Alpha Intros New Liquid Soldering Flux for PV Tabbing and Stringing Applications

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Alpha Assembly Solutions is introducing ALPHA PV-38i, its newest liquid soldering flux for PV tabbing and stringing. ALPHA PV-38i is a zero-rosin, no-clean flux specifically designed to meet the demanding requirements of the photovoltaic industry. This tabbing and stringing flux has the lowest solids formula (1.10%) available in the industry.

"ALPHA PV-38i employs a unique proprietary activator system that limits pollution inside tabbing and stringing equipment and spray nozzles, with practically zero residue present after soldering," said Mike Previti, Global Product Manager for Flux at Alpha Assembly Solutions, a part of the MacDermid Performance Solutions Group of Businesses. "This formula also allows an extended shelf life versus many other competitive fluxes in the industry."

In addition, the unique chemistry of ALPHA PV-38i provides excellent soldering with fast wetting in standard module assembly processes, employing widely used methods (preheat and soldering) for both spray on cell or dip applications.

About Alpha Assembly Solutions

Alpha Assembly Solutions, a MacDermid Performance Solutions Business, is the global leader in the development, manufacturing and sales of innovative specialty materials used in a wide range of industry segments, including electronics assembly, power electronics, die attach, LED lighting, photovoltaics, semiconductor packaging, automotive and others.

With a unique global presence in over 30 locations throughout the Asia Pacific, Americas and Europe regions, Alpha supplies a full line of ALPHA electronics assembly material products, including Solder Paste, Exactalloy Solder Preforms, Cored Solder Wire Solder, Wave Soldering Fluxes, Bar Solder Alloys, and Stencils.  It offers die attach product technologies to the power electronics segment in its Argomax, Atrox and Fortibond brands.

For the LED segment, Alpha offers its Lumet products covering applications from die attach to systems assembly in the LED manufacturing process.  Alpha also offers product technologies for the Photovoltaic segment, including high performance liquid fluxes and solder alloys for producing standard ribbon and bus bar, as well as, solder pastes, cored wire, conductive adhesives and preforms for use in PV module assembly. Also, Alpha’s Advanced Materials unit is the leader in electronic polymers and solder materials for semiconductor packaging applications. 

Since its founding in 1872, Alpha has been committed to developing and manufacturing the highest quality specialty materials.  For more information, click here.