Case study: horse massage blankets

Jumping and racing horses are subject to great stress during their daily training and sports events. Their well-being and performance depends not only on healthy joints and sinews but also relaxed muscles. Just like humans, a massage helps warm up horses' muscles, stimulate the lymphatic system, relax muscles after an event and avoid aching muscles by encouraging the muscular metabolism . The blood circulation in horses' muscles can also be stimulated by a massage if it does not get a lot of exercise, for example in the stalls over winter. Horses benefit from the massage and the greater sense of well-being is clearly noticeable in the animals.

Medical and veterinary technology are important fields of use for mobile and reliable power supplies. Axeon can offer a qualified and marketable solution in this demanding segment as one of Europe's leading companies for the development and manufacture of customised battery packs.

We were given the task of developing a sturdy power supply for a massage blanket for horses. The batteries had to be easy to clean, as light as possible and naturally safe in everyday use under the tough conditions in the field.

Within a month the customer was able to test the first complete battery pack, which soon went into serial production with deliveries of the first batteries. Today, several such power supplies are in use throughout the world and help horses before and after their top performance.