Industrial & Motive Power

A forklift that won't hold a charge through a full shift. A skid steer that cranks slow on a cold morning. A machine shop that loses its PLC memory the second the backup cell quits. In an operation, the equipment gets the blame, but the problem is usually the battery powering it. Our industrial batteries in Willoughby, OH cover the heavy-duty DC power that keeps material-handling fleets, machine shops, and farm equipment running. If your job is to keep things moving, this is where you'll find the right battery for the work, and people who can tell you which one that is.

Forklift, Skid Steer, PLC, and Farm Batteries Built for the Duty Cycle

This category holds four kinds of industrial battery, each matched to how hard the equipment runs:

• Forklift and material-mover batteries: motive-power traction cells built to pull steady current through a full shift, so a lift doesn't fade before the work is done.
• Skid steer batteries: high-output starting power for compact equipment that lives outdoors and has to turn over cold.
• PLC machine batteries: primary lithium memory-backup cells that hold a programmable controller's memory, so a shop doesn't lose its program when the power drops.
• Farm and agriculture batteries: rugged batteries for tractors, equipment, and implements that start in the cold and take a beating all season.

The chemistry runs from flooded lead-acid to sealed AGM, with primary lithium on the PLC side, in configurations from 6 volts up to 48-volt setups depending on the application. Getting the match right matters more than the price tag. The wrong chemistry or the wrong voltage will run hot, die early, or leave a controller without backup at the worst possible time. We've tested and installed thousands of these batteries, and about one time in ten the battery isn't even the problem. A charging system or the equipment itself is pulling it down, and when that's the case we tell you, instead of selling you a battery you don't need. Battery testing and charging-system testing are both free.

On the motive-power side, the choice usually comes down to flooded versus sealed. Flooded traction batteries cost less up front and run a long time if they're watered and charged on schedule. Sealed AGM costs more but skips the watering and handles vibration and odd mounting angles, which is why it shows up in skid steers and rougher equipment. Lithium forklift batteries are the newest option, with fast opportunity charging and no watering at all, and they make sense for high-throughput fleets running multiple shifts. Tell us how the equipment actually gets used and we'll point you to the chemistry that pays off, not the one with the biggest sticker.

PLC batteries are easy to overlook. Then a controller drops its program and a machine sits idle waiting for a reprogram. Keeping the right primary lithium cell on hand, and swapping it before it fully drains, saves the downtime.

Why Buy Industrial Batteries From a Local Specialist

We've been at this for 36 years, in the same Willoughby location, with a small team that's all DC power, all the time. Operations across Lake County, from Mentor and Painesville to the machine shops closer to home, run their equipment on batteries that came off our counter on Vine Street. That's why you get a real answer about your equipment instead of a parts-counter lookup. If a battery we sold doesn't solve the problem, we make it right, including a full refund.

Bring us the application, one lift or a whole fleet, and we'll get the power right. Come in, tell us what you're running, and get a straight answer. Call us at 440-942-2555 or stop by the shop on Vine St.