Continuous Cast Silicon Strip Apparatus and Method

摘要

A continuous cast silicon strip apparatus including a drum rotatably mounted on an axle supported by a framework, a motor operatively connected to the axle to cause rotation of the drum about the axle, a crucible mounted relative to the drum to dispense liquid silicon onto a peripheral surface of the drum as the drum rotates to continuously cast a silicon strip onto the peripheral surface and a segmenting mechanism for segmenting the continuous cast silicon strip into silicon segments to a desired length.