Batteries

The Flex Li3 is ideal for customers with multi-shift, heavy duty (higher than 160% throughput) operations with known maintenance issues and sensitivity to gassing. The new inductive charger will charge not only Hawker’s lithium battery but also its flooded and thin plate pure lead (TPPL) batteries. Offering rapid and wireless charging, the inductive charger will mean minimal-to-no downtime for customers. Using cloud technology, battery data is constantly collected and shared. Through cloud sharing, the customer will constantly receive real-time battery, charger and fleet analytics directly to their preferred means of notification, allowing them to take corrective actions if needed. “Lithium ion has a very high energy density and is essentially maintenance-free, which is very advanta...

A series of new initiatives that support organic growth have enabled Hoppecke Industrial Batteries to double its UK service business turnover in just three years. This achievement is attributable in part to growth in Hoppecke UK's battery and charger rental business. A targeted campaign to highlight the advantages to businesses of all sizes has seen orders rise from zero at start-up to several hundred rental batteries in 12 months. Stuart Browne, Operations Director - Sales and Service at Hoppecke UK, says: "For logistics and warehousing operations time is of the essence. Product availability coupled with our ability to turn around orders quickly has attracted support from major names in the forklift rental market as well as end users such as supermarkets. Businesses can hire ...

Motive power specialist EnerSys is set to introduce advanced lithium ion technology to its NexSys range of high-performance motive power batteries with the launch of NexSys iON™ battery systems in 2019. The expanded range will encompass both superior Thin Plate Pure Lead (TPPL) and lithium ion batteries to offer customers a full spectrum of intelligent and flexible power options for their electric material handling vehicles. For added peace of mind, NexSys iON batteries are designed to ISO26262 specifications, which equate to automotive lithium-ion battery safety levels. They employ multiple protective safety layers, an EnerSys – designed algorithm and a specially developed battery management system (BMS) based on ISO26262 ASIL C to achieve these high standards while avoiding advers...

With the promotion of Stuart Browne to Operations Director – Sales and Service and a new engineer recruitment drive Hoppecke Industrial Batteries in the UK is initiating a change in culture. He will head up the operations side of the business with a remit covering sales, warehousing, service and rental. This new role has been created specifically to bring sales and service closer together and to ensure that service support meets customer needs both now and in the future. Jon Bailey, who joined Hoppecke UK as managing director in October 2018, says: “Our customers’ needs are becoming ever more complex and so our offering has expanded and diversified in line with this challenge. Whether it’s new or used products, rental, refurbishment or service solutions, including on-site energy sto...

With the launch of its new trak | charger HF premium series Hoppecke Industrial Batteries is pushing the boundaries of technological innovation to provide modern logistics operations with a sustainable and flexible way of managing their energy needs. High quality reactive current compensation accommodates precise charging times enabling Hoppecke’s new chargers to deliver a significant reduction in energy consumption which, in turn, enables businesses to minimise their CO2 emissions. By comparison with conventional 50Hz chargers energy savings are around 14% for each charging cycle and as part of an intelligent networked system energy usage can be up to 30% lower. Adaptable charging processes across 24V to 80V and capacities between 64Ah and 1550Ah allow the trak | charger HF premium ...