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NEW LOGISTICS PRODUCTS & SERVICES
BATTERY HANDLING
SOLUTIONS
SINCE 1946
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Battery charger and monitoring device:
Crown Equipment Corp. has introduced two
new models of its V-Force V-HFM (
High-Frequency Modular) Series Charger—the FS5
model and the FS9 model—as well as a Battery
Monitoring Identification Device.
The enhanced V-HFM Series Charger offers 93-
percent efficiency rates and power savings of up
to 15 percent when compared with traditional
ferroresonant (ferro) and silicon controlled rectifier (SCR) chargers. The new FS5 model provides a
charging current of up to 300 amps; the new FS9
provides a charging current of up to 540 amps.
The addition of the FS5 and FS9 models to the V-HFM Series enables users to charge batteries of
any size—24/36/48 volt—via conventional,
opportunity, and fast-charging methods.
The new FS5 and FS9 models take up
approximately 41-percent less space than typical cabinet chargers. As a result, more chargers
can be held in a charging area. The chargers are
also mountable on the wall, shelf, or rack, or
any convenient facility location.
The chargers have onboard intelligence that
monitors their performance as well as the condition of the battery. The chargers’ software also
prevents workers from charging an incorrect battery type
and configuration. Charge logs
can be easily downloaded to
laptop computers via a USB
connection port.
Power modules within the
chargers are interchangeable
and easily replaced in the event
of failure. Crown has designed
redundancy into the chargers
so that if a module fails, the
unit will continue to charge at
a reduced rate until a new module is installed.
Additionally, Crown has introduced a Battery
Monitoring Identification Device (BMID). When a
battery mounted with a BMID is plugged into a
V-HFM Series Charger, it sends battery-specific
information to the charger. Because of this communication, the BMID allows any battery to be
charged at any charging station, eliminating the
need for voltage-specific dedicated chargers.
The BMID also reads the battery’s temperature and cell voltage and sends that information to the charger, preventing over- and undercharging and maximizing the life of the battery
and charger efficiency. (Crown Equipment
Corp., www.crown.com/usa)
