The Electric Straddle Carrier Charge Family is the newest addition to Kalmar’s expanding set of entirely electric equipment.
Straddle carriers and smaller freight handling equipment such as reach stackers and forklifts with varied lifting capabilities are already part of the company’s electrically driven portfolio.
The Charge Family includes battery technology, charging methods, and software to help operators of manual and automated terminals shift to low-carbon operations.
According to the statement, the new set of equipment includes the Kalmar electric straddle carrier with a high-energy battery, capable of up to four hours of continuous operation with a charging time of 45–50 minutes.
Also, the Kalmar electric straddle carrier with high-power battery (previously known as the Kalmar FastCharge™ straddle carrier), is capable of up to 50 minutes of continuous operation with a charging time of five to six minutes using FastCharge technology
with two different charging options: a standard CCS charging interface compatible with any commercial charging station, or optional FastCharge technology where the onboard battery is charged via a pantograph at a FastCharge charging station.
In addition, the Kalmar Charge Optimiser software automatically assigns charging tasks to the operator to avoid queues at the charging stations and ensure high utilisation of charging points.
Furthermore, the Kalmar One Fleet Optimiser software for Kalmar AutoStrads handles job scheduling and dispatching, including assigning charging tasks to equipment
and the Kalmar Insight Energy Module provides visibility over battery charging status, energy utilisation and charging KPIs.
