Caterpillar and Active Power to Introduce New, Compact, Battery-Free Power Protection System at CeBIT 2001.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2001 Caterpillar Stand C30, Hall 11 AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2001 Flywheel-based Cat UPS Provides Reliable, Highly Efficient, Environmentally Friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] Alternative for Power-Critical Operations Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAT) and Active Power Inc. (Nasdaq:ACPW ACPW Asymmetrical Coplanar Waveguide ACPW Advisory Committee of the Purity of Water (Australia) ), have formed an alliance to develop battery-free solutions for the power quality industry. Cat UPS(tm) (uninterruptible power supply See UPS. (hardware) Uninterruptible Power Supply - (UPS) A battery powered power supply unit that is guaranteed to provide power to a computer in the event of interruptions in the incoming mains electrical power. ) power protection system will be demonstrated at CeBIT 2001 March 22-28 in Hanover, Germany. The Cat UPS flywheel will be spinning for journalists to unveil the latest battery-free technology in power quality. Industry experts will be on hand to explain how the integrated motor-generator-flywheel stores kinetic energy kinetic energy: see energy. kinetic energy Form of energy that an object has by reason of its motion. The kind of motion may be translation (motion along a path from one place to another), rotation about an axis, vibration, or any combination of in its quiet, constantly spinning steel disc and powers the critical load during utility disturbances or bridges until a standby Cat generator takes over. Cat UPS will be shown in the Caterpillar stand, C30, in Hall 11 at CeBIT, the world's largest high-technology tradeshow. The 15-year-old international event draws more than 7,800 exhibitors from 63 countries and 750,000 attendees from 100 countries. Austin, Texas-based Active Power, which recently opened offices in Paris, France and Birmingham, England, to support Caterpillar's European market, dealers and end-users, is formally launching its European presence at the CeBIT fair. "The Cat UPS is more reliable, economical and space efficient than traditional UPS systems for a wide range of applications such as advanced data centers, telecommunications, broadcasting facilities and critical manufacturing processes," said Jim Parker, director of Caterpillar Electric Power. "Caterpillar provides power quality solutions distributed through the global network of Cat dealers, and the Cat UPS product line is an important element in the complete solution package." On March 6 in San Leandro San Leandro (săn lēăn`drō), city (1990 pop. 68,223), Alameda co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1872. Metal, wood, and paper products; chemicals; leather goods; foods and beverages; medical equipment; lighting fixtures; and , Calif., Active Power jointly demonstrated the Cat UPS system with Caterpillar dealer Peterson Power Systems to showcase the power quality capabilities of a Cat UPS while supporting an entire enterprise network during rolling blackouts Rolling blackout refers to an intentionally-engineered electrical power outage, caused by insufficient available resources to meet prevailing demand for electricity. For information about accidental blackouts that are not intentionally engineered, see power outage. , power outages This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages. 1965
"Unreliable electrical power cannot be tolerated in today's digital world," Pinkerton said. "From industrial plants where maximum productivity is crucial to the explosive build-out of advanced AP at data centers, power quality is essential. And this growing demand further validates our original design strategy. The small footprint, high efficiency and low maintenance of the battery-free Cat UPS system are ideal for the power quality market." Cat UPS features advanced power conditioning, high overload capacity and environmentally tolerant design to provide complete power protection from the smallest power disturbances to the longest of prolonged outages when integrated with a standby generator A standby generator is a back-up electrical system that operates automatically. Within seconds of a utility outage an automatic transfer switch senses the power loss, commands the generator to start and then transfers the electrical load to the generator. set. Cat UPS boasts an industry-leading 97 percent efficiency compared to 90 to 94 percent for conventional UPS systems and also has a gen-set start feature. Ideal for both new and existing facilities, Cat UPS offers redundant and field-expandable options to meet the rigorous demands of today's mission-critical operations. About Caterpillar Caterpillar Inc., based in Peoria, Ill., is recognized as the world's leader in both dollar and unit sales unit sales Sales measured in terms of physical units rather than dollars. Unit sales data are often used by financial analysts when evaluating the health of a company. of diesel-powered reciprocating engines, natural gas engines and industrial turbine engines. The Caterpillar line of diesel- and gaseous-fueled engines range in size from 10 to 22,030 bhp (8 to 16,200 kW). Caterpillar also offers financial and technical services needed for completing virtually any type of power generation project worldwide. About Active Power Active Power (www.activepower.com) designs, manufactures and markets battery-free power quality products that provide the consistent, reliable electric power required by today's digital economy. Targeting a large segment of the $11 billion power quality market, Active Power's battery-free power quality solutions eliminate power disturbances, which cost U.S. industry $30 billion annually in lost data and productivity (source: Electric Power Research Institute, 1999). Active Power was the first company to commercialize a flywheel energy storage Flywheel Energy Storage (FES) works by accelerating a rotor (flywheel) to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy. The energy is converted back by slowing down the flywheel. system that provides a highly reliable, low-cost and non-toxic replacement for lead-acid batteries used in conventional power quality installations. Leveraging its expertise in flywheel technology, the company entered into an agreement with Caterpillar to develop a battery-free UPS that could be marketed under the Caterpillar brand name. Active Power currently has more than 26 issued patents in its portfolio related to battery-free flywheel technology. Safe Harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. Provision Any forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. and all other statements that may be made in this news release that are not historical facts are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, and actual results may differ materially. Please refer to Active Power filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for more information on the risk factors that could cause actual results to differ. More information on Active Power can be found at www.activepower.com. CAT is a registered trademark of Caterpillar Inc. CleanSource is a registered trademark of Active Power Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective companies. NOTE TO EDITORS: In the contact information for Hiller, Wust & Partner above the "u" in "Wust", there should be an umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. . It was removed for transmission purposes only.
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