Technology
Companies from
various industrial fields are busily preparing for the widespread of
photovoltaic generation. Asahi Glass will put its “Leoflex” that is thin and
splinterless special glass on the market nationwide coming June. The company
has been shipping “Leoflex” to some solar battery manufacturers, and decided to
sell it in such industrial markets as architecture and illumination.
Leoflex is roughly 910
wide and1,820 mm deep, and weighs about 3 kg. It is about 0.8 mm thick that is
nearly a quarter of thickness of the existing glass. Its surface is treated by
chemical to make it hard to break. Fuji Pream, one of Japan’s leading
manufacturers of optical filters, became the first company that introduced
Leoflex. It is likely that Leoflex will facilitate the spread of photovoltaic
generation because light weight is a great advantage for a system to be
installed on the rooftop of a house.
Leoflex's image is available in the following pdf. file.
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