AccelRate Power Systems (Vancouver, BC, Canada), a developer of rapid battery chargers for industrial, portable, and transportation applications, announced that it has received certification from product-safety testing and certification organization Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL) for its SC180 Ah and SC260 Ah battery chargers for the industrial materials handling market. The UL mark indicates compliance with rigorous industry safety standards and certifies that UL has thoroughly evaluated a product and found it to comply with all of its applicable safety and operational requirements.
With UL certification, AccelRate's high-speed battery charger products are now being shipped from the company's product manufacturer and license partner, Hawker Powersource, to AccelRate's North American distributors for demonstration and sale to end-use customers. The SC battery chargers can return a discharged lead-acid battery to a full state-of-charge in two hours; prevent damage to the battery through improved heat management; automatically detect and adjust to battery voltage, capacity, condition, and state-of-charge; adapt to battery inventories regardless of age; and provide reduced energy use and capital equipment costs.
"As a company, this is our most significant milestone to date as we can now begin to deliver product to our dealers for sale to end-use customers," said AccelRate President and CEO Reimar Koch. "We are even more pleased with our partner, Hawker Powersource, who has shipped UL-approved battery charger products incorporating AccelRate technology within 130 days of signing our license agreement. These aggressive timelines are indicative of Hawker's vision, commitment and desire to provide the world's most advanced products for their customers, as well as the ease of integrating AccelRate technology into a manufacturer's battery charger product. AccelRate's commitment to the industry is to set a new standard in battery chargers."
