The ACUITY® BATTERY MONITORING SYSTEM, the newest, most advanced technology from Curtis Instruments a culmination of decades of experience in monitoring lead-acid industrial vehicle batteries. ACUITY® measures battery use time, voltage, current and temperature and transmits critical battery data via CAN, then records and presents it as easy-to-read performance information. Battery management is a complex issue for fleet managers, end users and OEMs alike. For productivity, safety and cost control reasons, it is essential to know how healthy your expensive battery is and how long it will last. Curtis know this exciting new product will do just that – and more – presenting the possibility of EV Vehicle rental schemes based on energy usage, just like paying for mileage on your car or van lease! Given battery running costs of between £3000 to £6000 per year and the 10 year average life cycle of a fork truck then the outlay of around £200 for the unit means a huge and rapid ROI.
Curtis will also be strongly featuring the newly launched significant upgrade to our widely acclaimed range of AC Speed Controllers. E-Series Speed Controllers utilise powerful dual microprocessor logic cores that meet ALL the safety requirements of EN ISO-13849; the R & D carried out by Curtis development and engineering teams is such that we will be the only provider of AC Speed Controllers offering products that fully comply with this legislation, so much so, that we will be able to apply the CE mark to all “E” controllers and certify them as safety devices!
For those who are not familiar with EN ISO-13849, simply put, the legislation provides safety requirements and guidance for the design and integration of safety-related parts of control systems (SRP/CS), including the design of software. It applies to all safety related parts of control systems, regardless of the type of technology and energy used (electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, etc are all covered), for all kinds of machinery and has been in place since January 2012. It basically means that single steering signal is no longer compliant. OEMs would need to specify a dual signal steering controller for similar reasons to that stated above. If the Curtis 1222 steering controller detected a steering fault on one of its channels, it would safely bring the truck to a halt through its own safety control functions; a single signal unit would be unable to detect an error and the truck could career off at an unsafe angle/speed potentially causing an accident.
Full compliance with the new directive is now required before any industrial truck or similar vehicle can be CE marked and legally marketed within the European Economic Area (EEA). The previous regulation, EN 954, has been fully withdrawn and no longer applies.
Our Engineers will be on stand 20G80 and available to talk to anyone who has questions about this legislation and its effect on our industry and the compliance of products currently on the market. The full range of E-Series Controllers can be viewed and potential users can discuss the obvious benefits of new VCL code execution speeds which, through the upgrade process, have been made 2-3 times faster, and are now available with 20 CAN mailboxes.
The enGAGE VI and VII will be on display also; a full colour LCD vehicle instrumentation range, all CAN compatible with full I/O integration and available in cased and module versions. Ideal for OEMs who require unique design and fully customised high resolution LCD display for optimum viewing in all conditions.
Another exciting new product will be the new 1313 hand held programmer for use with all Curtis controllers, now featuring USB and SD memory card functionality, with backlighting and CAN upgrades; truly future-proof technology.
Other new controllers on the stand will be the 1229 Industrial PM controller, the 1212P low cost Permanent Magnet Pallet Truck Controller and the 1222 “steer by wire” controller – all of which, of course, will be fully EN ISO-13849 compatible.
Curtis
Tel: 01604 629755
Email: info@curtisinst.co.uk
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