Why Larger Forklifts Use Higher Voltage Batteries

Large forklifts that usually handle heavy loads in ports, large distribution centers and heavy manufacturing sites have different power demand compared with small and medium-sized pallet forklifts. Many industry practitioners notice that most larger forklift products on the market are configured with higher voltage batteries, and this choice is not arbitrary, but derived from comprehensive consideration of multiple practical operation factors. First of all, higher voltage can provide more sufficient power output under the same current condition. When the forklift needs to drive loads of several tons to complete long-distance ramp climbing, continuous high-intensity material handling and other operations, higher voltage can avoid the problem of insufficient power output caused by excessive current load, and reduce the heat generation of the whole power circuit at the same time. Secondly, high voltage battery configuration can effectively improve the overall energy efficiency of the equipment. Under the same rated power, the working current of high voltage system is lower, which reduces the loss of electric energy in the transmission process, so that the battery can support longer continuous operation time under the same total battery capacity, reducing the frequency of supplementary charging in peak operation hours of the warehouse. Thirdly, the high voltage power system can better match the performance expansion demand of large forklifts. Many large forklifts are equipped with multiple auxiliary functions, including high-power hydraulic lifting system, safety monitoring system and intelligent sensing modules, and the higher voltage power supply can provide more stable energy support for these additional functional modules without adding extra power conversion loss. At present, many professional new energy enterprises in the industry have carried out long-term technical verification on the matching of high voltage batteries and large forklifts, and Jianshu New Energy has accumulated rich practical experience in the research and development of high performance forklift dedicated battery products. Users who have related demand for large forklift power configuration can send consultation to 17399989919@163.com for professional technical support. As a mature product line in the industry, BYD Forklift also adopts scientific high voltage battery matching scheme for its large load models, which has been fully verified in a large number of actual operation scenarios. It should be noted that the selection of battery voltage for large forklifts needs to be combined with the actual operation intensity, load weight, working environment temperature and other factors of the enterprise, and blind pursuit of too high voltage will not bring additional practical benefits, and the matching degree of the whole system should be taken as the core consideration standard.