“Advances in battery technology in recent


years have meant that they can be charged


much more quickly and have a much longer


active life before they need re-charging.”


Better battery powered floor cleaning


Chris North, Sales Director at DBS Leoch, talks about improving performance and health and safety by including battery-powered machines in your floor cleaning regimes.


Manufacturers of all types of floor cleaning equipment are increasingly looking at how they can most effectively use batteries as a power source. They’re looking for ‘fit and forget’ batteries to avoid the worry of regular maintenance, and one that can recharge quickly during breaks in shifts, making the most of ‘opportunity charging’.


Advances in battery technology in recent years have meant that they can be charged much more quickly and, once they are charged, have a much longer active life before they need recharging.


However, as technology moves on so quickly, we’re now seeing a shift in demand away from traditional flooded batteries to a new generation of sealed batteries. Take our new Superior Lead Carbon AGM Gel (SLCA) batteries, for example. Their main benefits are that they offer super-fast recharging and you can leave them safely in a Partial State of Charge (PSoC) without risking any deterioration.


Their unique chemistry also eliminates sulphation that can cause a premature failure of the battery – something that can happen early in the lifecycle with flooded technology, if not properly maintained or left in a PSoC.


As the health and safety requirements to which you must comply get ever more stringent, ‘fit and forget’ sealed battery units such as the SLCA are the solution to help you to optimise the lifecycle and performance of your floor cleaning machines.


Game-changing battery power


With over 50 years of experience, Industrial Cleaning Equipment (ICE) is the UK’s largest independent provider of industrial cleaning machines, managing over 26,250 sites and 106,000 machines across the UK and Ireland.


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ICE’s equipment is used across large accounts throughout the UK in various environments including retail, hospitals, commercial buildings and warehouses.


The company believes that ‘investing in leading technology is essential to maintain the highest standards in product innovation and customer satisfaction’.


So, when it comes to powering ICE’s comprehensive range of future-friendly cleaning solutions, utilising the latest battery technology is an imperative.


James Boyland, Operations Manager at ICE, said: “We’ve been through a varied, large amount of different battery manufacturers for our scrubber dryer machines to try and find the best solution for our equipment, but have found that most batteries tend to have a drop off in performance after just a few months of use compared to the performance of the AGM SLCA equivalent batteries.


“Our customers demand high performance and we guarantee to optimise the runtimes of their equipment.


“We spoke to Leoch and trialled their SLCA batteries over a number of months. We found that they significantly outperformed other competitive solutions. Whereas we were seeing a drop-off to around 80% of capacity in other batteries in the first three/four months, with a diminished runtime of under two hours in some cases, the Leoch SLCAs retained their performance levels and could last up to three hours, over 30 minutes longer than other batteries.


“We have confidence that the Leoch long-life and super- fast charging power solutions will further enhance the performance of our industrial cleaning machines for our UK customers.”


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