Task
A large oil company in Italy commissioned the renowned institute L‘Istituto di Vigilanza dell‘Urbe (IVU) to optimize and secure the refuelling of petrol tanks at gas stations. This posed a challenge due to the high safety measures for the refuelling process. Delivery and filling, for example, may only be carried out by specialized forwarding agents, under the supervision of a qualified person. In this case, every truck driver had to be accompanied by a supervisor in order to provide help quickly in case of an emergency. A good precaution, but not efficient.
Purpose
Therefore, the aim was to centralise the monitoring of tank processes in a control centre and to implement a comprehensive protection system for the single worker. To achieve this, the solution needed to meet high safety and communication requirements.
Advantages
Where previously two people (truck driver and supervisor) were necessary for safety, one driver is now sufficient. The supervisor no longer has to be on site, because the devices are monitored continuously (GPS position, battery charge, signal quality, connection status) and entries and exits in a filling station are automatically noted. Therefore, he can focus on his main activities (safety inspection, control of PPE, emergency management).
Solution
This solution met the high requirements and functioned as a technological basis for the networked applications. The integrated system included:
- Zone 1/21 and Division 1 certified, explosion-proof 4G/ LTE Android Smart-Ex® 01 smartphone with ecom front and rear camera
- Push-to-Talk-over-Cellular Application (PTToC) of ecom partner TASSTA
- A cloud video surveillance application from IVIDEON
- A mobile device management solution from MOBILOCK