EaglePicher Power
Defense
Contact: Bill Harsch (417) 623-8000 ext. 210
U.S. NAVY SELECTS EAGLEPICHER BATTERY TEST SYSTEM
IN TRANSITION TO MODERNIZE TECHNOLOGY
JOPLIN, Missouri, August 27, 2003 - EaglePicher, a world leader in advanced high-reliability power solutions, has been selected to provide its MSD-970-1 state-of-the-art, portable/bench top battery test system to the U.S. Navy to support the Navy in its transition to modern technology. Louis Lupo, vice president/general manager of EaglePicher Government Power said, “In addition to charging and discharging, the EaglePicher MSD-970-1 will create up to 80 battery test profiles, each containing up to 10 steps, and serially stream the test data collected to a PC for archival and analysis. The Navy found this modern computerized test system easy to use and ideal for naval batteries. It replaces up to five existing antiquated systems and can reduce errors and manpower through automation.”
The MSD-970-1 portable/bench top battery test system has been assigned a National Stock Number (NSN) for purchase (6130-01-508-3397). The system contains all the functions for battery testing and maintenance including charging (CV or CC), discharging, open circuit stand and the sensing of multiple battery parameters. Typical parameters monitored by the MSD-970-1 battery test system include profile statistics, elapsed operation time, charge/discharge current, charge/discharge voltage, temperature, and ampere hour accumulation.
All system battery test and maintenance profiles can be modified through a PC interface. Profile manipulation allows the user to create an infinite number of battery test profile variations. The MSD-970-1 test system offers flexibility, programmability and provides a cost effective solution to high-end battery testing.
Other system features include the ability to service any secondary battery chemistry from 1 to 36 volts with anywhere between 0 and 70 amps charge and discharge current while providing the user feedback and control through LCD, keypad and PC interfaces. The user is also allowed to specify through PC profile generation, what battery service termination criteria is used, such as end of charge voltages, currents, delta temperatures and negative voltage slopes.
The EaglePicher MSD-970-1 battery test system charges and discharges an abundance of battery voltages, currents and chemistries, offering unmatched flexibility and upgradeability. This state-of-the-art test system provides users with the assurance that their test system will endure and deliver service rather than obsolesce.
EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EaglePicher Incorporated, has facilities in Colorado, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas and Canada. The operating group develops and markets advanced high-reliability power systems and associated electronics for government, space and commercial applications. It also processes Boron isotopes, anticancer pharmaceutical ingredients and ultra clean scientific containers. Areas of global focus include telecommunications, medical, nuclear power plants, space, defense, environmental, semiconductors and pharmaceutical/biotech. Additional information is available on the Internet at www.eaglepicher.com.
EaglePicher Incorporated, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of innovative, advanced technology and industrial products and services for space, defense, environmental, automotive, medical, filtration, pharmaceutical, nuclear power, semiconductor and commercial applications worldwide. The company has 4,000 employees and operates more than 30 plants in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the U.K. and Germany. Additional information on the company is available on the Internet at www.eaglepicher.com.
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