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A major luxury car manufacturer needed to update its fueling system to match an upgraded fleet of forklifts. Premier Automation delivered a custom control panel, pumps, and drives solution that ensured reliability, safety, and cost-effectiveness.
A luxury car manufacturer planned to update, then expand hydrogen storage tanks and pumps to modernize its material handling. The company upgraded its fleet of forklifts from high maintenance, inefficient lead-acid batteries to more sustainable hydrogen fuel cells, and needed cryogenic automation solutions to match. Storage and the refueling process had to ensure safety around potentially volatile hydrogen gas, and be absolutely reliable – any delays in fueling the forklifts would halt production
Customer: Luxury Car Manufacturer
Industry: Automotive/Cryogenics
Application: Custom Control Panels, Pumps, Drives Solution
Premier Automation’s custom control panel and pumps delivered safe, reliable, and cost-effective automation solutions for the customer’s needs. The automated panel drastically reduces maintenance and opens up the fueling process to OEE and data analysis.
The cryogenic fueling system allows forklift operators to refuel in three minutes in comparison to the 20 minutes it cost to charge the old lead-acid batteries. Now the luxury car manufacturer can fuel over a dozen vehicles at once.
In addition to reducing time and labor, the panel’s automated monitoring and vapor recovery capability saves the company on lost product from vented gas and adds another layer of safety. The compartmentalized panel design also satisfies strict safety standards.
Premier Automation’s automation solution fuels the fleet smoothly, with lower environmental impact, upgraded manufacturing efficiency, and a reduction of energy costs.
Forklift operators now refuel in three minutes in comparison to the 20 minutes