Page 62 - North American Clean Energy January/February 2019 Issue

2019 solar buyers guide
Washpanel Srl
Washpanel is an Italian company that has designed and produced PV plants washing technologies since 2010. It provides a range of 10 different robots for plants such as solar parks, roofs, carports, greenhouses, and agriculture farms.The key product offered by the company is SERIE “EVO” machine which is a portable semi-automatic robot. It represents a solution for the tracker market and can be used both in wet and dry modes, depending on the needs. Two operators are needed to clean 1MW/day per robot. This machine helps keep the panels ef cient and reduces maintenance costs (NPV impact). Washpanel robots are awarded with a TUV certi cation which ensures the machines cause no damages to the panels. www.washpanel.com
Roll Forming
Johnson Bros. Roll Forming Co.
Johnson Bros. Roll Forming is a manufacturer of panel frames and other solar energy components, such as the supports and structural compo- nents for panels, as well as reflector troughs for solar concentrators. They offer a wide variety of custom shapes for various different solar panel frames and structures. www.johnsonrollforming.com
RPM Rollformed Metal Products
RPM Rollformed Metal Products is a New Era Group company with 2 fabrication facilities located in Ontario Canada. Plant 2 is the heavy steel division dedicated to roll forming complex steel pro les; thickness between 0.108” to 0.179” in a variety of nishes and material yield strength. Plant 1 is dedicated to thinner steel and lighter metals which are laser welded and unique con g- uration. Both divisions use USA or Canadian steel mills as their prime source for raw material. RPM has roll formed millions of pounds of custom steel for the global solar racking industry. www.rpmroll.com
Samson Roll Formed Products Co.
Samson Roll Formed Products Co produces channels used by the solar industry as brackets, photovoltaic array supports and solar panel framing/trim, including a parabolic shaped channel, the main component in compound parabolic collectors, as well as custom shapes. Samson was founded in 1946 and is located in the Chicago metro area in a 200,000sq/ ft facility housing approximately forty roll form
lines and an array of ancillary equipment to provide stamping, bending, assembly, parting, in-house design, and production of pre-notch, pre-punch tooling, as value-added services. Samson holds ISO9001:2015 Certi cation.
www.samsonrollform.com
Safety
Blaklader
Blaklader, a Swedish Company, manufactures functional workwear for all workers' needs. Within the clean energy segment, their FR styles 1636, and now 1676, are tested and compliant with NFPA 70E. 1636 and 1676 work pants are HRC compliant, with an 11 calories/cm2 arc rating. www.blaklader.com
Zilla Corporation
Zilla's patented Double Stud XL Flashing Assembly attaches directly to sheathing while also providing the option for structural members if necessary. Without having to locate structure, the Zilla Double Stud XL eliminates the need for installation prep work, standardizes design and installation processes, achieves speed and exibility in the eld, and makes it possible to complete more projects in less time at less cost. Zilla Double Stud XL is compatible with Zilla ush mount systems or any solar mounting system to help drive better bottom line results. www.zillarac.com
Residential, Small Of ce, and Community Solar
ARC Design & Consulting, LLC
ARC Design & Consulting LLC’s design portfolio includes a list of projects of all sizes, from residential and commercial systems through large, grid-direct utility scale arrays, and battery storage. Founded in 2004, ARC has designed more than 15,000 roof and ground-mounted solar energy systems in 16 states and four countries totaling more than 500MW. ARC offers a complete suite of renewable energy solutions to developers, sales teams, and installers nationally and internationally. arcdesignllc.net
Robotics
US Digital
BlueWave Solar
BlueWave Solar is a developer of community solar projects and works with developers and asset owners on subscribing their projects without needing to build out new management systems. Using their
new Solar Management Platform, customer acquisition, onboarding, and billing is easy. Their client services team is available to answer any questions during the sign-up process and for the entire contract term.
www.bluewavesolar.com
US Digital was founded by David Madore in 1980 with the goal of producing cost effective practical solutions to motion control challenges. Their core products are rotary and linear encoders using optical and magnetic technol- ogies. US Digital encoders are available in a number
of con gurations: 32 to 10,000 CPR, incremental and absolute, rotary and linear, optical and magnetic, with and without index, single ended and differential output, kit and shafted versions, as well as stock and custom options.
www.usdigital.com
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