Digital pressure gauges are an important part of any process that uses pressurized vessels or lines. They serve a vital safety tools to control pressure, and they help you keep your equipment running smoothly. When used right, pressure gauges are one of the most valuable instruments you can have.
Tank Cloud is an awesome solution for the right applications. It excels for most people who need to monitor tank levels in remotely located tanks. Our sensors work very well for most types of liquids, even many harsh chemicals, and our line up of sensors is continually growing.
In the past, we have had great success with a few types of applications:
- Tank Collection Services – Any business who is charged with emptying tanks throughout a region when they fill up.
- Bulk Liquid Distributors – Any distributor who transports bulk liquids and wants to help customers manage their liquids. Often a valuable service that generates revenue.
- Inventory Managers – Any business that manages its own bulk liquid inventory with dispersed tanks – either regionally dispersed, or in facilities spread throughout the nation or world.
Tank Collection Services
A great example of a tank collection service is used oil recycling companies. These businesses visit either restaurants or auto shops (depending on the oil in question) and remove the used oil for recycling. Often, the collection service buys the oil from the establishment and then resells it to re–refineries.
Instead of guessing when their customer’s tanks are ready for service, and often getting burned by either a lower–than–expected tank level or random theft events, these businesses are able to actively plan their routes and optimize their collections with Tank Cloud.
One national oil recycler has virtually eliminated waste and increased productivity and profitability. Our customer is now able to take on more customers with their existing assets – maximizing their ROI on their fleet investments. In addition, with the higher accuracy of Tank Cloud sensors, they can provide an accurate account of oil collected to their many customers – giving them the peace of mind that they’re getting a good deal from the collector.
Similarly, Oil & Gas companies that collect crude oil, condensate, and wastewater from thousands of distant production tanks benefit from knowing ahead of time the exact level of the tank.
Bulk Liquid Distributors
The distribution of bulk liquids depends on clear communication and a bit of forecasting. Many distributor customers have a difficult time with both communicating inventory and forecasting future need. Tank Cloud helps in both instances with real time tank level information, alarms, and data logging.
One of our customers distributes agricultural chemicals to dairies throughout the Intermountain West. Miscommunication between the dairy farmer and the distributor often resulted in over–ordering and unhappy customers.
So our customer stepped in to help dairy farmers better manage their inventory needs and provide just–in–time deliveries. The service was a new source of revenue for the company, and helped distributors and customers work together.
Inventory Managers
If you've ever tried to keep track of tank levels in different locations, you'll understand how difficult it can be – especially as we ask fewer employees to take on more responsibility.
This was the case for one state's Department of Transportation. Employees found that managing their inventory of liquid deicer was a constant challenge. Remote tanks were placed strategically to maximize statewide coverage. However, without sensors and manpower truck drivers were left to estimating inventory levels.
Orders were commonly too late or too big. When too much was delivered, the state was responsible for the entire order.
Tank Cloud sensors give the state employees the information they need to stay on top of the inventory and save taxpayer’s money for more important uses.
Another customer in the industrial laundry and uniform wanted to know their chemical inventory levels in a few hundred locations nationwide. In addition, they wanted to improve safety by keeping employees and chemical distributor reps off of the tanks. Tank Cloud was the perfect solution to address both inventory tracking and safety concerns.
The Bottom Line
Our customers are optimizing their business, saving money, and generating new revenue everyday by using Tank Cloud to get a handle on their remote tanks. The fact of the matter is, if you manage remote tanks, you're losing money every day you wait.