EBARA Precision Machinery going Solar

 

EBARA Precision Machinery Europe provides a full scope of Dry Vacuum Pumps and Gas Abatement Systems and combines them to customized solutions for the Photovoltaic Industry. With the experience, the proven technologies and the long track record for the most demanding applications of the Semiconductor Industry EBARA can handle the customer requirements for the silicon wafer and thin film Photovoltaic industry with the outstanding features regarding reliability, cost of ownership and operational stability of its products.

Dry Vacuum Pumps

Dry Vacuum Pumps ESR, ESA and EST series                    

Turbomolecular Pumps ET and ETA series     

• outstandingly low energy and N2 consumption
• pumping speeds from 60 m3/h to 3,000 m3/h
• vacuums levels down to 10-3 mbar
• special vacuum pumps with high hydrogen pumping speed
• excellence for particle handling of solar processes
• can be combined with additional Roots blowers
   to expand pumping capacity.

• magnetically levitated
• pumping speeds from 300 l/s to 3,300 l/s
• vacuum down to 10-9 mbar and outlet pressure
  up to 13 mbar
• special design for high throughput applications


Process Gas Abatement Technologies

Burner Washer
EBARA G5 and G6-PV
                                            

Dynamic Oxidation Systems
S.DOC and E.DOC
                                

Gas Scrubber
CYCLONE
          

• Point-of-use abatement system achieving
  highest abatement efficiency for waste
  gases including PFCs
• Ideally suited for TCO and POCl3
  applications

• Highly effective method to abate
  pyrophoric gases by using ambient
  air
• Ideally suited for SiH4 abatement
  up to 20 slm
• No cooling water, no fuel gas
  required

• Point-of use abatement system
• Total flow max. 600 slm
• Automatic inlet plunger
• Extremely low maintenance requirements
• Ideally suited for H2S/H2Se removal in CIS
  applications

This product portfolio fulfils the requirements in the various Solar applications, either as stand alone products or as a combination of products together with piping, frames, accessories etc.  for turnkey solutions.

 

Solutions

Stand alone Solutions

EBARA’s Roots pumps (e.g. ESR80WN) ideally fit the needs for poly silicon production. EBARA’s screw pumps AAS100WN / EST100WN are meeting the harsh process requirements for SiN and diffusion processes. EBARA’s G5 burner washer abatement system is the state-of-the-art technology, e.g. for POCl3 abatement in SiN processes.

OEM and Turnkey Solutions

EBARA’s A200WN, ESA500WN, ESR300WN and ESR500WN Roots pumps can be combined to big pumping stations to pump down the heavy gas load of equipment for TCO processes and for amorphous/microcrystalline tandem thin film layer formation. These pumps provide the highest customer benefit in terms of uptime, energy consumption and cost of consumables.

On the abatement side for TCO and tandem thin film layer formation, the burner washer type G5 abatement and the silane dynamic oxidizer S-DOC, combined with a particle filter are the most advanced solution ensuring maximum uptime and ease of waste removal.

A very specific solution of abatement technology is required for H2S/H2Se removal in CIS processes. The tool of choice to ensure the safe handling of toxic H2Se is an Airgard water scrubber, combined with a taylor-made waste water treatment system to neutralize the toxicity.

In addition to our highly competitive products and turnkey solutions, EBARA Precision Machinery Europe offers project planning, system engineering, installation, maintenance, consulting and training, incorporated in a worldwide support network at the major PV industry sites.