Tanker truck Loading. AUTOLOAD Tanker Loading Arm

Описание: Road and Rail Tanker Loading Arm
Safe Tanker Access
January 2040
3am. The road tanker silently pulls to a halt at the security stop. It is exactly on time. It is always exactly on time. The motor and trailer are scanned, security checked and verified on the host cloud. The security barrier lowers and the tanker proceeds through.

In the control room the supervisor is preparing to go off shift for the evening. He’s been responsible for over 2000 loads around the world during the day and the next shift supervisor will see the same amount of transactions.

The tanker makes its way through the plant to the loading bay designated for the fill transaction. It eases to a stop in exactly the correct position. It always does. The truck powers down.

In the control room, a signal advises this has happened and the next stage starts automatically. The supervisor is aware. He can see, in real time, an Augmented Reality view of the station via his head set and can monitor progress but is not required to take action. The supervisor can see, if required, all active loading spots around the world. Each of them showing road and rail wagons being filled with exactly the right volume and the correct liquid.

Back at the loading station, a robot arm reaches out and connects to the intelligent power-earth-overfill system. This immediately sends a permissive signal, proving the tanker is earthed and the compartment is empty and monitored. Simultaneously, the system sends a high amp, super charge to the tanker to boost its energy cells.

In that same moment, the Autoload® loading arm lifts out of the parking-portal. It travels directly to the fill- portal on the tanker. As it approaches the fill-portal assembly, a signal is detected by the tanker and the fill-portal confirms that the signal received correctly identifies that the Autoload arm matches the ordered liquid and mass to be loaded. Only then, the fill-portal unlocks to accept the Autoload arm. The Autoload arm engages itself into the portal and then goes through the required pre-load actions, needed to ensure emissions are zero and flow is uninterrupted. The Autoload gathers all required permissive signals through its PLC system to dispense the load that has been ordered.

In the control room a mirrored signal proves that this has happened. The back-office servers connect into the client’ credit account and, on site, the load starts automatically. This fill process, along with all other simultaneous fills and discharges globally are managed in the cloud and relayed to the Supervisor. At the loading racks, the local PLC measures & controls via the meter and valves built into the Autoload arm.
When the required mass is discharged, the Autoload arm drains empty, runs a short, pre-programmed purge sequence and closes the integral anti-drip device. As it disengages from the tanker, the fill-portal automatically closes, seals and digitally tags that this procedure is complete. That tag is registered into the tanker’s integral server. The loading arm returns to the parking-portal and the power-earth-overfill system detaches and self-stores.

The tanker powers up and silently moves off to the security check point. Once there, it stops. It is scanned, verified and, via a 5G link, collects its Bill of Lading. This verifies the liquid, volume, time of transaction and fill-portal sealing tag. The back-office system verifies the load is paid for and the customer can now track the tanker in real time via a secure application, providing an exact time of arrival at the destination.
3:15am. The tanker glides silently away from the facility to start its journey, gathering power from the inductive loop buried in the recycled plastic highway. Dawn is two hours away. The tanker will cross two countries without stopping, until its destination is reached. It will return to the loading rack for refilling at exactly 3am tomorrow. It is always exactly on time.

The Supervisor has a quick handover conversation with the next shift supervisor who is 3500 miles away, logs off and goes into his kitchen, where his family are laying the table for dinner. The supervisor sits at the table and reflects on what an ordinary day it was.

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