DRS Pivotal Power's Forklift Battery Charger's high output power quality is achieved using state-of-the-art control algorithms. The monitoring scheme uses microprocessor based digital techniques to monitor various circuits continuously to detect any impeding faults early, initiate a gracious shutdown of the equipment and indicate the fault status on the digital display. For maintenance and safety purposes, a comprehensive self-diagnostic built-in-test capability is incorporated to isolate and report any faults within the battery charger.
The basic technology utilized in this equipment has been further improved using the following techniques/technologies:
- Monitoring of the battery charger using digital signal processing implemented on an embedded microprocessor platform
- Use of insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT) as power switching devices.