Safer battery change
August 1st 2008 Business supplies wholesaler
Kingfield Heath estimates
that a switch to Atlet
warehouse trucks has already
lead to savings of more than
£17 000 at its Lutterworth
distribution centre.
The company also took
the opportunity to
reorganise its battery
facilities which has resulted
in space savings, improved
management processes and
eliminated manual handling.
Battery operations were
consolidated into a dedicated
area known as the 'Energy
Centre'. This houses chargers
and spare batteries and has
space for service engineers
to work on trucks.
Atlet configured the area
with batteries grouped by
type in banks either side of
short aisles. Chargers above
the battery positions cut the
overall footprint and ensure
convenient operation.
Trucks requiring a battery
change are driven to the
Centre and reach truck
batteries are changed using
Atlet's Powerbed automatic
battery change system in
which drivers change their
batteries in about 1min.
Counterbalance and VNA
trucks are changed with an
Atlet Batsman powered
battery change device as
they are fitted with a battery
on rollers. Smaller batteries
are changed with a similar
device based on a hand
pallet truck with a roller bed
which requires simple manual
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