Smart battery chargers speed to full power

AccelRate's SC series of chargers will fully recharge a battery five times faster than conventional chargers, without requiring any modifications to the battery.

AccelRate Power Systems has received an initial order from Pape Material Handling for 30 AccelRate battery chargers.

Pape, a leading distributor of material handling equipment throughout the Pacific Northwest, has, following product demonstrations and training on the product at its eight major divisions, placed its initial stocking order covering all four models of AccelRate SC chargers currently available.

These products are able to fully recharge any 24, 36 or 48V forklift, walkies or aerial lift batteries in two hours, with no negative impact to battery lifetime.

"As a leading supplier of material handling equipment, we are seeing demand for improved charging capability to increase labour usage and production, reduce space and energy costs, and extend battery life", said Brian Harris, Director of Machine and Rental Sales at Pape Material Handling.

Lee Hall, Director of Product Support at Pape adds: "This unique and exclusive product line affords our sales people, unit and aftermarket, the opportunity to open new doors and serve those customers and markets previously tightly held by our competitors".

Retail pricing for AccelRate's rapid charger product line will range from US $6300 to $19,250.

All AccelRate motive power battery chargers incorporate advanced high frequency IGBT technology to provide outstanding energy efficiency.

compared with the conventional ferroresonnant or SCR type chargers commonly used today, this results in significant energy cost reductions for material handling equipment users.

AccelRate's SC series of chargers will fully recharge a battery five times faster than conventional chargers, without requiring any modifications to the battery.

Due to its compact size and light weight, the AccelRate SC will do the work of several regular chargers in a fraction of the total space.

The smart chargers can be mounted anywhere around an industrial plant for easy access whenever a full charge or a top-up is needed.

"We look forward to receiving additional orders from Pape as their customers acknowledge AccelRate's superior charging technology", said Pierre Gadbois, Vice President of Motive Power for AccelRate Power Systems.

"We will continue to add distributors and further expand the markets for AccelRate products".

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