The right battery for your forklift truck

Forklifts play a crucial role in countless warehouses, factories, and logistics operations around the world. These robust vehicles make it possible to lift and move heavy loads efficiently, increasing productivity and ensuring that operations run smoothly. When considering the performance and reliability of a forklift truck, choosing the right battery is essential.

In this blog post, we will take a closer look at the importance of this choice for your forklift truck. We will discuss the different types of batteries available and the factors you need to consider when making your choice.

Traction batteries

An important part of our product range consists of traction batteries for forklift trucks and other intralogistics applications. Batteries for these applications must be particularly resistant to cycling.

In addition to the specific requirements of the vehicle to be powered, individual load plays an important role in determining the appropriate battery solution. Your choice also depends on whether the machines have rest periods or are in constant use with replacement batteries.

The criteria for the right charging technology are voltage, current, charging curve, and charging time.

Brands

We work with various manufacturers, including the OE brand Hawker EnerSys.

Hawker EnerSys offers various battery technologies, with NexSys clearly on the rise thanks to its advanced technology! 

What is so special about NexSys?

The advantages in use are numerous and result in cost savings: short charging times, intermediate charging, no battery switch required, and no maintenance. In 2015, the technology was further optimized, improving the expected service life, flexibility in use, and charging profile. Thanks to their increased energy density and fast charging capacity, these virtually maintenance-free batteries can be used at any time and charged whenever possible. 

NexSys offer?

Standard package

The standard package is suitable for standard applications that require a powerful battery with an energy throughput of up to 100% per day, with limited intermediate charging. In addition, you benefit from virtually no maintenance, greatly reduced gas emissions, and the highest possible number of charging cycles for lead-acid batteries: up to 1,450 cycles at a depth of discharge of 60%. What's more, you can use the batteries seven days a week.

Fast package

Unlike conventional lead-acid batteries, which discharge to a certain point and then need to be recharged for 8 to 12 hours, the NexSys Fast package is completely flexible, giving the user greater autonomy. The specific charging profile ensures that the battery is quickly recharged, in less than four hours based on a depth of discharge of 60%, and allows for as many intermediate charges as necessary. This does not damage the NexSys batteries: the state of charge increases from 40% to 80% in one hour and to 98% in two hours.

NexSys batteries can be used in the following traction applications:

• Forklift trucks
• Reach trucks
• Pallet trucks
• Order pickers
• AGVs

See the full range of EnerSys products

Use the chart below to find out which battery is best suited to your forklift truck or other industrial applications.

The NexSys battery will soon be available on our website. Already looking for a similar battery? We would like to refer you to our 2V Traction Cell batteries.

Still unsure about which battery to choose? At Industribat , we are happy to help you!