INTERLEAVING PAPER PEELING APPARATUS FOR GLASS SUBSTRATE FOR SOLAR BATTERY, AND INTERLEAVING PAPER PEELING METHOD THEREOF

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten a process cycle by automatically peeling interleaving paper from a glass substrate. SOLUTION: The interleaving paper peeling apparatus comprises a peeling machine 1 which is arranged in an initial process region of the solar battery production line to peel off interleaving paper from a glass board assembly G1, a transportation machine 2 for carrying single pieces of glass substrates from which the interleaving paper has been peeled off to an after process, and a transfer machine 23 for transferring the single pieces of glass substrates to the transportation machine 2 from the peeling machine 1. The peeling machine 1 forms a nozzle molded object 17 which injects an air stream 34 into a boundary region 36 between the single pieces of glass substrates and the interleaving paper of the glass board assembly G1. The jet stream injected into the boundary region 36 between the single pieces of glass substrates and the interleaving paper becomes a turbulent current on the surface of the interleaving paper, applying positive pressures and negative pressures in vibration to many points on the surface, and thereby causing the interleaving paper to vibrate like a wave. The jet stream enters a very small space generated in a moment between the edge of the interleaving paper vibrating like a wave and the glass substrate, peeling the interleaving paper at once on the edge side from the glass substrate. By this method, the surface of the glass substrate is never damaged and fine dust of organic components never attaches to the surface of the glass substrate, resulting in shortening the process cycle. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI