GNB – The Smart Choice for All Your Motive Power Applications

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- 19 Mar 2015 ( #710 )
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Visit the GNB® Industrial Power stand at ProMAT 2015 (Booth #2341) to find out more about our Total Energy Solutions.
Visit the GNB® Industrial Power stand at ProMAT 2015 (Booth #2341) to find out more about our Total Energy Solutions.
GNB Industrial Power (ProMAT Booth #2341) is a worldwide leading developer and manufacturer of battery and charging systems for motive power applications in industrial and commercial markets including material handling, robotics, railroad, and construction. Our Total Energy Solutions include high-power density batteries, multistage energy-saving 'smart' chargers, integrated one-point watering systems, and electronic battery health monitoring. GNB provides industry-leading rapid-response sales, service, and recycling capabilities.

Our primary focus is to make our clients' fleets run efficiently, cost-effectively and seamlessly. To that end, we are constantly improving the sales, service and recycling programs that we offer our customers and distributors.

On our web site at www.gnb.com, you can check out the latest technologies and best battery, charger and service options by specific application:
  • Material Handling Equipment
  • Automated Guided Vehicles
  • Ground Support Equipment
  • Aerial Lifts
  • Neighborhood Electric Vehicle - Personnel Carriers
  • Mining & Railway Power
  • Scrubbers/Sweepers
While at our site, be sure to visit the ROI Calculator page. This handy tool, let's you determine what your annual savings would be, in dollars and energy, by changing to EHF Series High Frequency Chargers.

New PalletPro battery and charger
New PalletPro battery and charger
NEW PRODUCTS:

CEC-compliant charger for PalletPro battery:
GNB® Industrial Power is proud to announce the launch of a robust, "smart", CEC approved, high frequency charger in the PalletPro battery pack. The PalletPro is an integrated valve-regulated lead acid battery and high frequency charging system designed for 24 volt electric walkie pallet trucks with loading capacities of up to 4,000 pounds.

The PalletPro's latest design includes a "smart" HF charger complete with auto start/stop capabilities, and an optimized charge profile designed to get the most out of GNB's industry leading, Cadmium Free VRLA batteries. The charger is equipped with a temperature compensation feature designed to combat the challenges of hot & cold application environments. Additionally, the new HF charger is housed in a sealed die-cast enclosure (IP66 NEMA4 rating), it is impervious to water, dirt, chemicals, vibration & shock. With an energy performance of 93.5% peak efficiency, this charger is approved by the California Energy Commission (CEC), and tested to the most stringent agency standards, UL, CSA, CE, & CEC.

CEC-compliant High-Frequency Charger
CEC-compliant High-Frequency Charger
CEC-compliant High-Frequency Chargers:
GNB® Industrial Power announces the launch of a new family of HF chargers that expand the line of EHF chargers covering input voltage ranges for Canada, Mexico, Latin America and facilities with 208/240/480 voltage inputs. This line of high-frequency chargers includes models that meet California Energy Commission (CEC) strict energy-saving requirements. When used for fast/opportunity charging, the new HF line can include wireless monitoring of the battery's temperature and electrolyte level. This feature, along with a software-defined charging profile, helps maintain the battery to full charge over its lifetime.

Industrial Batteries

Element® valve-regulated lead-acid batteries
Element® valve-regulated lead-acid batteries
Flooded Batteries
Flooded lead acid batteries have cells with liquid electrolyte and are available in flat and tubular plate constructions with a wide variety of plate sizes.

Starter Batteries
GNB Industrial now under the Total Energy Solutions umbrella also offers our industrial customers a complete line of deep-cycle automotive starting batteries. These products are perfect for gasoline and propane-powered forklift truck as well as other application such as in-plant backup generator starting batteries.

Tubular-HP® High Performance Batteries.
Tubular-HP® High Performance Batteries.
Tubular Models
GNB product families include Tubular-HP® High Performance Batteries that feature a tubular-plate design - a design that delivers more power than equivalent dimension flat-platebatteries. The Tubular-LM™ Low Maintenance family incorporates extended watering intervalsand maintenance contract options. The Tubular-LM™ FP System is targeted for electric pallet jackand walkie stacker needs. It combines the low maintenance Tubular-LM battery technology with anon-board top-mounted high frequency charger for convenience and ease of use.

Flat-Plate Models
GNB®'s line of Flooded Classic® Batteries all deliver consistent and reliable power with economy. The GNB® Fusion™ model is designed especially for use with GNB Fusion Fast Chargers. GNB® Flooded Classic™ Platinum Batteries are engineered for increased efficiency and productivity.

Two specialized flat-plate battery families are offered for the Railroad industry.
GNB® Flooded Classic® KDZ Locomotive Starting Batteries are compact and dependable. TypesKDZ-2701 and KDZ-3001 locomotive starting batteries feature proven reliability and performance,quick engine cranking, high break-away current, long service life, and heavy-duty constructionthroughout. KDZ-2701 offers large reservoir of electrolyte. KDZ-3001 offers higher capacity per cube.

GNB® Flooded Classic® KDZ Low Maintenance Locomotive Starting Batteries are designed to provide 180-day Watering Intervals. Type KDZ-501 features proven reliability and performance for excellent cranking capacity to meet the requirements of railroads. Type KDZ-651 delivers the power you'll need, no matter what the conditions.

EHF Series™ high frequency charger
EHF Series™ high frequency charger
Industrial Chargers

GNB Industrial also offers a complete line of heavy-duty battery chargers to complement our material handling battery fleet. GNB offers reliable ferromagnetic chargers for conventional applications as well as energy-saving, CEC-complaint high frequency chargers for demanding applications including fast/opportunity charge environments.

ST Series Charger
The ST Series charger has the power in a compact, convenient package. A single shift charger
with 120 VAC input, the ST Series Charger is the easy charger for simple operations, just plug-in and go!

GNB® Fusion™ Fast Charger
The GNB® Fusion™ series of high frequency fast chargers are ideal for fast charging industrial
electric lift truck batteries, but is also flexible enough to be used as a conventional or opportunity charger.

Element® EiHF Charger
The Element® series of high frequency chargers are ideal for conventional or opportunity charging, but are flexible enough to be used as a fast charger.

GNB® SCR200 Charger
The SCR200 8-hour charger is the ideal charger for all battery types: Tubular-LM™, Element®, Tubular-HP®, GNB® Flooded Classic®, or GNB® Flooded Classic Platinum™.

GNB® EF Series Ferroresonant Charger:
The EF Series Ferroresonant chargers are conservatively rated to recharge GNB® Flooded
Classic®, and Tubular-HP® batteries to full nameplate rated ampere hour.

EHF Series™ High Frequency Charger
The EHF Series™ high frequency charger uses the latest in MOSFET technology resulting in a
very energy efficient conventional charger.

Visit our booth at ProMat (Booth #2341) to learn more about the full line of GNB products designed to optimize your material handling operations.


For more information please contact:

Doug Hitchcock
GNB® Industrial Power
t: +1 630-862-2250
e: send an email
w: www.gnb.com
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