Battery Maintenance for Portable Scanners

Diminishing batteries are one of the leading causes of portable scanner failure. Countless dollars are lost annually to battery-related hard and soft costs.

The need to replace batteries or recharge a device during an employee’s work-shift results in substantial incremental costs to a company. For example, if an employee changes batteries twice in a shift, a loss of 20 minutes per day can equal thousands of dollars per year in lost productivity.

Adequate power is essential in order to ensure maximum equipment performance and reliability.

Simply put, downtime should not be an option.

• Have been in use for over 18 months?
• Do not last for a full 8-hour shift?
• No longer hold a full charge?

If so, now is the time to implement a cost effective battery maintenance program that will save you time and money.

To ensure they will last a full shift, batteries for portable scanning devices should be replaced when the capacity drops to between 60% and 70%.

Cadex analyzers assist in determining when batteries have low capacity so they can be removed from the fleet. Bad batteries often charge faster and will not last long despite indicating a “ready” state green light indication from the charger.

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Cadex has simplified battery maintenance with an easy 3-step method.

• A label printer generates the labels in bar code format.
• To service a battery, the user simply scans the label on the battery and inserts the pack into the analyzer.
• Upon identifying the ID number, BatteryShop™ software retrieves the entire battery history on the computer, configures the analyzer and commences service.
  

• Strategically place batteries and battery chargers to enhance workflow
• Use battery analyzers as a part of your daily routine to determine recharge rates
• Retire batteries when they can no longer last a work shift
• Save money by labeling batteries to track when they need to be replaced