The introduction of lithium technology and the use of Flash Battery^® lithium batteries represent an important change for the entire Ground Equipment industry.

The worldwide trend in the field of Ground Support Equipment (GSE) reveals the need for improvement and efficiency of current equipment and ground support vehicles in airports around the world.

Several studies show how in the airport, all vehicles actually powered by traditional diesel or lead-acid batteries will be from now on completely replaced by electric vehicles powered by lithium batteries.

After the automotive industry and the logistics industry, the future of air transport, or more precisey, the entire Ground Support Equipment will be characterized by an electric conversion.

An achievable conversion thanks to lithium batteries technology.

The choice of lithium battery is perfectly aligned with the need to increase the airport vehicles performances by reducing the maintenance cost to the minimum and consequently increasing the flexibility of use.

The introduction of lithium technology and the use of Flash Battery^® lithium batteries represent an important change for the entire Ground Equipment industry.

Traditional batteries require high maintenance and plant costs. Ordinary and frequent maintenance which consist in water topping and element poles cleaning, is one of the higher costs.

The introduction of Flash Battery^® lithium technology allows to eliminate completely the maintenance costs: it does not produce gas and it does not need water. Thanks to this technology, any maintenance additional cost is eliminated.

Flash Battery^® integrated electronic ensures at all time battery equalization and efficiency making regular maintenance tasks no longer necessary 

The internal battery layout and the combined equalization features allow to perform punctual onsite assistance which can be carried out by local non-specialized site personnel resulting in transport cost reduction and prolonged machine downtime elimination.

The Ground Support Equipment powered with traditional lead acid batteries take 8 to 10 hours to perform a full charge with a significant impact on the efficiency of the vehicle, resulting in long machine stops.

Fast and partial charges damage the lead acid battery and they are not allowed to avoid battery life reduction. 

On the other hand, with the use of lithium batteries there is a considerable vehicle fleet use flexibility thanks to the implementation of fast charge process.

Zero maintenance and fast charge features allow 24/7 operations resulting in fleet efficiency.

Flash Battery^® technology allows 50% charge in 30 minutes only and complete charge (100% including equalization) in just 2 hours.

The implementation of Flash Battery^® technology allows to eliminate machine long stops which are necessary to charge the battery. Thanks to fast and partial charges it is possible to recharge the Flash Battery^® during users breaks or airport low affluence regime ensuring production and efficiency improvement even with peaks of requests.

Lead-acid batteries or standard lithium batteries do not have a remote-control system therefore, in case of anomalies or faults, it is not possible to avoid machine downtime.

Flash Battery^® has a remote monitoring system that every day prevents anomalies and allows the customer to know the health of each battery at any time.

Kaitek Flash Battery^® conceived and produced a dedicated software able to control and analyze daily all batteries operations data.

 Any warning, anomaly or improper use is promptly and automatically reported to Service Flash Battery Department which take all related actions to prevent any issue.

This system allows to identify immediately any possible faults even if they are not detectable by the machine user resulting in vehicle downtime costs elimination and airport efficiency improvement.

Extreme weather conditions may drastically affect traditional batteries lifespan and they may compromise the vehicle functionality.

Flash Battery^® batteries are equipped with heating and cooling systems to ensure correct operation at temperatures of -30°C to 45°C. 

The temperature self-management feature maintains the battery temperature constant and ensures at all time the maximum vehicle efficiency.

Kaitek Flash Battery^® designs and manufactures lithium batteries for industrial machines and electric vehicles.

Since 2012, Kaitek Flash Battery^® designed and produced more than 4000 lithium battery packs, studied and customized over 200 different battery models and provided more than 56MWatt hours in several applications including industrial machines and electric vehicles.
 
Lithium Flash Battery^® batteries are today installed in more than 54 countries and are daily and automatically monitored by a proprietary remote-control system.

Kaitek was founded in 2008 by Marco Righi and Alan Pastorelli, the CEO and Technical Director, respectively. 

Its mission has always been to supply lithium batteries to industrial machines and electric vehicles searching for tailor made products with high need of customization. 

Kaitek Flash Battery is nowadays the Italian lithium battery that recharges the fastest and requires no maintenance, thanks to its proprietary remote-control system.

Why shall you switch from a lead-acid battery to a lithium battery?

The collaboration was born at the beginning of 2014, when Charlatte Manutention, a renowned and well-known producer of airport electric vehicles worldwide, decided to rely on Flash Battery technology (link to the technology site), for the realization of its airport vehicles. The main need was to eliminate the causes of machine downtime due to the use of lead-acid batteries and the continuous maintenance operations that these required.

"Charlatte was already familiar with the lithium technology option when we approached Kaitek Flash Battery.

Flash Battery offer gives our customer flexibility, maintenance free batteries suitable to different applications and extreme temperatures; furthermore, the remote control system allows our final customers to constantly prevent eventual problem and unexpected vehicle stops.

The lithium battery also doesn't degrade throughout its life time compared to a lead acid battery..."

...Beside the attractive commercial offer, Kaitek brought to the table a complete transparency on its technical capacity and knowledge which inspired us to trust this partnership. Kaitek has also shown great flexibility in adapting their product to our machines and applications. Their product is smart and I believe there is a potential growth in this market.

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