Minimising maintenance
February 1st 2008 Working quietly (literally) behind the scenes at the new Eurostar terminal at St Pancras is a new fleet of Linde materials handling equipment, powered by Exide Technologies’ Sonnenschein Dryfit gel batteries. These are maintenance free and do not produce any gas when being charged. Exide Technologies also provided the associated chargers – both standard and high efficiency.
“We demanded maintenance free batteries for two reasons: the charging areas are either beneath ground level or in low ventilation areas, so removing any gassing was paramount for health & safety and to provide a comfortable working environment for staff,” explains David Bridges, operations manager – Logistics Department of Eurostar. “Time is saved in not having to regularly maintain the batteries, particularly with topping up the electrolyte. The use of battery power will also help us achieve Eurostar’s commitment of being carbon-neutral.” More articles from GNB Industrial Power: | 
