Solar Panel Mounts
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Demand for solar panels has grown exponentially based on environmental awareness, energy costs, energy independence, and manufactures' strides in making solar panels economically feasible.
The most common type of installation for solar panels is rooftop. These solar panel systems require mounts. In the past companies have gone to aluminum extrusions, but with the recent increases in volume they are discovering the benefits of roll formed mounting structures.
Aluminum or Steel Roll Forming |
Aluminum Extrusions |
| Best solution for high volumes | Best solution for lower volumes |
| Allows for in-line operations | Does not easily allow for in-line operations |
| Maintains greater dimensional uniformity | Dies expand because of wear |
| Dies require more cost at start-up | Start-up dies are fairly inexpensive |
| Hardened steel dies allow for millions of feet of production | Dies need replaced frequently |
| Fast process | Slow process |
Roll Forming is the best process for larger volumes. You can save about 24% of your current cost by using roll formed mounting structures over extruded supports.
To get more information about our roll forming process you can request a brochure or visit our dedicated Roll Forming page.