Eastern

Petroleum
Supplies Ltd
472 rue Paul Claudel
69400
Villefranche-sur-Sane
New72
House
Farm,: Maldon
Road
Tel : + 33 (0)4 74 02
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+ 33 (0)4
74 65 52 97
Steeple. UK CM0 7RR
675 Rue Albert Einstein ZI les milles 13794 Aix en Provence
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Tel : + 33 (0)4 42 24
Fax
+ 33773292
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+ 44 (0) 1621 772353
email
E-Mail: info@titan-aviation.com
info@easternsupplies.co.uk
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www.easternsupplies.co.uk

EXPERIENCE :

TITAN AVIATION has been designing and manufacturing aircraft refuellers since 1950 and therefore has wide
experience and acknowledged know-how in this field.
TITAN AVIATION has references throughout the world and collaborates with all the large oil companies, airlines,
aircraft and airport equipment manufacturers.
Thanks to this experience, TITAN AVIATION has developed a very large range of refuellers and dispensers, together
with equipment from them, ranging from extremely simple, standard equipment to vehicles which include logic
controllers for functions and ground equipment.

OPERATIONAL FACILITIES :
TITAN AVIATION is componed of two sites of
production :
The registered office is located at VILLEFRANCHE SUR
SAONE, 20 kms north of LYON conurbation, the second
largest in France.
The plant at VILLEFRANCHE has 2000 m2 of covered
area on 4000 m2 of land.
The buildings are modern and belong to TITAN
AVIATION.

TITAN AVIATION has one subsidiary in AIX EN PROVENCE, 20

Kms north of MARSEILLE.
The plant at Aix en provence has 3000 m2 of covered area on 2000
m2 of land.

40 persons at TITAN AVIATION are specialized in the design and assembly of aircraft refuelling equipments.
There is a projects office who carry out the DESIGN of the equipment :
- overall design by definition of functions,
adjustments and components.
- analysis of load distribution.
- drawing up general plans.
- drawing up detail and manufacturing drawings for
sub-assemblies and assembly.

Manufacturing is organized around three main phases :

1- Building sub-assemblies such as tanks in our plant of
Aix en provence & subframes, structures, platforms,
hose reels in our plant of Villefranche sur saone.
The equipment and installations were designed for
assembly work : compressed air, overhead travelling
cranes, welding posts, grinders, saws, drills, boring
machines, lathes, presses and shearing machines,
together with inspection and testing equipment.

2- Assembly on the units and vehicles by building pipework, assembling

components and sub-assemblies and installing services: electricity,
hydraulics, pneumatics, computer equipment, etc...

3- Test on sub-assemblies and finished products :hydraulic tests, product tests : flow rates, pressures, functions, services.
The number of vehicles produced each year varies, depending on the models, but the production capacity is about 100
units each year, this capacity can easily be extended by using the Groups facilities.

TITAN AVIATION RANGE OF PRODUCTS

The main range of products consists of MOBILE AIRCRAFT REFUELLERS and DISPENSERS, used for aircrafts
and helicopters fuelling and also for military tanks fuelling.
These equipments are mainly mobile, i.e mounted on rigid chassis with trailers or towed trailers, but TITAN
AVIATION also manufactures fixed distribution unit
groups and associated equipment like hydrant pit cleaners, anti-icing vehicles and so on....

TITAN AVIATION equipments have been designed to be used for any kind of fuel (KEROSENE JET A-1, JP-4,
AVGAS etc...) and for any brand or model of aircrafts or helicopters.
The design is based on two main principles :
- efficiency, simplicity in the use and maintenance and security.
- quality through the systematic use of first class materials (aluminium,stainless steel) and components from highly
reputable manufacturers in compliance with International Standards.
TITAN AVIATION has developed efficient and simple systems of pressure control and regulation in cooperation with
specialists as for example the ZENITH AVIATION FUEL DEPARTMENT in FRENCH GROUP INTERTECHNIQUE
The range of products is based around two main product lines :
* REFUELLERS : Aircraft refuellers are vehicles equipped with tanks, which are filled with fuel in depots located out
of the airports runways.
Aircraft refuellers are often used with special aircraf fuelling designed trailers to extend the carried fuel volume.
* DISPENSERS : Dispensers are used on airports equipped with HYDRANT SYSTEM i.e underground pipes till
aircraft parkings with hydrant pits for the connection of the pipe system to the dispensers.
For each kind of product, TITAN AVIATION has developed a complete basic range which is adapted each time to the
users specific needs.
Usually, equipments are made on MODULE basis which can be easily taken down or put up.
The equipments are designed to be installed on any brand of chassis.

1/ AIRCRAFT REFUELLERS :
The aircraft refueller is a mobile vehicle with a tank and a fuelling unit group using a pump, a filter (water separator or
monitor) , one or several meters, valves, hoses reels , deck
hoses aircraft couplings, valves, interlock and so on ...
The basic models are the following :
- refuellers with capacity from 500 liters to 5000 liters on
one or two axles trailers.
- refuellers with capacity from 2000 liters to 13000 liters on
a rigid chassis 4 x 2 or 4 x 4 according the using.
- refuellers with capacity from 18000 liters to 22000 liters
on a 19 tons rigid chassis 4 x 2 used only on airport fields.
- refuellers with capacity from 26000 liters to 30000 liters
on a 26 tons rigid chassis 6 x 4 used only on airport fields.
- Trailers of variable capacity (for instance from 27000 to
40000 liters) can be coupled with rigid chassis.
- refuellers capacity of 30000 liters, 45000 liters or 65000
liters made of one tractor truck with one semi-trailer.
The location of the fuelling group on a rigid chassis depends
on the load repartition on axles.
Usually for a chassis with short front forward cabin,
distribution group is located between the cab and the tank.
When the chassis is not equipped with a short front forward
cab, the distribtution group is placed at the rear of the
vehicle after the tank.
For a truck with a semi-trailer, the distribution group can be
put on the truck or at rear of the semi-trailer.
Kerosene pumps are moved by Power Take Off of the
engines chassis or by hydraulic engine.
The range changes according several criterions :
a- Special Airports Specifications :
They mainly concern the dimensions of vehicles especially
for the total height from ground which can sometimes
require low profile vehicles with a total height of 2750
mm.The usual heights are 3500 mm, 3050 mm and 2750
mm.
b- Tank Capacity :
The tank capacity depends of the type of aircrafts to fuel.
The tanks capacity can go from 500 litres to 80000 litres
c- Flow Rate :
It depends of the type of aircrafts to fuel.The flow rate can
go from 100 liters per minute to 5000 liters per minute
d- Distribution System :
It depends of the type of aircrafts to fuel :
- fuelling with or without defuelling, defuelling consists of fuel taken back from the aircraft to the main refueller tank.
- fuelling through underwing reel(s) with or without overwing nozzle,
- fuelling through hose reel(s) with or without deck hoses on fixed or elevated platform.

2/ AIRCRAFT DISPENSERS :
Dispensers are used on airports equipped with
underground HYDRANT SYSTEMS which allows
fuel to come through underground pipes under
aircrafts parkings.
So dispensers need not tank but all the equipments
used on the refueller distribution group will be used
and adapted according flow rate and distribution
system.
Dispensers will be placed either on towed trailers or
rigid chassis from 4 to 7 tons capacity. The
connection between the dispenser and the
underground pipes is made through hydrant pits.

Usually, the range of dispensers is as following :

a- Flow Rate :
The flow rate depends of the hydrant pressure which
is usually around 10 bar.
Flow rates of the TITAN AVIATION range go from
100 liters per minute to 5000 liters per minute.
b- Distribution System :
Distribution system depends of :
* TYPE OF AIRCRAFTS TO FUEL
platform.
- using or one or several meters, electronic metering.
- location of the platform at front, middle or rear of
the vehicle.

* AIRPORT SPECIFICATIONS OR PROBLEMS

On airports crowded with a lot of traffic, the dimensions of the dispenser mainly regarding its length could be very
important,
- special design to make the shortest length have been studied for instance with special hydrant hose reel.
- special designs as turning of hose reel or installation of two hydrant couplers are available.
REMARKS :
Refuellers and dispensers are built in accordance with international standards particularly for filtration, regulation and
hoses.
All components used have to be kerosene adapted or agreed according standards.
Materials will be mainly aluminium or stainless-steel, steel is only usable with internal epoxy.

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Example of Range of refuellers and dispensers :
Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Range of refuellers and dispensers required by EXXON MOBIL:
Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

EXAMPLE OF RANGE OF VEHICLES

Rigid 6k
litre

Rigid 11k
litre

Rigid 20k
litre

Special
Rigid 30k
litre

Semi Trailer
35k litre

Semi Trailer
45k litre

Special
Semi trailer
60k litre

Rigid 18k
Rigid 18k
litre plus 35k litre plus 45k
litre trailer
litre trailer

Hydrant
Servicer

This know-how is not limited to France and UE countries but is spread all over the world thanks to
the many industrial-trading partners and joint-ventures they have on each continent.
Recently TA opened its north American subsidiary: Titan Aviation North America. Thus TA is able
to offer a global solution to its customers, the petroleum companies, which all have set up a global
approach of their markets.