As a manufacturer and developer of Lead-Acid batteries and Lithium-Ion batteries, Triathlon® produces batteries for a wide range of industrial motive power applications, including electric forklifts and pallet trucks, mobile lifting platforms and cleaning machines. Decades of experience and technical expertise combined with state-of-the-art production facilities ensure the highest quality of motive power batteries. Triathlon's solid network of sales and service partners provide competent solutions and reliable onsite service.
Lithium-Ion Battery Systems
Compared to conventional Lead-Acid batteries, Lithium-Ion technology has significant advantages. A completely discharged industrial battery can be charged in 1 - 2 hours. Opportunity charging is not only allowed, but encouraged at any time and will not harm the battery. Time consuming, unsafe and non-productive battery change-outs are no longer necessary.
Lab results and real life field-testing of Lithium-Ion technology has found that these batteries deliver a significantly longer life than that of Lead-Acid batteries. Triathlon® Lithium-Ion batteries are made up of Lithium-Ion cells that are assembled into modules which provide the required voltages and Ah capacities.
Triathlon Lithium-Ion battery systems are significantly more energy efficient than Lead-Acid batteries. The total efficiency of the system is up to 40% greater than that of Lead-Acid batteries.
Complete battery systems are available in all standard battery voltages. The battery system meets the highest safety requirements. Each battery system has an integrated monitoring system with a display unit and an opportunity charger.
The “Made in Germany” Triathlon Lithium-Ion battery system consists of Lithium-Ion battery cells and modules, intelligent monitoring and control systems, extensive safety componentry, and a high-frequency opportunity/fast charger that communicates with the battery via CAN bus protocol.
If battery discharge communication with the lift truck is not available based on the lift truck’s capabilities, an optional hardwired external multi-functional display called the ion Battery Guard is provided. The ion Battery Guard is attached directly to the lift truck dash board so that the battery’s state of charge can be displayed and monitored by the operator.
The battery system has active protection componentry which monitors the entire system and virtually eliminates any misuse.
System Features:
- Flexible - the Triathlon battery can be used and charged anywhere and at any time - the battery stays in the vehicle during charging and throughout its useful life.
- Fast Charge - full charging is possible within one hour.
- Opportunity Charge - opportunity charging is possible and encouraged at any state of charge and will not reduce battery life.
- Zero Emission - no gassing
- Efficiency - a high tech battery system combined with an extremely efficient high-frequency charger with easy to read display.
- Maintenance Free - the battery does not need to be topped off with water.
- Capacity - the available energy is much greater than that of lead-acid batteries in the same box size. In most cases, multi-shift use is possible without battery change-outs.
- Performance - the higher sustained voltage priories of the Triathlon Lithium-Ion battery result in faster more consistent lifting and driving performance, especially noticeable toward the end of the shift.
- Energy Recuperation - the Triathlon Lithium-Ion battery readily accepts any current fed back from the lift truck and uses it to increase run-time without any damage to the battery.
- Safe - the Triathlon battery system is equipped with deep discharge and overcharge protection, individual cell temperature and voltage monitoring and various other safeguards which will prevent a short-circuit.
- Active - the Triathlon battery system has active protection componentry which prevents application errors virtually 100% of the time.
- TriCOM more - allows optional charging of up to eight batteries with only one charger.
- TriCOM SR-Switching Technology - High system efficiency of up to 97%.
Lithium-Ion Battery Specifications:
- Rated voltage: 24, 36, 48, 72, 80 volt
- Available battery system energy content: 1.2 to 138.0 kWh
- Available capacities: 52 to 1716 Ah
- Discharging temperature range: -28° C to +55° C / -18° F to +131° F
- Charging temperature range: -28° C to +55° C / -18° F to +131° F
- Storage temperature range: -20° C to +45° C / -4° F to +113° F
- Charge factor: 1.01 to 1.03
TriCOM® Ion Charging Specifications:
- Voltage: 24 - 80 volt
- Available charging power: 1.4 to 36 kWh
- Available charging currents: 50 to 400 Ah
- Efficiency: 95 - 97%
- No centralized charging station needed