Component
Framed module
A framed photovoltaic module, 4 × 3 cells in this example. The frame is what the mounting system holds, so the frame section matters as much as the cells.
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RANGE
Three components, and what fixes each one.
The range covers framed modules, extruded rails and mid-clamps. Each page carries the feature the site decides and the questions worth settling before an order.
Component
Mounting rail
An extruded aluminium rail with a slot along the top. The section is the specification: it decides the span between supports and the load the array can take.
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Component
Mid-clamp
A clamp with two wings that bear on the frames of two adjacent modules. It is the smallest part in the array and the one that decides whether the modules stay put.
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By what the load case fixes rather than by what the part is. A module is fixed by its frame, a rail by its span, a clamp by its bolt.
- Modules
- Decided by the frame section, because that is what is clamped
- Rails
- Decided by the span, because that is what the section modulus sets
- Clamps
- Decided by the bolt and the torque, because that is what holds
- Fixings
- Decided by the roof, because that is what they go into