Gone to Iceland
June 1st 2007 Iceland has created more
space for parking lift trucks,
enlarged its maintenance
area and eliminated manual
handling by introducing
advanced batteries and
related equipment from
Hawker EnerSys for the latest
fleet of warehouse trucks at
its Swindon distribution
centre. The batteries were
chosen for their combination
of high performance and low
overall footprint which has
allowed Iceland to achieve its
two principal objectives.
Iceland selected Hawker
EnerSys to supply batteries
for the new fleet after
consulting with the truck
manufacturer and assessing
the market. Hawker supplied
a total of 135 of its Perfect
Plus batteries as well as
chargers and special
handling equipment to assist
with changing to support the
new fleet of 68 BT Rolatruc
warehouse trucks. The
delivery of the trucks and
batteries were phased over
the end of 2005 and start of
2006 to minimise disruption
to ongoing warehouse
operations. Hawker designed
the battery charge and
change area to meet
Iceland's objectives of
creating more space and
promoting safer and more
efficient working practices.
The batteries for the
powered pallet transporters
and low level order pickers
have to be placed in the
trucks the right way round so
that the their electrical
connections are correctly
orientated. The new
batteries are smaller,
narrower and taller than the
units they replaced which
means that overall they take
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