PV Mounting
We Design and Produce
The design of a solar power racking system has to meet highest standards. It has to ensure that the modules remain firmly mounted in adverse conditions for the long-term. We have designed and produced high-performance systems with optimally aligned components for more than 30 years. Our versatile systems suit any application – new buildings, retrofits, single family homes and large projects.
Economical and Safe
Coherent designs and smart detail solutions simplify and speed installation. Safety is key. All our racking systems are certified by TÜV, the German Technical Inspection Association.
TRIC A Roof Racking Systems
Pre-assembled system components make child's play of panel installation. Individually adjustable, TRIC A offers the right solution to every application. The system stays versatile and effective in challenging situations.
Adjustable roof brackets for all common roofing and tile types ease racking. Rails are installed from above.
Pre-assembled panel clamps
Pre-assembled panel clamps are supplied. T-bolts with thread guard and position indicator ease racking and increase safety.
TRIC F Flat Roof Racking Systems
We placed particular emphasis on racking versatility when developing the TRIC F system. Be it a flat roof, a sloping one or complex demands, such as slanted positioning on sloping roofs – none is a problem.
Folded
The TRIC F racking triangles are delivered folded up. That saves space and costs, easing transportation. At the installation site they are simply unfolded to the desired angle and screwed together.
The angle can be set steplessly. Angles from 15° to 60° can be set with the systems TRIC F 15, 30 and 45.
TRIC FL Free Standing Racking Systems
Racking system for ground installation by ramming elements (Sigma profiles), usable with all framed panel types.
For 26 panels in 2 rows with vertical orientation, one above the other.
Maximum length per panel table 13.5m
Without ramming elements for ground anchoring.
Project-related design required
Information
Domestic and small-scale commercial photovoltaic and hot-water panels are usually fixed, often flush-mounted on an appropriately facing pitched roof. Advantages of fixed mount systems (i.e. factors tending to indicate against trackers) include the following:
Mechanical simplicity, and hence lower installation and ongoing maintenance costs.
Wind-loading: it is easier and cheaper to provision a sturdy mount; all mounts other than fixed flush-mounted panels must be carefully designed having regard to their wind loading due to their greater exposure.
Indirect light: approximately 10% [3] of the incident solar radiation is diffuse light, available at any angle of misalignment with the direct sun.
Tolerance to misalignment: effective collection area for a flat-panel is relatively insensitive to quite high levels of misalignment with the sun - see table and diagram at Accuracy Requirements section below - for example even a 25° misalignment reduces the direct solar energy collected by less than 10%.
Fixed mounts are usually used in conjunction with non-concentrating systems, however an important class of non-tracking concentrating collectors, of particular value in the 3rd world, are portable solar cookers. These utilize relatively low levels of concentration, typically around 2 to 8 Suns and are manually aligned.
From Solar Tracker Wikipedia entry