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Miscellaneous equipment, batteries, battery charging systems, etc
News Release from: Exide Technologies | Subject: Charger room systems
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 October 2004
Reaching new heights in the charger room
Chloride Motive Power has launched an exciting new breakthrough in charger room systems.
CMP's new three-tier charging system offers optimal space utilisation and improved health and safety for warehouses and other electric vehicle fleet users Other battery manufacturers that offer a double-deck system of battery chargers, but CMP are one of the first to effectively offer customers a triple deck system that features the charging unit at ground level
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Jun 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Each charger is linked to a central PC that can monitor up to 255 batteries and provide real-time status reports.
Charging points can be categorised by truck type or warehouse area, or any other user-defined category.
The system automatically prioritises the next battery to use and alarms are triggered if an incorrect battery is removed.
User-friendly management reports can be easily extracted to show battery status, cycles charged, fault reports etc Product and Application Manager for UK and Ireland, Ian Brazier commented, "Increasing pressure on industry to maximise space usage and to improve productivity means that suppliers are having to re-think the conventions.
Many businesses are working round the clock and electric vehicles (and their batteries) are being stretched further than they were perhaps designed for.
Automating battery charging means that forklift trucks and other vehicles are using batteries that are charged at an optimum level and the risk of user error is minimised.
Using unproductive space can have great financial benefits, allowing more floor space for storage or manufacturing.".
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