New system solutions for solar façades 23 July 2024

The new fischer PV clips enable positioning on the edge or the centre of the PV modules with the FSMN M8 R connector – making it easier and faster to plan and implement durable solar façades.

Different variants can be used to secure the initial and end modules as well as the middle section of the façade system. These clips offer restraint-free installation and load-optimised designs to ensure a technically sound implementation.

Together with suitable fischer fixings, the wide range of applications includes anchorages in concrete and masonry (frame fixings) and timber constructions (panhead and flat head screws). Combined with the fischer universal channel (FUS) and the FSMN M8 R connector, solar façades can be implemented in steel construction.

The PV clips can also be used with their corresponding aluminium profiles, wall brackets and frame fixings on traditional rear-ventilated rainscreen façades. This allows various installations to be carried out in a particularly cost-effective and user-friendly manner. Minimal joints are required between the PV modules, resulting in a uniform surface on the back of the module when combined with concealed fastenings. 

Part of the new clips range, the Horizontal ATK 103 PV clasp profiles can be used together with vertical carrier profiles to provide solar façades with a secure hold. PV modules can be hooked into the open C-profile of these horizontal elements with pre-mounted clasps attached to the back.

The system is easy to use and can be disassembled as needed and the restraint-free, lasting construction securely fastens the PV modules to the façade. The system solution also offers major optical advantages, as the clasps mean there is no need for any visually unappealing elements such as insertion tracks and brackets.

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