Charging processes

Central energy charging

With central energy charging, vehicles are supplied with energy in a charging area, often with conductive charging technology. If the vehicles are only charged at the end of a shift, this requires larger energy storage units.

In-process charging

During in-process charging, several point charging areas or line cables are installed on the travel routes. At transfer points in front of machines or shelves, energy is recharged in parallel with the logistics process. As a result, no time is lost for "unproductive" energy charging, and the energy storage units in the vehicles can be smaller. The overall vehicle fleet can be smaller as all vehicles can perform logistics tasks at the same time.

Opportunity charging

An intelligent energy management system is used for opportunity charging. From a certain energy level, the vehicle or fleet manager decides whether the next order can be accepted or whether the vehicle needs to move to a point charging area. This makes all vehicles even more flexible and they always have sufficient energy. Inductive charging technology is often used.