Array Technologies

Array Technologies is a company that works in the solar industry, producing everything involved with solar tracking from the motorized mounting frames, to the software that follows the sun. Within the design of the solar tracking system is a specially designed sprocket with a friction clutch that is made of powdered metal. Array mates these…

The solar industry faces challenges with hailstorm-damaged panels, as insurance companies are hesitant to insure them in hail-prone areas due to a lack of data on panel durability. Array Technologies has tasked the team with creating a device that replicates the impact of hail — varying in size, speed and angle — to test panel…

This team is collaborating with Array Technologies to create an automated power tool for installing solar panels. The current manual slide hammer is effective but can be strenuous and cumbersome. The team is developing a more efficient, automated tool to reduce effort and increase speed. Using a Skil auto hammer, which delivers rapid impacts to…