We’ve all been monitoring our energy usage and costs at home of late with the forecast of more extreme price increases to come looming over us like a dark cloud. But this issue isn’t just affecting households, companies big and small, charities and non-for-profit organisations alike will feel the impact of rising energy costs.
As a business, you may have already explored options such as switching to LED lighting, using automatic sensors and ensuring printers, PCs and other equipment are switched off at night, but have you considered how much energy is actually consumed charging your forklift trucks? And more to the point, how can you make significant savings quickly?
Reduce the energy costs of your forklift truck charging
Approximately a third of the cost of running an electric forklift fleet can be attributed to the energy used to charge and operate the fleet, so there are big savings to be made here and switching out any uneconomical, conventional HF and 50Hz chargers can be a great place to start. Generally these chargers, aside from their high energy consumption, heat the batteries during charging which reduces their life considerably.
With the intelligent Ri charging process, Fronius offers the best technology available on the market for charging lead-acid traction batteries, offering a much gentler and cooler charging characteristic that adapts to the individual state of the battery (which is detected immediately by the charger). This prevents overheating and overcharging. This process can reduce energy consumption by up to 30% and improve the battery service life by up to 15%.
In 2013, the Ri charging process went into series production with the new generation of Fronius Selectiva battery chargers. Since then it has been deployed successfully in warehouses globally in a wide variety of industries. With the latest range of Selectiva 4.0 you can also benefit from further features including the current peak avoidance feature to utilise any reduced rate available and to charge at the cheapest time of day. Moreover, you can enhance your process by increasing charging performance and efficiency further using cloud-based data management software, Charge & Connect.
Working with low temperatures? No problem.
To tackle the challenges that low ambient temperatures pose for forklifts and their batteries, Fronius has developed a cold logistics option for its Selectiva battery chargers, which ensures that both the battery and the forklift truck work optimally even in very low temperatures.
Let Fronius show you the savings potential
The team at Fronius UK offer warehouse, operations, and logistics managers a free energy saving audit of their MHE fleet across the UK and Ireland.
Using their tool, I-SPoT calculator, they are able to calculate the total operating costs and provide a report that visually displays how energy consumption can be minimised when Selectiva 4.0 chargers are used. Taking into consideration 2022 energy prices, your return on investment period would be shorter than it’s ever been.
Full support from the get-go
Fronius work with you throughout your sustainable charging transition starting with a full analysis of your charging infrastructure to offer you the best solution. The specialists then plan your system, assist installation, training, and finally, support you to success.
Get in touch with us by calling Ross Adams on +44(0)7580 076988 or email charger-sales-uk@fronius.com
Visit www.fronius.co.uk
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