power plants and now also offers an intelligent assembly system for the proven and tested CX3/CdTe thin film modules.
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Press contact / Pressekontakt:Kontaktwerk, Jürgen Koch
Schloßstr. 17,
96253 Untersiemau, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)9565 6162 35,
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CALYXO GMBH
OT Thalheim, Sonnenallee 1a
06766 Bitterfeld-Wolfen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0)3494 3689 80-101
Fax: +49 (0)3494 3689 80-111
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The extremely light and designed especially for trapezoidal sheet roofs assembly system MX1 by Calyxo permits a quick and safe module assembly.In addition, it convinces by its attractive visual appearance.
The company:
Calyxo GmbH – independent and expanding since the beginning of 2011!
Founded in 2005, Calyxo GmbH produces thin film solar modules on the basis of a cadmium telluride (CdTe) technology. After the company had separated from Q-cells in February, 2011, the former technology supplier Solar Fields took over Calyxo GmbH and invests in a second production line with a capacity of approx. 60 MWp, which is put in operation in 2012. At the moment, Calyxo GmbH is running a 25 MWp production at the production location Bitterfeld/Wolfen-Thalheim, the so-called Solar Valley in Saxony-Anhalt. This means that all Calyxo modules are made and developed in Germany.
Together with the American holding company Calyxo USA Inc.,the research and quick further development of the Calyxo CdTe technology is advanced. Because the CdTe technology shows an enormous cost-cutting potential in the field of solar power generation. Thin film solar cells can be produced cost-efficiently and can transform solar energy into electricity even in unfavourable weather conditions. Even on roof sides that are not directlyfacingthe South, the modules can be operated efficiently.
The CdTe thin film modules by Calyxo reduce the impact on the environment already in the production process.The cadmium used for the production of the CdTe is a waste product from the mining industry, which otherwise would have to be stored expensively in order to exclude environmental damages.Using tellurium, the CdTe technology refines the cadmium to a water-insoluble semiconductor, which is a basic element of the Calyxo thin film modules. The cadmium telluride is integrated safely between two glass panes, in order to reliably produce electricity over decades. Moreover, the CdTe modules convince by an unmatched energy payback time of approximately 1.5 years. The energy payback time is the time period that a product needs until it has reproduced the energy necessary for its own production.