Rapid Battery Charger features intelligent modular design.
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Suited for electric vehicle and material handling environments, 18 kW Equinox(TM) Switchmode Battery Charger offers more than 90% efficiency and greater than .95 active power factor correction. IGBT technology controls charger's functions, while planar transformer design provides cooling. Unit's rectifier, power factor correction module, and inverter modules are mounted to extruded aluminum heat sinks and have their own thermal protection.
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Prestolite Power Introduces Equinox(TM) Switchmode Rapid Battery Chargers
High-Efficiency Charger Features Modular Design and Easy-to-Use Interface
Dec 21, 2006
CONTACT: Jim Keyser (937) 440-0898
TROY, OH, -- AMETEK Prestolite Power, a leading manufacturer of battery chargers and fleet management systems, has introduced Equinox(TM) Switchmode Rapid Battery Chargers to its line of industrial battery chargers. The 18-kilowatt Equinox charger is ideal for a wide range of electric vehicle and material handling environments.
The Equinox charger offers greater efficiency (>90%) and active power factor correction (>.95) along with lower total harmonic distortion (<10%) than either ferroresonant- or silicon-controlled-rectifier-based (SCR) power supply systems, resulting in lower overall energy consumption and charging costs than either competitive system.
The Equinox also features an intelligent modular design that incorporates state-of-the-art IGBT technology that controls the charger's functions and minimizes downtime. In addition, the Equinox has a unique cost-effective planar transformer design that provides better cooling for longer component life and more consistent manufacturing for greater reliability. The 18-kilowatt transformer weighs a mere 15.2 pounds versus 275 pounds for a comparable ferroresonant or SCR transformer.
The Equinox's rectifier, power factor correction and inverter modules are keyhole mounted for quick connections and are equipped with handles for fast and easy replacement. All are mounted to extruded aluminum heat sinks and have their own thermal protection.
The Equinox's user interface is very similar to Prestolite's ULTRA family of industrial battery chargers. The front panel display features an easy-to-read 40- character, 2-line vacuum fluorescent display with 16-key sealed membrane keypad for data access and programming and 4 LEDs to indicate charge progress. An external data port is available for archive downloading.
Prestolite Power offers the industry's broadest range of industrial motive power chargers and is the only industrial battery charger provider able to custom tailor a system that combines the full range of conventional, opportunity and rapid charging solutions.
Prestolite Power is a unit of AMETEK, Inc., a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices with annual sales of more than of $1.8 billion. For more information, contact AMETEK Prestolite Power, 2220 Corporate Drive, Troy, OH 45373. Tel: (937) 440-0800. Fax: (937) 440-0840. Website: www.prestolitepower.com
