Systems based power solutions paralleled with top quality products have been the key to the year on year growth of Hoppecke Industrial batteries Ltd. The family owned German battery manufacturer, which celebrated its 80th anniversary last September, has dramatically increased its market share across Europe by focusing on this approach.
Gus Whyte, Sales Director, said: “When considering the purchase of a piece of materials handling equipment, it is important to analyse the ownership costs of the battery power pack. When operating equipment across shifts using spare batteries, you need to consider the cost of two batteries, one charger, charging, filling and labour for battery changing. When adding these costs together over a five year contract period, you may be surprised to find the costs are often significantly higher than the initial cost of the truck.
“By saving the end user “whole life operating cost” through supplying a systems based solution, Hoppecke have won many friends within all sectors of business across Europe.
The Hoppecke Trak® Air battery, used in conjunction with the latest state of the art HF Trak® Air charger, offers large savings in input mains electricity and greatly reduced costs for battery filling. The Hoppecke Trak-Monitor® call forward and battery management system ensures optimised use of batteries within the park and gives total visibility of the user’s actual battery requirements. Trak-Xchange® equipment greatly reduces the space and time required to charge, store and change spare batteries.
The Hoppecke low cost TU system offers safe and cost effective battery changing for 24 volt powered pallet trucks and low level order picking trucks in less than 2 minutes. Their PU and MU systems are ideal for changing larger batteries with lateral roller bed extraction while keeping required changing effort within the recommendations of the manual handling regulations.
The Hoppecke FU ride on changing system offers fully powered vacuum extraction changing without effort for all battery types and sizes. The Hoppecke FU system can be supplied as a single level to 6 level high system, and is also available with a fully automatic positioning system, removing time wasting height or positioning adjustments during battery changing. The Hoppecke FU machine can travel forward while rising as one movement, greatly reducing battery changing times.
Gus Whyte concludes: “Hoppecke already have many customers successfully using complete systems proposed, designed, installed, maintained and operated as part of a complete “power for life” package. Total ownership cost is the real price decision.”
For further information Contact Gus Whyte, Sales Director on 01782 667 305
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