What is OIML R117?
OIML R117 is an international recommendation for Measuring systems for liquids other than water and is the standard commonly adopted for petroleum applications.The OIML is a worldwide intergovernmental organization whose main task is that of harmonizing the metrological regulations and controls used by it’s member states. Most countries are members of OIML although not all countries have yet ratified OIML R117. Some terms and definitionsLoad Rack A load rack is a loading bay or bay where the truck is loaded.TASTAS is short for Terminal Automation System. This is typically the software system in the office that schedules the loads, prints reports and runs the terminal operations.Permissives Permissives are an oil industry term for logic or digital inputs and outputs.Quadrature inputA quadrature input is a pulse signal from a flowmeter where two signal lines are used with the signals 90 or 180 degrees out of phase. Quadrature inputs are typically used to verify that the flowmeter is func