TouchStar authorised partner ‘Athelia Solutions’ has developed a mobile computing solution for the control, maintenance and inspection of LPG stationary tanks. This solution is implemented for all the technicians. It allows a regular report of all the tanks maintenance and inspection operations: reports of the technicians activities, client and installation information. Each tank is individually identified with a RFID tag, which allows the storage of

information about the operations carried out in the tank and all the client’s information.

Every technician is equipped with a handheld computer, with an integrated RFID reader. The handheld has a software application which allows the registration of control and maintenance operations, the reading/writing of RFID tags updating the recorded information and the printing of reports that must be delivered to the client in every visit.

The components of the GasTank solution are:

• Read/write RFID tags, fixed to each LPG tank.
• Handheld computers with ATEX certification and integrated RFID reader, for the maintenance and inspection technicians.
• Management software GasTank, embedded in the handheld computer.
• Interface to the ERP.

The key benefits this solution offers are:

• Possibility to subcontract the control and maintenance service to external people.
  
• Better control on the maintenance and inspection planning.
  
• Registration of the operations, in the RFID tag memory, carried out on LPG tank, to share information on the field.
  
• Time savings thanks to the automation in data capture and the information transmission.
  
• Reliability of the system thanks to the individual identification of each tank by a RFID tag.
  
• Paperless system with the consequent decrease of administrative mistakes and the saving of administrative costs.
  
• Improve checking activities and database updating.
  
• Historical reports of activities and tasks.