Hectronic - OptiLevel project MIGROL

Hectronic supplies ATG for 300 MIGROL petrol stations in Switzerland

The Swiss company Migrol AG is one of Switzerland’s best-known petroleum retailers, with over 300 petrol stations.

MIGROL recently decided to use Hectronic’s cutting-edge OptiLevel capacitive measurement system for its tank content management.

The main requirements were a reliable and inexpensive system and a straightforward connection to the existing POS system.

A further requirement was that the product meets the approval criteria of KVU/SVTI (Swiss Association for Technical Inspections) on the basis of the OIML R85 recommendation.

Our OptiLevel tank content management system has received both the OIML R85 certificate and KVU/SVTI approval for Switzerland, and it naturally also has ATEX and IECex approval.

Hectronic is a market leader for automatic tank gauging with capacitive measurement, and has continually developed this technology.

The OptiLevel system is generally not using the tank wall as an electrode – the OptiLevel probe measures with two of its own electrodes in a highly stable stainless steel tube. This robust mechanism does not need any moving parts, such as float gauges, which gives it a very long service life. The probe is not sensitive to electromagnetic fields such as those generated by immersed pumps.

One particularly interesting feature of OptiLevel is that it automatically adapts itself to the relevant fuel (i.e. petrol, diesel, LPG or AdBlue), making calibration unnecessary. The same probe is used for diesel and petrol with various ethanol compositions. A slightly modified design is required only for AdBlue and LPG.

The system’s great flexibility enables straightforward and inexpensive connection to smaller and larger petrol station networks with a central connection via head office. The different interfaces also allow a connection to various POS systems.

As a result of these positive features, many leading national and international petroleum companies have successfully used Hectronic’s tank content management systems for years and have come to value their great reliability.