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Auto-bonding robot for space solar cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 August 2005

Zhuang Fu ,
Yanzheng Zhao ,
Qinghua Yang ,
Qixin Cao ,
Mingbo Chen ,
Jun Zhang  and
Zeqi Tang
Zhuang Fu
Affiliation:
The Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030 (P.R. of China)
Yanzheng Zhao
Affiliation:
The Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030 (P.R. of China)
Qinghua Yang
Affiliation:
The Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Road, Shanghai 200030 (P.R. of China)
Qixin Cao
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Space-power, 388 Cangwu Road, Shanghai 200233 (P.R. of China)
Mingbo Chen
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Space-power, 388 Cangwu Road, Shanghai 200233 (P.R. of China)
Jun Zhang
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Space-power, 388 Cangwu Road, Shanghai 200233 (P.R. of China)
Zeqi Tang
Affiliation:
Research Institute of Space-power, 388 Cangwu Road, Shanghai 200233 (P.R. of China)
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Abstract

An auto-bonding robot (ABR) that consists of the mechanism of adhesive dispensing and auto-bonding, a pneumatic system and a control system, is presented in this paper. It is designed for the bonding operation of cover-glasses and space solar cells using adhesives. An adhesive dispensing method is proposed to control the thickness and position of the adhesive layer on solar cells and to provide a satisfactory bonding accuracy. The bubble-free bonding process is realized by the leaning mechanism of a pneumatic sucker. Experimental comparison of the manual and automatic bonding methods showed that there are no fragment and air bubbles between the cover-glass and the space solar cell, and no outflow adhesive on the surface by the automatic bonding process in a non-vacuum condition. The novel automatic bonding robot greatly improved the lightweight space solar cells bonding quality and production rate.

Keywords

Auto-bonding Robot (ABR)Space solar cellDispensing adhesivePneumatic system
Type
Research Article
Information
Robotica , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , September 2005 , pp. 561 - 565
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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