AUSTIN, Texas -- Dresser Wayne has introduced the Vista 387, which it said is the industry's first Weights & Measures- and UL-approved dispenser for alternative fuel E85.
"Until now, retailers have been making the most of providing E85 to the market with noncertified dispensers," said Scott Negley, Dresser Wayne's director of product management. "In bringing certified dispensers to the market, we are able to offer retailers access to the E85 market with the reliability and investment protection of industry certification. At a time when legislation [image-nocss] is providing significant economic incentives to E85 retailers, Dresser Wayne feels it is especially important to offer proven and certified equipment."
Given current environmental and economic factors, the E85 market is in a growth stage; however, ethanol presents chemical challenges that require stringent equipment standards to withstand the fuel's corrosive nature. To bring this dispenser to the market, Dresser Wayne is partnering with CleanFUEL USA, as a major player in the alternative fuels industry.
"The impact of an industry-certified E85 dispenser has an immediate benefit to ethanol retailersthe guarantee that their dispensers have been subjected to rigorous testing and withstand up to years of performance, said Curtis Donaldson, president and COO of CleanFUEL USA and the acting chairman of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition (NEVC). The release of the Dresser Wayne Vista 387 E85 dispenser now ensures compatibility with alternative fuels and helps realize the vision of the NEVC.
Dresser Wayne expects to expand E85 certification to its Ovation dispensers later this year.
"Dresser Wayne is poised to offer the market certified, reliable equipment to help retailers capitalize on economic incentives and help them capture a portion of the growing market of flex fuel vehicles, including those that accept E85," Negley said.
Dallas-based Dresser designs, manufactures and markets equipment and services sold primarily to customers in the flow control, measurement systems and compression and power systems segments of the energy industry. Austin, Texas-based Dresser Wayne is one of the largest business units of Dresser and offers self-service consoles and fuel-blending dispensers, in-pump card readers and cash acceptors, in-pump radio frequency identification (RFID) payments systems and dispenser-mounted touchscreen payment/communication systems. In addition, Dresser Wayne designs and markets software systems that enable its retail fueling customers to manage the convenience store aspects of their businesses more efficiently, including inventory control, pricebook management, labor management and site administration.
Dresser Wayne is a full corporate member of the NEVC.
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