No more wire needed to charge electric forklift truck

The so-called etaLINK system was developed by Freiburg-based start-up Wiferion. Lindig Fördertechnike – a dealer of Linde Material Handling – will now implement it in warehouses. The company will install the induction rapid charger on forklifts and other material handling equipment such as tractors. Initially, this will be done at Linde distributors. The fast chargers themselves will be installed in the warehouse. They enable ‘in process’ charging. This means that charging of the lithium-ion battery is done on an interim basis during the usual logistics processes.