Product category:
Batteries and Chargers
News Release from: Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems | Subject: NiCd and NiMh cells
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 June 2004
Portable power for TV and film
production
From Hollywood to Bollywood, Saft NiCd and NiMh cells deliver a reliable power source for Cine Power International, the leading supplier of battery packs to the world's film and programme makers.
Supplying battery packs for the world's film and broadcast industries is not a business for the faint-hearted The film industry does not treat its equipment gently, especially on location
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
Related stories
Cells improve with market research
Saft derived the performance parameters for MP 176065 cell from analysis of market trends combined with calls for increased power and improved charge/discharge characteristics at low temperatures.
Quick-charge cells take on high-power applications
A new nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) cylindrical cell is ideal for applications requiring rechargeable batteries capable of providing high power, extended autonomy and fast charging.
In a high-pressure atmosphere, everything from the performers to the lights must give of its best instantly and for long periods.
This is why Cine Power International, one of the world's most successful suppliers of portable battery packs, puts Saft rechargeable cells at the heart of its equipment.
For Cine Power International having a reliable source of power is only the start.
Further reading
Cells handle heavy recharge cycles
Saft's new VH F nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) cylindrical cell has been developed specifically for applications requiring high-energy rechargeable batteries for use in frequent cycling conditions.
Rechargeable batteries on CD-ROM and in print
The new Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems handbook is a full guide to the selection and use of rechargeable batteries.
Ni-MH cells for high energy applications
Saft has extended its VH "super high energy" series with two new nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) cylindrical cells - the D-size VH D 9500 and the F-size VH F 1500.
It has to provide its customers, the specialist rental companies and professional users with equipment that is compact, lightweight, robust, rugged, reliable, and easy to recharge.
It takes real technical knowledge to do that.
The Cine Power International range of battery packs is constantly evolving.
It includes power for cameras, lights and camera dollies.
The packs come in all shapes and sizes from freestanding stylised blocks to belts.
There is an unusual connection between the Saft and Cine Power businesses.
Elemer Nyiry, Cine Power's founder and Managing Director, at one time worked for Saft.
In fact in the 1960s Nyiry developed some of Saft's earliest fast-charge battery systems.
Some years later when working for a leading UK broadcast equipment rental supplier he developed the first range of rechargeable batteries specifically for the film industry.
Nyiry's deep technical knowledge is seen both in the problem-solving approach of his company and its record of innovation.
He has found ways of improving the recharge capability of the batteries and achieving the balance between power output and life, to suit the application, his charging system designs are unique and designed for the most rigorous environments and user applications.
Good batteries need good charging systems, this imperative for the reliability demanded by specialist users.
The company is constantly introducing new battery packs.
These are designed for specific applications and increasingly deliver greater power over longer periods.
They also have to be completely safe in use and transit.
Whether the power is for cameras, lighting units or the dollies, cranes and grips that lift and hold cameras completely firm, filmmakers expect "out of the box" performance.
One of Cine Power's successful products is a 10Ah NiMh pack that delivers up to 40W and can pump up the camera holding dollies more than ten times between charges.
The recent introduction by Saft of the enhanced higher capacity 15Ah NiMh battery cells has brought about the introduction by Cine Power International of a completely new range of battery packs and belts which have received considerable praise for its performance and reliability.
A unique and highly advanced, compact, fully automatic fast charging system has been developed for these battery cells.
Elemer Nyiry and his wife, Diane, are totally involved in their business.
They meet and work with customers across the world.
And although they primarily serve the film and video business their battery packs are installed in the Space Lab and were used on the underwater unit that discovered the Titanic. Request a free brochure from Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems ...
• Saft Rechargeable Battery Systems: contact details and other news
• Email this article to a colleague
• Register for the free Electronicstalk email newsletter
• Electronicstalk Home Page
Search the Pro-Talk network of sites
