The implementation of the new System was divided into two stages, a stage called pilot and another stage of replication. The first step aimed to ensure that the specified and implemented functionalities would meet the expected performance requirements for the project. With the approval of the first stage, the project would move on to the second, with the replication of the System to the other Bases.

The implemented system, equipped with complementary technologies, allows the terminal's fuel handling operations to be carried out automatically. A hardware and software architecture supported by a cluster of servers in a virtualized 100% environment and redundant Programmable Logic Controllers guarantee the high availability of the System.

Based on the Terminal Management product, Autoload®, the following were integrated: the loading platform equipment, the tank telemetry systems and motorized valves, the uninterrupted power system, the steam recovery unit, the of pumps and the MDriver corporate system.

In the pilot stage, lasting a year and a half, the first base to receive the System was BADUC, a Duque de Caxias base located in the state of Rio de Janeiro. In view of the results obtained, after fulfilling the performance requirements for the System, Petrobras Distribuidora promptly approved the completion of the second phase of the project, when replication to the other bases began.

During the replication of the System, in addition to the already expected performance requirements, other efficiency indicators stood out, such as the reduction in the cost of electricity with the implementation and use of the intelligent module for controlling the pump yard.

The project started in October 2016 and the contracted scope of Automind included the supply of Autoload^® with the services of parameterization, implantation, tests and training of the acquired modules.

Pandenor, located in the Port of Suape, is a terminal specialized in the storage and handling of liquid bulk with a current tank park with a total volume of 62,000 m³. The terminal is investing in building new tanks to increase its capacity to 122,000 m³.

In this first stage of the project, the terminal achieved an increase in productivity of 40% in road handling. From Autoload modules^® implemented, scheduling was the one that most impacted the productivity of the terminal, since now Pandenor can provide its customers with a precise scheduling service, which guarantees service predictability, real-time supply of the status of shipments, such as such as inputs and outputs of tank trucks, broken down by quantity, by product and by time of day. In addition to the productivity gain brought about by an automated operation, the other modules installed brought security and traceability to the process, making it possible to eliminate some steps that were previously performed manually.

“The deployment of Autoload^® is a priority project for Pandenor. As we are expanding our storage capacity to 122,000 m³, we needed to improve the productivity of our road handling assets, minimizing the need for investment in these assets and directing resources to storage”, explained Pandenor's superintendent, Paulo Perez Filho.

In view of the result obtained in the project, the second stage of implementation of Autoload was started in May^®. At this stage, the access control and inventory modules are being installed. After installing these modules, Pandenor will have a more complete version of Autoload^® for your operations. The access control module will efficiently control the entry and exit of operational and non-operational vehicles in the terminal. The inventory module will monitor the product movement operations in the tanks, including the calculation of ambient and corrected volumes through the tank sag tables, data from the level telemetry system and API standards for correction at 20°C .