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Automated loading systems

Top and bottom loading of road and rail tankers with custody metering, interlocks and batch control — for light and dark petroleum products, crude oil, gas condensate and petrochemicals.

30–100 m³/h per arm
Custody metering 0.1–0.2 % by mass
Road and rail, top and bottom loading
−40 °C to +55 °C, Ex d
Up to 10 bays per controller
Fixed, mobile or small-volume dispensing version
Lead time from 3 months

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Datasheet (PDF)

Configurations

Built for your terminal

Road tanker loading

Top loading through the hatch with sealed arms, or bottom loading with couplings. One or two-sided loading platforms.
Rail tank car loading and unloading

Loading racks and unloading units for rail tank cars with custody metering.
Custody metering skids

Mass (Coriolis) or volumetric skids, 30–420 m³/h, DN 50–250, for loading and unloading. A filter and gas separator ensure only liquid is metered. Meters are verified at our plant before shipment.
Complete loading islands

Loading platforms, gangways, loading arms, metering and automation supplied as one package.
Mobile loading unit

Metering skid and loading device on a wheeled platform — with a loading platform for top loading. Plug connectors for power: roll it into place, connect and load.
Pumpless version

Supplied without a pump where your own pump station provides the flow and pressure.

SMALL-VOLUME DISPENSING

Refuelling units for heavy machinery

A compact version of the loading system in a dispenser-style enclosure, for quarries, mines and processing plants that refuel dump trucks, excavators and other machinery with large tanks.

Up to 250 L/min (15 m³/h), one hose with a dispensing nozzle
Pump, filter, volumetric meter and control valve; accuracy 0.25 %
Diesel, less often gasoline
Card terminal with driver cards and fuel limits — self-service without an operator
Reports by card and by bay; reconciliation with tank levels
Fixed or mobile; −40 °C to +55 °C, Ex d

Automation

Control systems that remove the human factor

Our own PLC-based control system and operator software run every bay, tank and transfer at the facility — and pass the data straight into your accounting system.

Safety interlocks

Loading starts only when every permissive is confirmed: tanker grounding, overfill sensor, arm in the hatch, gangway lowered, product temperature — up to 20–30 interlocks per bay.
Accurate batch control

Two-stage (high/low flow) valves stop loading exactly at the set volume or mass, measured by mass (Coriolis) or volumetric meters.
Documents generated automatically

Loading records, shift and monthly reports and fuel movement reports — no manual logbooks.
Data into your ERP

Export to your accounting and ERP systems; SCADA integration via Modbus, TCP/IP and HART. Non-standard protocols on request.
Whole-terminal control

Tank levels, remote valve control and emergency shutdown (ESD) at any level — from one bay to the whole site.
Scalable and traceable

Up to 10 bays per controller, cabinets with spare capacity for future bays, user access levels and a log of every operation.

Process modules are supplied with heating, ventilation and gas detection. Each system is built to the site: number of bays, products, flow rates, connections and level of automation.

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Technical data

Unit

Value

Parameter

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%

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°C

bar / psi

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m

mm

m³/h / US gpm

Light and dark petroleum products, crude oil, gas condensate, petrochemicals

Counterweight, spring or torsion

3–5

DN 50–100

30–100 / 132–440

Products

Arm balancing

Arm reach

Arm size

Flow rate per arm

Ex db [ib] op is IIB T4 Gb — designed to IECEx / ATEX requirements

0.1–0.2 (mass), 0.25 (volume)

30–420 m³/h, DN 50–250

−40 to +55

Explosion protection

Metering accuracy

Metering skids

Product temperature

16 / 232

Maximum working pressure

from 3 months

up to 250 L/min (15 m³/h), volumetric meter, 0.25 %

up to 10

Lead time

Small-volume dispensing version

Bays per controller

Carbon or stainless steel

Materials

Built to your specification · Turnkey delivery · 24-month warranty

Options

Bottom loading
Loading platforms and gangways
Additive dosing
Barrier with traffic light
Gas detection and fire suppression systems
Two-way intercom between dispatcher and operator
Fall-arrest system
Lighting
Spare parts kit
Card terminals with driver cards and fuel limits
Mobile execution on a wheeled platform
Process modules with heating, ventilation and gas detection
Integration with your SCADA / ERP
Operator training

Standards and certificates

Designed and manufactured to the requirements of:

OIML R117 / MID
API MPMS (petroleum measurement)
ASME (process piping)
IECEx / ATEX
EAEU TR CU

Downloads

Datasheet PDF →

Questionnaire for quotation DOCX →