Saft has introduced the Uptimax range of low maintenance nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries, which provide industrial power backup for the electricity, oil and gas and utility industries. Uptimax ensures maximum reliability, long-life and optimum TCO (total cost of ownership) even when operating for long periods at high ambient temperatures. Uptimax features the same robust construction and novel electrochemistry as Saft's pocket-plate nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries and is optimised for high temperature applications.
A key feature of Uptimax is its high technology, low maintenance, design. This ensures very efficient gas recombination, with very low gas emission, well in excess of the requirements of IEC 62259. In normal conditions, an Uptimax battery will only need one top-up with water in its whole service-life.