Egemin offers many types of battery charging scenarios. Whether it be manual battery swap, opportunity charging, automatic charging or automatic battery swap, Egemin has the experience necessary to match the right solution with the right automated guided vehicle system. Hundreds of Egemin AGVs are using the very best and latest in battery technology.
Egemin AGVs are configured to be able to use both flooded lead acid batteries and maintenance-free sealed lead acid batteries.
| Battery Swap:
Battery swap technology requires an operator to manually remove the discharged battery from the AGV and place a fully charged battery in its place After approximately 8 - 12 hours (about one shift) of AGVs operation. 5 - 10 minutes is required to perform this with each AGV in the fleet.
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| Automatic/Opportunity Battery Charging:
Automatic and opportunity battery charging allows for continuous operation. On average an AGV charges for 12 minutes every hour for automatic charging and no manual intervention is required. If opportunity is being utilized the AGV will receive a charge whenever the opportunity arises.
When a battery pack gets to a predetermined level the AGV will finish the current job that it has been assigned before it goes to the charging station.
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| Automatic Battery Swap:
Egemin offers fully automatic battery swap, an alternative to manual battery swap. It requires an additional piece of automation machinery to the overall AGV system. AGVs will pull up to the battery swap station and have their batteries automatically replaced with fully charged batteries. The automatic battery changer then places the removed batteries into a charging slot for automatic recharging. The automatic battery changer keeps track of the batteries in the system and pulls them only when they are fully charged.
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