The client is a global European-listed material handling technology company that designs and markets handling robots worldwide.
The client has plans to adopt wireless contact chargers to achieve full autonomous capability with its automated forklifts. In order to fulfil European safety standards, their initial development of in-house wireless contact chargers were costly and cumbersome that resulted in less cost competitive autonomous forklift solutions to their customers.
Xnergy’s low cost and stackable contactless charger with wide air gap tolerance was able to fulfil their charging performance expectation as well as maintaining an optimistic cost structure for their autonomous forklift solution to their customers.
Product
Solution
Initial set-up requirements (Capex)
Operational costs(Opex)
Issues
Existing 90A docking station solutions
Receiver Contacts (USD1,000)
Transmitter Contact (USD300)
90A charger-converter (USD600)
Total: USD1,900
USD 500 annual wear and tear preventive maintenance
Total: USD 500 yearly
Requires accurate docking, complex charging protocols, wear and tear, difficulty in scaling
Xnergy 90A contactless wireless power transfer
Receiver (USD 1000) Contactless
Contactless Transmitter (USD2,000)
No need for charger-converter
Total: USD 3,000
No manpower requirements
USD 140 annual inspection for preventive maintenance
Total: USD 140 yearly
Simple object detection required, not pacemaker friendly