Product brochure - Kostal

Products that make connections.
Universal and customer-specific
PV module connection technology

Product overview
PV junction box with leadframe (SAMKO 100 01)
With its specific design, this universally usable PV junction box allows
a rated current of 10 A. Thus, it is possible to connect crystalline solar
modules with a higher output. High quality SMD diodes and a final check
covering the characteristic curve test of the diodes provide additional
reliability.
Automatable PV junction box (SAMKO 100 02)
This development in the area of universally usable PV junction boxes is
designed in such a way as to enable the fully automatic fitting of solar
modules with the product base. The cover is very easy to fit and can be
replaced at any time including diodes, wiring and plug connectors.
Fully automatable PV junction box (SAMKO 100 04)
Our latest product in the field of universally usable and automatable PV
junction boxes enables you to fully automate processes when equipping
solar modules with our junction solution. That means your solar modules
can be fitted with both parts of our PV junction box without manual
intervention. Using this fully automatable PV junction box enables you to
achieve not just greater efficiency in the solar module production but also
increased process reliability.
SolarWorld AG PV junction box
This automatically positionable PV junction box, which forms a perfect
symbiosis with the customer’s solar modules, was developed in
collaboration with SolarWorld AG. An individual, technically innovative
product, which helps to reduce system costs.
PV plug connector (KSK 4)
Rounding off our product portfolio of PV connection technology we
now offer a PV plug connector. The KSK 4 comes with a connector
face which is already approved in the PV market. The development and
production is based on the KOSTAL Group’s know-how in the field of
connecting systems. Thereby our customers get a reliable solution from
one source as well.

“Smart connections.” –
gain a competitive edge
Cohesion resulting in reliability
1KOSTAL has a history stretching back
100 years. The main location of KOSTAL
Industrial Electronics is in Hagen, Westphalia.
The family owned company KOSTAL can draw
on a century of business tradition and comprehensive
expertise, making it your dependable
business partner. The KOSTAL Group offers
reliability thanks to its facilities all over the world,
drawing on their development and production
capacities when and wherever necessary. The
KOSTAL Group is able to serve all your system
requirements from one source thanks to the wide
array of products manufactured by its various
business divisions.
Striving for quality
2State-of-the-art manufacturing technologies
couple with our zero-error approach provide
greater reliability for our customer and ensure
convincing quality.
We set ourselves very high quality standards
when developing and manufacturing our
customer-specific products and this is reflected
by our zero-error approach to work. We make
use of special quality tools throughout the entire
development phase and also when the products
go into serial production. Highly automated
manufacturing technologies result in further
process reliability. In addition, it is also important
to us and of essential significance to our mutual
success to have a partnership dialogue with the
customer.
Smart connections for solar modules
3The right solution for everyone:
PV module connection technology –
customer specific or universal.
In our core product field of photovoltaics, we
can draw on the extensive experience in the
development and production of solar module
connection technologies that we have been
garnering since 1998. Taking into account the
different requirements of our customers, we
have put together a comprehensive portfolio
of customer-specific and universally usable
solutions. Our wide array of products ranges
from standard solutions to automatable options.
We have developed innovative concepts for our
solar module connection technology such as
leadframe technology, and these have become
firmly established in the market. Thanks to the
knowledge that we have been able to acquire in
the course of our partnerships with our customers,
we are also able to anticipate future market
requirements and offer the appropriate solutions.
As one of the world’s leading companies in the
field of PV connection technology we have a
suitable solution for every customer.

Your satisfaction is our driving force
Because of the long life cycle of such a
purchase, the decision to buy a PV system is
often a very calculated one. Satisfaction with
this investment is dependent on the quality of
the system. Quality here is determined not only
by modules and inverters but also to a great
extent by their components, such as the PV
junction boxes. This in particular ensures the
networking of all other components and thus
a system that functions smoothly – put simply,
a smart connection. Here, KOSTAL Industrial
Electronics provides the right solutions and a
good basis for the perfect satisfaction of its
customers with their PV systems. We work for
this aim, as your satisfaction is our driving force.
The PV module connection technology from
KOSTAL is always a smart connection – today,
tomorrow and in the future.
“Smart connections.” – relaxingly profitable.

KOSTAL Industrie Elektrik GmbH
(KOSTAL Industrial Electronics)
Lange Eck 11
58099 Hagen
Germany
www.kostal.com/industrie
Phone: +49 2331 8040-4800
Fax: +49 2331 8040-4811
06.2012 – P – PV – EN – 1.000