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Wiferion has introduced the discharge of the etaLINK 1000, the most recent and smallest version of its line of robotic charging techniques. When built-in right into a robotic, the charging unit measures simply 160 mm (round 6.3 inches), making it 36% smaller than the corporate’s subsequent customary charging unit the etaLINK 3000. 

The etaLINK 1000 goals to supply excessive positioning toleration, maintenance-free operation and start-up of energy switch in round one second. It delivers energy for compact success robots and may switch vitality with out contact with a 1 kW capability. 

“Within the final three years, we have now offered greater than 8,000 3 kW and 12 kW techniques. Our prospects have expressed demand for a smaller model of etaLINK to energy smaller robots. The etaLINK 1000 is the reply to this problem,” Matthieu Ebert, VP of Wiferion North America, stated.

Wiferion’s charging models can be utilized in sorter, shuttle, commissioning and extra purposes, the place there’s a demand for small goods-to-person robots. The corporate goals to remove the unproductive charging occasions, downtimes and costly upkeep work that different complicated charging techniques include. 

The etaLINK 1000 begins and stops charging robotically and offers the total 42A inside one second with 93% accuracy. It’s simple to get the chargers up and working shortly with a plug-and-play setup, based on the corporate. 

Wiferion’s full line of robotic charging techniques contains the etaLINK 1000, the etaLINK 3000 and the etaLINK 12000. The etaLINK 12000 allows in-process charging of the lithium-ion batteries of driverless transport techniques, industrial vans and cell robots. 

The corporate relies in Germany and established a North American subsidiary in Chicago earlier this 12 months. This new location will assist Wiferion shorten supply occasions, improve onsite providers and assist and supply consulting providers for North American corporations in want of superior charging techniques.