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We have hired Richard Niblock as Southeast Regional Sales Manager
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Meet ProMat Show 2013 AES Team Member Ken
Meet ProMat Show 2013 AES Team Member Ken, he is the Service Manager at Applied Energy Solutions, he controls customer support and is your contact for any need that is product related.
What are you looking forward to during ProMat 2013? Meeting people face to face that I have talked with for years but have never met.
What is your favorite AES product? Work Horse 2
What is your favorite hobby or pastime? Visiting a place I have never been to, and making sure the grand kids drive their parents crazy!
Meet ProMat Show 2013 AES Team Member Bill
Meet ProMat Show 2013 AES Team Member Bill, he is the Eastern Regional Sales Manager Applied Energy Solutions, he travels managing dealer relations and finds new places to put our product.
What are you looking forward to during ProMat 2013? Seeing old friends and meeting new people. Should be a great crowd!!
What is your favorite AES product? Our Maverick Multipro. I love the charger’s efficiency and versatility.
What are your favorite hobbies or pastimes? I Love spending time on the stream fly fishing or in the field with my retrievers.
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Material Handling & Charity
According to DC Velocity magazine, despite fluctuations in the economy this year, many material handling and logistics companies are giving back to non-profits by not only donating monetarily but giving their time as well.
At Applied Energy Solutions we feel it is a part of our mission to help give back to our community, our troops and more. This year we have helped Bivona Child Advocacy Center, The Open Door Mission, Petra Place Counseling, The United Way and the Boy Scouts of America. Some of our employees have hosted cancer walks this year, as well as provided Rotary Camps for youth in our community. Employee Howie Green, and his family help run the Genesee Valley Rotary Camp which serves children and young adults with special needs. The camp allows them to participate in various activities like hiking and swimming and accommodates to all of their physical, dietary and emotional needs with a nurse on staff and pediatrician. When asked why he participates Green says,”If you know a miracle is going to happen wouldn’t you want to be there?This is the hardest most fun and fulfilling week of the year!” This year Applied Energy Solutions provided Snuggies for all of the GVRC campers. For more information about the GRVC, please visit http://www.gvrc.org/a/
A little Snuggie goes a long way…
In addition to our work with the GVRC, part of our mission to give back is focused on helping the troops. During our trade show ProMat 2013 (Jan 21-24) at our Made in America booth #972, we kick off our online campaign for the Wounded Warriors Project through our Rally for the Troops page.
Some of the other notable companies dedicated to supporting non-profits are:
Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. Inc. (TMHU) sponsored free inspections of child safety seats and booster seats in cooperation with safety technicians and trained volunteers from SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A.
FedEx Express delivered an orphaned sea otter from Alaska to its new home at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. The pup made the journey from Anchorage to Pittsburgh on a FedEx Express MD11 aircraft, accompanied by representatives from the zoo’s marine mammal staff and a veterinarian from the Alaska SeaLife Center.
enVista sent a group of employees and a van full of donated supplies to Southern Indiana to help with volunteer efforts after deadly tornadoes ripped through the area in February and March. The group worked with Metro United Way, clearing debris and salvaging wood at three disaster sites.
New Website Launch
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Applied Energy Solutions Launches New Website |
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Applied Energy Solution launches application based new website for easier navigation |
CALEDONIA, NY (April 25, 2012) — Applied Energy Solutions (www.appliedenergysol.com) has launched its brand new website after working on the project over many months. The new website is designed for easy navigation and less clicks for the viewer to pinpoint the solution to their problem. The site’s homepage is graphic-centric and uses a left hand side bar with battery charging application headers to quickly retrieve information on which charger will work best for the product application. An interactive application guide page has also been added to aid with product browsing for certain material handling environments and applications.
Applied Energy Solutions over the course of several years has focused their company on a change towards application based education for the industrial battery charging market. This idea was the inspiration behind improving the website for visitors. President Vern Fleming said, “We wanted to make our products easier to find for the customer, improving the chances of them finding a solution to their specific application in a short time frame. “Our goal is to continuously improve the website overtime to help customers get the satisfaction and support they are looking for, and to feel involved in the changes going on throughout our company that will benefit them,” says Fleming.
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MAVERICK HIGH FREQUENCY CHARGER FAMILY RELEASED
Maverick High Frequency Chargers featured in Material Handling Solutions May 2012 issue
Applied Energy Solutions Maverick™ charger family offers full selection of High Frequency Battery Chargers for energy cost savings, less emissions, more power capacity
CALEDONIA, NY (March 31, 2012) — Applied Energy Solutions ( www.appliedenergysol.com ) developed its first true “green” energy battery charger for the motive power industry in 2008. This month they introduced the finalized line of complete Maverick High Frequency Chargers.
The Maverick™ is a high efficiency charger that minimizes the amount of power drawn, giving users of electric utility vehicles real cost savings, reduced CO2 emissions and additional power capacity. It is available in conventional, opportunity, and rapid charge start rates. All of the Maverick products are designed to provide excellent re-charging with the minimal consumption of energy. Re-charging can be done accurately and efficiently by using very high switching and conversion of the incoming AC power with IGBT design and the pow
er factor correction circuitry.
The Maverick ™ Family Includes:
- The Maverick Opportunity Charger with block out times, ease of use interface, programmable control.
- The Maverick Multi Pro Opportunity Charger for mixed battery fleets which automatically seeks battery size information and adjuststhe charge profile to accurately re-charge in the safest and most efficient manner
- The Maverick Conventional Rate Charger for the most energy efficient standard re-charge times
The Maverick™ High Frequency-Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (HF-IGBT) Charger returns more energy at a lower cost than conventional chargers. It has a full load power factor of .95 and is the most efficient charger available, resulting in the lowest operating cost.
“The launch of the Maverick™ High Frequency charger line represents an essential element of all battery powered electric vehicles and large fork lift fleet applications and can mean significant energy cost savings to the user in their daily charging requirements,” said Vern Fleming, President, Applied Energy Solutions.
“It has been documented that with the correct Maverick™ High Frequency charger for your application, most distribution centers can save $100-$200 per year per battery in energy costs,” Fleming said. “ Our products conceptually have been consulted with by Rochester Institute of Technology to meet or exceed the stated energy savings figures”
The Maverick’s TCC 2.0 controller allows for lower battery recharge temperature due to a very low ripple current. In addition, the IGBT switching efficien
cies at medium and high power are higher and the drive circuitry is simpler. This means that the Maverick™ can be used at higher frequencies without the audio noise found in conventional chargers.
Additional significant energy savings can be realized by utilizing the unit’s programmable controls that enable users to stagger the charger start time outside high cost peak demand periods.
Additional features include:
- Delayed start from 15 minutes to 4 hours in 15 minute intervals
- Equalize can be done manually, automatically with day/time setting, or every 5 cycles
- Auto refresh charge every 24 hours
- Programmable charge termination when battery voltage reaches gassing
- Remote Control Interface
- Auto start with five second delay
- Auto shutdown when 80% or final charge exceeds time limit, for excessive voltage or charge current irregularities, and when the maximum battery temperature is exceeded
Applied Energy Solutions manufactures industrial battery chargers for forklifts, pallet jacks and other battery powered transportation equipment. AES makes all products in the USA from design, manufacturing and sub- assemblies to interconnect and final assembly. With a full product offering for every application, AES specializes in fitting the proper battery charger for the application need. Applied Energy Solutions manufactures products for high frequency charging, cold storage, rapid charging, opportunity and multiple-shift charging.
For more information on the Maverick™ and the complete line of AES battery chargers, call 1 . 800.836.2132 or visit www.appliedenergy
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Made in America
CALEDONIA, NY (August 31st 2011) Today, it has become a rarity to find a product that is made in the USA. This was not always the case. In the 1920’s the Industrial Revolution brought a whole new sense of pride to America in the area of manufacturing. This process of advancing technology in essential and emerging markets increased from this pivotal point on. So, what has happened? When I hear people talking about globalization they conference that nothing is made in America any longer, and that everything has been outsourced because of cheap labor and cheaper material costs to countries like China. So few are willing to recognize that there are companies trying to survive here, in the United States, and despite economic conditions they remain intact and most also intact with the pride to help create more business to keep our American market going. There are people who care about this issue, and feel passionately that we need to bring business back here. Leadership on this subject needs to come from both political leaders and the average citizen.
One of these advocates is Senator Kirsten Gillibrand who over the years has pressed to be a top notch voice for the small businesses of America. The “Made in America Block Grant “or MABG has been designed to help keep these small to medium sized businesses afloat. Gillibrand’s team knows that we need to keep money here to fix the unemployment epidemic that has swept the nation. Currently unemployment rates are at 9.1% as of July 2011 which have only dropped slightly since 2009 according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is approximately 13.9 million people, and chances are you know one or two. These are our friends, neighbors and our family members.
Throughout August of this year Gillibrand is making the trek to visit some of the few standing of these companies to show her support for their efforts. On August 31st, Kirsten will be visiting a company that has been in manufacturing for more than 30 years, and is launching a new line of products this month. Applied Energy Solutions prides themselves in what it means to be made in the USA. AES has been dedicated to designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling Industrial Battery Chargers from their headquarters in the town of Caledonia, New York for as long as they have been in existence. They are currently a industry leader in the emerging technology of High Frequency battery charging and are the only company that is 100% producing in the US. CEO, Vern Fleming explains “we know the importance of keeping our factory here; we thrive on the idea of helping our economy.” He then goes on to explain more in depth how they contribute.
By using American raw materials and skilled American workers you have a constant money flow which stimulates the economy, provides additional jobs and supports local families. The company purchases a major percentage of its materials to manufacture its products from US companies. The sheet metal used in the chargers is purchased from Phoenix Sheet Metal in Jamestown NY, the copper wire used in the transformers is purchased from Essex in Fort Wayne Indiana, the lamination material is purchased from Thomas and Skinner in Indianapolis Indiana, some of the printed circuit boards are produced at AES and the remaining ones are purchased from local electronics manufacturers here in New York.
When you break this down further, which is fast math for CEO Vern Fleming, AES indirectly employs a minimum of another 48 workers with the money spent on American materials and goods in addition to the over 40 directly at the company. Vern Fleming says:
“Our leadership and culture has become complacent and rushed to the immediate fix with fast returns to satisfy their pockets and or the ownership of businesses. However in the long run this method of outsourcing and displacing jobs will have the opposite long term effect. The leadership needs to take a long hard look and learn how to aggressively become more competitive by leaner manufacturing methods, and rely upon the knowledge base of our American workers. At AES we have increased our productivity year over year by an average of over 13 percent, by doing the aforementioned.”
This is the way we fix the American economy. Simply stimulating the circular flow model. Moving money creates jobs when it stays here. Once again leadership comes from the everyday America be it a consumer or an entrepreneur, it is up to us to passionately support the economy and preserve the American industrial infrastructure instead of looking at the current state with a shake of the head. Choose Made in USA, choose to keep the money in our family, a family of 300 million across the country.
For more information on Applied Energy Solutions and the complete line of AES battery chargers, call 1.800.836.2132 or visit http://www.appliedenergysol.com.
For more information on Kirsten Gillibrand and MABG visit http://gillibrand.senate.gov/issues/issue/?id=f5e31125-2c48-4957-a9de-e404b028cfa7
Is technology making life simpler?
CALEDONIA,NY (August 28, 2011)In this day and age of technology we often wonder if all of these gadgets and devices actually make life easier or if they are polluting our precious time with more information, distractions, and more complexity than we need. If you take the time to ask yourself this question, you may find yourself and others frustrated with the constant barrage of emerging technologies.
This also holds true in our world of Industrial Battery Charging. At Applied Energy Solutions our goal is to provide the operators and managers, the proper and much needed information in a simple and accurate format. CEO of AES, Vern Fleming says “The question we always consider during development is; what is needed to make life easier?”
Applied Energy Solutions has been in the business of designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling Industrial Battery Chargers for over 30 years. Throughout these 30 years they have made it a point to perfect themselves in the area of charger applications. They have become experts with the knowledge to provide the best product for any fork lift or electrical vehicle charging application. The team prides themselves in the ability to show the clientele how to use the product which in turn simplifies the life of the leader, workers and the entire operation.
With a vast installed client base across North and South America of over one million units they are the industry leader because of the variety of products they provide and the depth of knowledge due to this large client base. This provides AES with constant information and feedback to use in the enhancement and development of their products.
Some of these advances and developments have been evidenced over time with the invention of Dv/Dt Di/Dt termination which is the method all manufactures use in charge termination today. AES also invented the Opportunity Charging process and platform. When this platform was invented, Opportunity Charging was strongly frowned upon in the material handling industry. Battery manufacturers were adamant against using it as it caused harm and damage to the batteries due to under and over charging.
Recognizing that the behavior of Opportunity Charging was not going to end in the facilities, AES decided to solve the problem from their end. By inventing a product that would treat the batteries properly, they can now prevent problems and allow the practice of Opportunity Charging. This then became the catalyst for the invention of the Quarter Horse Opportunity Charger which was the very first Opportunity Charger made in the industry. The control and type of charge profile eliminates any battery problems and additionally saves energy by eliminating over charging and full charging during peak demand times. Many other manufacturers have now followed suit with copies of the Opportunity Charger.
AES controls quality by manufacturing all of its products in the USA unlike their competitors. Simplicity and precision is the key. The controls on the chargers and operator interface are designed for ease of use and no information overload. The operators can see the gas gage on the front panel indicating how full the battery is in the fork lift. They can also see the time remaining until full charge will be reached. The chargers are also preset at the factory for time zone, block out, full re-charge, and equalization to further simplify any set up.
Let AES show you how to do it the easy way and not over load you with information that you really don’t need. Fleming quotes “Our name says it all, we Apply Energy to various products and provide Solutions” which simplifies life and creates a successful material handling environment for the consumer.
(For more information on applications or products, see the application guide at http://www.appliedenergysolutions.com )
This also holds true in our world of Industrial Battery Charging. At Applied Energy Solutions our goal is to provide the operators and managers, the proper and much needed information in a simple and accurate format. CEO of AES, Vern Fleming says “The question we always consider during development is; what is needed to make life easier?”
Applied Energy Solutions has been in the business of designing, developing, manufacturing, and selling Industrial Battery Chargers for over 30 years. Throughout these 30 years they have made it a point to perfect themselves in the area of charger applications. They have become experts with the knowledge to provide the best product for any fork lift or electrical vehicle charging application. The team prides themselves in the ability to show the clientele how to use the product which in turn simplifies the life of the leader, workers and the entire operation.
With a vast installed client base across North and South America of over one million units they are the industry leader because of the variety of products they provide and the depth of knowledge due to this large client base. This provides AES with constant information and feedback to use in the enhancement and development of their products.
Some of these advances and developments have been evidenced over time with the invention of Dv/Dt Di/Dt termination which is the method all manufactures use in charge termination today. AES also invented the Opportunity Charging process and platform. When this platform was invented, Opportunity Charging was strongly frowned upon in the material handling industry. Battery manufacturers were adamant against using it as it caused harm and damage to the batteries due to under and over charging.
Recognizing that the behavior of Opportunity Charging was not going to end in the facilities, AES decided to solve the problem from their end. By inventing a product that would treat the batteries properly, they can now prevent problems and allow the practice of Opportunity Charging. This then became the catalyst for the invention of the Quarter Horse Opportunity Charger which was the very first Opportunity Charger made in the industry. The control and type of charge profile eliminates any battery problems and additionally saves energy by eliminating over charging and full charging during peak demand times. Many other manufacturers have now followed suit with copies of the Opportunity Charger.
AES controls quality by manufacturing all of its products in the USA unlike their competitors. Simplicity and precision is the key. The controls on the chargers and operator interface are designed for ease of use and no information overload. The operators can see the gas gage on the front panel indicating how full the battery is in the fork lift. They can also see the time remaining until full charge will be reached. The chargers are also preset at the factory for time zone, block out, full re-charge, and equalization to further simplify any set up.
Let AES show you how to do it the easy way and not over load you with information that you really don’t need. Fleming quotes “Our name says it all, we Apply Energy to various products and provide Solutions” which simplifies life and creates a successful material handling environment for the consumer.
(For more information on applications or products, see the application guide at http://www.appliedenergysolutions.com )
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