Scissor lifts and MEWPs
25.6 V lithium packs for scissor lifts and aerial work platforms.
A lift draws a hard current for a few seconds, then sits still for minutes. The pack is sized on the working day, not on the peak — and it has to sit in a tray that was designed around four lead-acid blocks.
Platform
One platform covers the 24 V lift class.
Scissor lifts and most vertical MEWPs run a 24 V system. The lithium replacement is a 25.6 V pack, eight cells in series, in the capacity range below.
| Platform | Nominal voltage | String count | Capacity range | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 V class | 25.6 V | 8S | 150 – 608 Ah | 230 Ah |
230 Ah is the size most often specified for this class; the range above is what has drawings on file.
The finished pack
A welded steel case, built to the tray drawing.
Cells are restrained inside a welded steel case, and the terminals sit on the face the machine's cables come to. Overall size and terminal positions follow the tray drawing, so the pack drops into the bay it was built for.
Duty
The peak is short. The day is long.
Lifting is a high-current event lasting seconds, followed by work at height with almost no draw. Sizing on the peak alone gives a pack that is far larger than the day needs; sizing on the day gives a pack that fits the tray and still lifts the rated load.
What to send
The platform model, the rated load, the working height and how many hours the machine runs between charges. With those, the capacity follows from the duty rather than from the size of the old bank.
The tray is the constraint
A lift's battery tray is a structural box in the chassis. Send the net length, width and height, and the pack is drawn to fill it — including where the old cable entries were.
Questions that come with the enquiry
What buyers ask before the first order.
Short answers, because the long ones depend on the machine.
Will the pack lift the rated load?
The load is drawn through the motor and controller, not through the pack's capacity. What the pack has to do is deliver the current the lift asks for, and that is a BMS and cell specification rather than an amp-hour figure.
Can the machine stay in service during the change?
The pack is a drop-in replacement for the bank at the same system voltage, so the change is a swap rather than a conversion. The charger is specified with it.
Why is the standard size 230 Ah?
Because that is what the class asks for on a working day with an overnight charge. A larger pack is available, but it buys range the machine does not use.
More from the plant
Where this sits on the site.
The same plant, the same cells, three other vehicle classes.
Floor equipment
Scrubber-dryers, sweepers and AGVs, 25.6 V and 51.2 V.
Forklift lithium
The line this plant was built around, with a fitment table for 100+ truck models.
Next step
Send the platform model and the tray dimensions.
You get a dimensional drawing, a pack specification and a firm quotation — sized on the working day, not on the old bank.