AIR is the newest feature of our eclipse® Fuel System Management program. AIR technology delivers unsurpassed tracking, analysis, and access to critical information, providing you with real-time visibility to manage your business' most valuable asset - petroleum inventory. You will also save money and be in regulatory compliance.

If you’re running and managing an underground storage tank to dispense gas or diesel, more then likely, you’re probably losing some inventory.
How can that be... Well there are four ways you can be losing gas.

1. Through sales. - The dispenser pumps more fuel to the customer then what the meter states.
2. Improper deliveries -Discrepancy in the amount you receive from what the delivery ticket says.
3. Leak in the tank system.- Part of the tank and or piping has a breach and allows product loss.
4. Theft. – Someone (usually inside the store), steals gas by disabling or hiding POS transaction when they fuel their (or friends) vehicle.

Any or all of these 4 items can allow for petroleum inventory loss. For now, let’s just  focus on the Through sales where inventory can be lost.
This can be your most insidious source of product loss. While  dispenser meter drift and miscalibration issues  can seem small and minor, they can add up to significant loss of product and profitability. Sales are recorded by a totalizer which gets it data from volume information  generated by the meter pump inside the dispensers. As the fuel flows through the meters, the gallonage is registered and a “total” for the fueling transaction is recorded.

All flow meters register in cubic inches. There are 231 cubic inches in every gallon of gas. The flow meters are designed so that adjustments can be performed at the dispenser meters, to allow for more or less product to flow per designated “gallon”. The Federal Government requires all petroleum dispensers to be calibrated on a frequent basis. The Federal Government’s requirements for accuracy or “resolution” is for the meter to be calibrated within plus or minus 6 cubic inches per gallon. It has been our experience that meters tend to drift and create inaccuracies. Even if they are “meeting” Federal Weights and Measures standards, you can be losing…..big time. AIR identifies meter miscalibrations and allows the store operator to “zero” in on calibration issues to maximize profits and margins on every gallon of gas sold.

At a site selling gasoline or diesel at an average of 100,000 gallons per month, with a meter miscalibration at a plus or minus 6 cubic inches per gallon, you could be giving away 520 gallons per month. Remember, that is when the meters ARE CALIBRATED and MEETING the FEDERAL ALLOWABLE criteria. The losses can be much much more than 520 gallons per month when they drift beyond the allowable. 520 gallons per month loss...that’s for one store…if you have multiple stores, think about  all the gas you’re giving away…

The benefits of AIR are clear. For a few dollars per day, how can you afford not to have AIR?

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