Fuel & Chemical Delivery Systems

TouchStar’s Fuel & Chemical Delivery Systems, bring together our powerful software and TouchPC hardware, for an optimal ‘turn key’ solution. Wireless or conventional conduits carry delivery data direct from the meter on the tanker to the TouchPC system, which is housed in a cradle in the driver’s cabin. The vehicle’s load and delivery history are stored, ready to be sent to a central distribution centre or dumped manually in a docking station at the depot. This way, the distribution centre can keep an eye on an entire fleet’s activities and ensure sufficiently loaded tankers and minimum downtime.

The TouchPC application also takes care of the driver’s pre-shift safety checks and can allow for the presence of several fuel types within a single trailer. Transactions may be finalised with a signature handwritten on the touchscreen, the final record being printed out there and then.

TouchStar’s file export system allows each transaction record to be saved as a file that includes both a database item and a graphical image of the original printout.

The net result is a reduction in paperwork and an efficient, manageable means of distribution that eliminates wasted journeys. Since much of the process can be automated, a freedom from error is inherent, with measurable benefits. Factor in the benefits of our expertise and the TouchPC’s user-friendliness, large screen and durable chassis, and the result is a system uniquely suited to the rigours and complexities of this working environment.

We are also continually developing GPS and mobile network tracking, which allow depots to keep an eye on the progress of their fleet and allow amended orders to be wedged into a round in the most efficient place.

If there’s a single industry sector that can consider itself best served by TouchStar, it would have to be the fuel & chemical delivery industry. While development in the sector has not taken place at the expense of other sectors, we have built up such a level of expertise in delivery automation and logging that our solutions are now considered standard. Bespoke solutions are available for a variety of different fuel & chemical types and delivery scenarios including, but not limited to, the following;

Petrochemical – Click here to discover more on BP's use of TouchStar's Fuel Delivery System

General chemicals – click here to read how Exel utilise Touchstar solutions for fuel and chemical delivery

Gas – click here to read how Calor utilise the TouchStar fuel delivery solution

Fuel Cylinders – click here for further details on how Air Products use TouchStar’s fuel delivery solution

Oil – click here for further details.

Calor – click here for further details.

TouchStar and ATEX certification

The ATEX Directive was finalised by the European Parliament in 1994 and was designed to offer protection to employees and members of the public from the effects of explosions i.e. prevent explosions from occurring at all or arrest explosions during the early stages of ignition.

TouchStar fabricate all our products with the elimination of arcing and static electricity as key design principles. Our Falcon and Eagle handheld computers are regularly used around refuelling stations, airport aprons, in factories and often in enclosed spaces, each of which represents a specific explosive risk.

All internal circuitry and mechanical parts, such as printer motors, are rigorously tested and are not put into production until any possible source of sparking is eliminated. External sockets and plugs, also potential arcing weak spots, undergo specific design and manufacture techniques to avert sparking. Finally, the polycarbonate shell that is essential to the hardware’s durability is treated seriously as a source of static electricity; we go to great lengths to make sure that static accumulation is not a danger.