Digital fuel management technology dent free after coal truck crash 

For Veridapt, a digital leader in commodity monitoring, one of the keys unlocking its proprietary technology is a unique touch screen interface that allows businesses, such as BHP, Rio Tinto and Roy Hill to customise workflows and integrate with PLCs. It also enables operators to capture information, such as reporting of faults or recording odometer readings and engine hours reported via the product software, AdaptIQ. 

More specifically, Veridapt’s rugged hardware integrates with hydrocarbon infrastructure monitoring and controlling the flow of 30 billion litres of fuel and oil across 80+ mining and rail operations worldwide. 

The technology is deployed in some of the world’s harshest mining environments. 

Fuel management experts at the Australia-based company like to say they “never ask Mother Nature to throw everything she has at AdaptMAC, but she does anyway. And AdaptMAC wins every time.” 

Hundreds of AdaptMAC's are pelted time and again by cyclonic rains and wind in Australia's Pilbara iron ore belt without effect. Another couple of hundred of the same devices have been operating steadily for over a decade in temperatures that can top 50 degrees.   

One Canadian gold mining operation deployed Veridapt’s fuel management solution in the Arctic Circle, one of the coldest places on earth. Seven years later, the hardware supporting AdaptFMS continues to operate without a hitch.

“There’s the story of the service truck that caught fire and was written off. The hose reels were damaged and the AdaptMAC screen blistered, but once the screen was swapped out, the AdaptMAC was still operational,” said Wayne.

AdaptMAC (by the way, MAC stands for Monitor, Authorise, Control) provides on-site management control over the delivery, storage, transfer and dispensing of fuels, oils and other bulk commodities as part of AdaptFMS. Users like that it automatically captures all product movement as distinct transactions, with dates, times and other details right down to the individual vehicle, person, or asset.  

A final word on data: Without trust in the data, users are less likely to action the insights gained from a fuel management system. A tank-by-tank inventory reconciliation of fuel and lubricants, down to the level of the fuel consuming asset, is critical to the success of any fuel management system.  

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