Big Joe Material Handling Equipment
Big Joe brand equipment offers a wide range of vehicles that can help you MOVE, STACK, and ACCESS materials better in your operation. You can certainly pay more, but you won’t find a better truck. Big Joe’s extensive fleet of forklifts, stackers, pallet jacks, and access vehicles are ready to work. In the fast-paced world of material handling, Big Joe equipment excels in offering tailored solutions for every scenario. Whether it’s picking small items or maneuvering through narrow aisles, our range of solutions is designed to enhance efficiency while prioritizing employee safety. Choose Big Joe equipment for elite material handling solutions and experience heightened productivity and operational excellence in your material handling operations.
Big Joe is your supplier of pallet jacks, stackers, lithium battery forklifts and more.
ACT Material Handling is proud to carry Big Joe’s line of material handling equipment. Big Joe is an elite material handling equipment provider that helps maximize the efficiency of eCommerce operations for a variety of applications and environments. Their fleet of stackers, pallet jacks, work assist vehicles and forklifts keep facilities productive and safe. In today’s fast-paced, global eCommerce environment, Big Joe has a solution for every scenario. Whether picking small items or maneuvering between narrow aisles, Big Joe’s solutions maximize efficiency and provide added safety to employees.
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Big Joe Electric Forklifts
Big Joe Electric Pallet Jacks
Big Joe Work Assist Vehicles
Big Joe Stackers and Reach Stackers
Big Joe Lithium-Ion Battery Technology
Lithium-Ion battery technology has been a part of the material handling industry for some time, its prevalence is growing with an increasing range of products that leverage its advanced capabilities. Improvements are key in enhancing efficiency throughout the supply chain. Lithium-Ion batteries outperform their lead-acid counterparts in environmental friendliness and energy density, contributing to greater productivity.
Lithium-Ion batteries excel in energy retention, offering extended power storage, and are becoming the norm in electric vehicles. Their light weight, minimal maintenance requirements, ability to charge quickly between shifts, and effective performance in cold storage environments further underscore their suitability for diverse material handling needs.
Benefits of Big Joe Lithium-Ion Batteries:
- Experience unparalleled battery longevity with over 4000 charge cycles
- Benefit from quick charging capabilities, achieving full charge in just around two hours.
- Enjoy sustained battery capacity without any memory loss issues.
- Rely on steady and reliable battery output, regardless of the current charge status.
Lower cost Big Joe ownership vs. traditional internal combustion equipment:
- Maintenance-free on a daily basis.
- Eliminates the necessity for a dedicated battery room, conserving space.
- Facilitates the use of more compact vehicles, optimizing warehouse area utilization.
- Results in reduced wear and tear on vehicle parts compared to typical internal combustion equipment as electric equipment has fewer parts.
Efficiency of Lithium Batteries vs. Lead Acid Batteries:
- Removes the requirement for swapping batteries with every shift, and reduces charge times.
- No battery watering maintenance needed.
Sustainability:
- Prevents the release of dangerous gases and the risk of acid spills, enhancing its eco-friendliness.
- Contributes to a reduced carbon footprint.
- Lithium-Ion batteries outlast lead acid batteries, making them more environmentally-friendly.
Longer Lifespan
Lithium-ion batteries have a lifecycle of 4000 or more charge cycles compared to just 500-1000 cycles in lead acid. Lithium-ion batteries generally last several times the number of cycles as lead acid batteries, leading to a longer effective lifespan for lithium-ion products. Cycles are also counted in % of charge rather than one cycle every time you connect the battery to the charger. This means: 10% charge is 1/10 of a cycle with a Li-Ion battery, while a 10% charge at a lead acid battery is 1 full cycle.
Opportunity Charging
While lead acid batteries always need a full charge cycle of 8-12 hours to keep the batteries chemistry in balance, LI-Ion batteries really like opportunity charging. They can be plugged in the wall and charged for 10 Minutes during a lunch break. This offers a unique way to work your shifts and reduce the overall Ah carried around in the truck.
Higher Efficiency
Most lithium-ion batteries are 95 percent efficient or more, meaning that 95 percent or more of the energy stored in a lithium-ion battery is actually able to be used. Conversely, lead acid batteries see efficiencies closer to 80 to 85 percent.
Lighter Weight
Lithium-ion batteries offer high power density which cause lithium-ion batteries to be relatively small and light. It is only one-third the weight of lead-acid batteries. This offers manufacturers like Big Joe the opportunity to develop trucks with higher standards of ergonomics, with more legroom and better performance due to the smaller size and weight of the batteries.
Faster Charging
Higher efficiency batteries charge faster, improved efficiency means a higher effective battery capacity. Lithium batteries take 2-3 hours to charge while leadacid batteries need 8 hours.
More Environmentally Friendly
From an ecological point of view, Lithium-Ion batteries are non-toxic and harmless. They emit no gas so it is a much cleaner technology and is safer for the environment than lead-acid.
