Apr 14 2008
Oorja Protonics, the industry leaders in ultra-powerful Direct Methanol Fuels Cells (DMFCs) will give the first public showing of their innovative OorjaPac(TM) on-board battery charging system for the material handling industry.
The press conference at noon on Tuesday April, 22 in Cleveland’s IX Center Press Room will be the first public opportunity to hear Oorja’s CEO, Sanjiv Malhotra, PhD discuss the breakthrough technologies in these powerful new fuel cells. The fuel cell will be demonstrated at the press conference and at the Oorja booth #2639. OorjaPac will also be shown at NA 08 in conjunction with FMC Technologies and MHD Green Energy Solutions. Oorja Protonics is expected to make a big splash with this green technology at this year’s NA 2008 show hosted by the Material Handling Industry of America (MHIA).
“It made perfect sense for us to publicly display OorjaPac™ for the first time at NA08 which is a leading expo for the material handling industry,” said Sanjiv Malhotra, Founder and CEO of Oorja. “The NA08 show provides us with the ideal platform for demonstrating the value associated with onboard charging and address any technical questions on OorjaPac™.”
OorjaPac™ is a breakthrough onboard charging system for forklifts, pallet loaders, and other material handling vehicles and charges their batteries both while they operate and under idling conditions. OorjaPac™ addresses a number of critical problems faced by the material handling vehicle users. These include:
- Low runtime with batteries on a single charge, resulting in the need to purchase and maintain multiple batteries per vehicle and conduct battery swaps in order to get through one full day of operation
- Significant vehicle and labor downtime during non productive activities such as battery swapping, resulting in reduced operational productivity
- Reduced battery life due to inadequate charging and cooling processes
- High operational costs associate with the incumbent approach, namely maintaining real estate for battery swapping/charging rooms and the labor associated with the battery swapping process
Operating as an onboard battery charger, OorjaPac™ addresses all of these concerns and provides a compelling ROI. For example, when installed onboard Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in a pilot program with a global automotive OEM, OorjaPac™ was able to deliver a savings of 82% in time &ndash or 431 minutes of operation per vehicle, per week. The net result was a substantial increase in productivity and reduction in both capital and operational expenditure.