OE Elsafe – ANIMATE
OE Elsafe – ANIMATE has been selected as an ABA100® Winner for New Product Innovation in The Australian Business Awards 2022. The Australian Business Award for New Product Innovation [NEW] recognises new products and services that provide innovative solutions for business and market needs.
“We are very pleased to be recognised as a 2022 new product innovator for ANIMATE which is already changing the way in which commercial spaces are designed and powered.
“ANIMATE with QIKPAC high powered Li-ion battery at its core and a suite of USB laptop and mobile phone chargers allows us to power commercial furniture, creating true agility in the workspace.
“Powered furniture can include mobile desks, booths, soft seating and tv stands all completely untethered and cable free. ANIMATE is a fully scalable and flexible power solution with endless options enabling commercial furniture to be placed to suit the end users needs rather than the available power supply.
“QIKPAC in a purpose designed carry case can also be used as a mobile power bank anywhere people choose to settle in the office, a café or even the park.
“The ANIMATE journey started with a design workshop of six engineers who spent three days brainstorming the concept of commercial mobile USB C based high powered laptop charging and how to integrate it within workspace furniture of the future. The goal was to provide a solution that would allow end users to recharge in the comfort of the office breakout area, cafeteria or out in the gardens.
“Bringing the product to market amidst the covid pandemic brought a whole lot of new challenges, but with a brilliant team of hardware, firmware, plastic design, and compliance engineers behind it together with excellent cooperation from the manufacturers and beta product testers it all came together – and we couldn’t be happier with the result.”
OE Elsafe Australia and its parent company OE Electrics in the UK are experts in powering commercial spaces with over 35 years’ experience as industry leaders in the design and manufacture of power and data distribution modules, cable management and soft wiring solutions. An innovative company always looking to provide solutions for the industry and end users, the OE group of companies identified an increasing need for agile cable free powered furniture.
Commercial spaces have been evolving with an increasing move towards smaller working groups and agile spaces. Furniture that can be moved around easily to reconfigure spaces provides options as people move away from desks and into seating areas, booths or even leave the office to work outdoors, at cafes or at other sites. What hasn’t changed is the need to keep mobiles and laptops powered and that is where the ANIMATE system comes in.
The first system of its kind, ANIMATE has been created with the end user at the centre of the design process. The result is easily accessible power and charging modules integrated within furniture, powering devices without the need for a fixed power supply. Independence from a fixed power supply provides complete agility in commercial spaces where furniture can be placed to suit the end users’ needs rather than the available fixed power sockets.
ANIMATE comprises a range of power modules including wireless and USB charging modules which can easily be fitted seamlessly into commercial furniture to power mobiles and laptops. Standing out from anything of its kind, the power at the core of ANIMATE is the commercial grade long lasting QIKPAC Lithium-Ion battery custom designed by OE for the commercial furniture market. Being modular ANIMATE is completely configurable to suit the space and application providing power for as few as one or as many users as is required, and all cable free.
ANIMATE has been designed with its own removal tools, mounting and charging dock. The removal tool enables batteries to be changed quickly so there is no disruption to power. The ANIMATE QIKCHARGE dock will charge 3 QIKPAC batteries at the same time ensuring there are always fully charged QIKPAC batteries available.
ANIMATE provides integrated power for furniture in foyers, malls, airports, education and workspaces where seating is free standing and there is no or limited fixed power supply options. There is special merit for heritage listed buildings where traditionally there are few and difficult to access power sources. Powering a space with QIKPAC often works out more cost effective than installing power cabling and wall sockets and aids in the preservation of a buildings original structure.
The OE Electrics Group are committed to the continual development and implementation of effective sustainability solutions in their business processes and practices. These were applied to the development and application of QIKPAC batteries and the ANIMATE system modules. QIKPAC Lithium Ion Batteries are 95% recyclable with the recovered components being returned to the manufacturing sector to create more lithium Ion batteries, effectively creating a circular lithium-ion battery economy.
For more information about OE Elsafe Australia, visit oeelsafe.com.au