A Palladium Energy Perspective

The countdown to the U.S. 2012 presidential election is here!  Whether you support Barack Obama or Mitt Romney, we can all rally around the importance of each vote. 
Remember in 1960 when John F. Kennedy beat Richard Nixon by a mere 0.1 percent?  Or those hanging chads in 2000? To streamline and safeguard voting, Congress passed the Help America Vote Act in 2002, which replaced manual voting systems, like the lever system in New York, with electronic systems. 
Today, electronic voting machine vulnerabilities still affect our democracy.  In fact, USA Today recently said, “electronic voting’s the real threat to elections.”
For example, on Election Day in 2008, severe weather affected power grids across America, including Brentwood, N.H. and Glenshire, Ca. where electronic voting systems went offline.  In some instances, paper ballots had to be substituted and vote totals were delayed.  These outages underscore the need for internal backup battery power, which ensure electronic voting machines continue humming until power is restored.  If a machine does not possess a backup battery pack, critical electronic information could be lost, jeopardizing the democratic process. 
Thankfully, this year there’s a good chance that your electronic voting machine will contain one of Palladium Energy’s reliable backup battery packs.  Palladium has a history of designing and manufacturing these patriotic power supplies for one of America’s top voting equipment brands. 
Due to our technical, electrical and mechanical engineering expertise,  Our lithium-based battery packs are capable of running for long periods of time, in the event of an Election Day power outage to ensure this critical data is safe and secure as every vote counts! 
From all of us at Palladium, happy voting on November 6!


- Rebecca Kritzman, director of global marketing

The Labor Day holiday is upon us, and if you’re like me, you’re excited about 1) a day off of work, 2) a cookout with friends and family and 3) college football! 
That’s right, pigskin season is here!  Unfortunately, it’s highly likely that one of my favorite players will incur an injury on the field this year.  In fact, according to the Annual Survey of Catastrophic Football Injuries, collegiate football produces the greatest amount of catastrophic injuries compared with any other sport.  These statistics got me thinking about the lithium battery-powered medical devices used in sports medicine.



When a player is taken off the field with an injury, one of the first battery-powered medical devices he/she will encounter is a diagnostic X-ray machine.  Once an injury is detected, patient monitors such as electrocardiographs and stress monitors are employed to observe patient stability.  In addition, battery-powered infusion and injection pumps are used to administer substances such as plasma and steroids that treat and heal injured tissues.
In recent years, the sports industry has sought medical devices that are smaller, highly connected and more portable, placing design and engineering demands on the battery pack manufacturers who power these devices.

At Palladium Energy, we develop lithium battery packs used in portable medical devices from injection pumps to X-ray machines to diagnostic equipment - the same types of devices used by sports medicine professionals on the gridiron each fall.  Moreover, we have a nearly 40-year track record of providing safe, high-reliability battery packs for the healthcare industry. 
According to MarketsandMarkets, last year the sports medicine devices market was valued at $3.3 billion, but it’s expected to soar to $5.7 billion by 2017.  To learn how we’re meeting the battery pack needs of device manufacturers, click here and request a quote today.
Go GATORS!


- Rebecca Kritzman, director of global marketing

Lately, Palladium Energy has been focusing on thought leadership efforts in the battery industry. As an added value to our current and prospective customers, we’ve been traveling around North America to deliver technical information with a few of our key partners, such as Boston Power, Texas Instruments, and Energy Access. We recently held a seminar in Boston that focused on “Innovation & Collaboration Around Building a Battery Powered System.” To view highlights from the seminar, check out our latest video!