Power System Design: Why Lithium is Taking Over Stationary Energy Storage
20 Jul, 2022
Today, you don’t have to look very far to find a device that is powered by a lithium-ion battery. Chances are, you’ve got one in your pocket, or sitting somewhere...
Workplace Material Handling & Safety: Better Batteries
20 Jul, 2022
The workhorse of your material handling equipment, batteries are quickly evolving into cleaner, better, longer-lasting models. In the material handling world, batteries power a good portion of equipment—from most varieties...
5G Technology World: Battery Backup Chemistries for 5G Small-Cell Sites
19 Apr, 2022
As the number of cell sites increase and their sizes decrease, engineers have options to consider for battery backup. Differing battery chemistries offer more choices and different performance levels. Selecting...
Forklift Action: Opportunity Charging with the State-of-the Art SAFEFlex Chargers
14 Mar, 2022
Opportunity charging is a practice applicable to both Lead Acid and Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for motive power systems and especially useful for Material Handling (MH) Equipment. Fast charging is a...
IEEE Xplore: Chemistry Options for Lithium-Ion UPS and BBU Ion
3 Mar, 2022
Industrial rack-mounted uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) or battery backup units (BBU) are used in data centers or telecom central offices to provide backup power for servers and switching equipment in...
The New Warehouse: EP 252: Battery Talk 2022
11 Feb, 2022
A podcast hosted by Kevin Lawton. On this episode I was joined by not one but five guests! I call this one battery talk Robin Schneider of Green Cubes joins...
Material Handling Wholesaler: Lithium-ion Threatens Lead-Acid Batteries Dominance in Material Handling
7 Feb, 2022
For decades, lead-acid batteries were one of the only games in town as a source of power for material handling equipment such as forklifts and pallet jacks. But rapid advances...
Ramp Equipment News: Lead-Acid vs Lithium-ion Batteries
30 Nov, 2021
Jerry Crump, Director of Business Development, GSE for Green Cubes, compares the merits of using Lithium-ion batteries to Lead-Acid batteries in electric GSE. With the emergence of more and more...
Blog Post: Exide Lead Acid Batteries – Making Rube Goldberg Proud
30 Nov, 2021
On December 16, 1894, W.W. Gibbs, President of the Electric Storage Battery Company (ESBC) made a stunning announcement. Gibbs, who founded ESBC in 1888, asserted that he had just purchased all...
Modern Material Handling: Lift Truck Tips, Transitioning to Lithium for Cold Storage
12 Nov, 2021
All those frozen foods, subscription meal kits, and refrigerated foods and beverages that U.S. consumers increasingly buy, along with pharmaceuticals that need to be kept cold, equate to a need...
Airport Industry Review: Li-Ion Batteries Offer Safe, Efficient, Green Power for eGSEs
12 Nov, 2021
Jerry Crump, director of GSE business development at Green Cubes Technology, highlights the benefits of lithium-ion batteries for ground support equipment in airports. Though electric ground support equipment (eGSE) is...
Power Electronics News: 48 Volt Lithium-Ion Battery Backup Units
10 Nov, 2021
Green Cubes Technology has announced its Guardian family of Lithium-ion Battery Backup Units. The Guardian family of batteries are targeted at rack mount installations in the Telecom and Data Center industries. Telecom...