Concept in development · pilot partner wantedPatent pending DLSAPEX Sand Solution

Sand that shows up, meters itself, and tells you what happened.

A wellsite sand system designed by the carrier that hauls the sand. Six road-legal storage cells, two drive-over lanes that take any trailer from any carrier, and live inventory and tickets on measured tons. No crane, no permits, nothing taller than 15 feet.

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Patent pending. Now taking orders for pilot units. DLSAPEX Sand Solution

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DLSAPEX sand pad with DMB-23 trailers unloading

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Interactive scale model of a 900-ton pad. Drag to orbit, click then scroll (or pinch) to zoom, tap any part for details. Concept visualization; dimensions are design targets. Open full screen →

900 tIn six 150-t storage cells (1,200 t with eight)

9 loadsAll legal width and height. No permits, no pilot cars

No craneCells settle onto the mats on their own rails

6–8 hRig-up with three people and a telehandler (target)

15 ftTallest work point, against roughly 60 ft on a silo system

The problem

From the completions seat, sand is five worries.

Waiting on sandA late wave of trucks or a frozen gate, and the pumps sit. The most expensive hour on the pad.

Tickets that don’t matchMine BOL, carrier ticket and what reached the blender rarely agree, and disputes drag on for weeks.

Dust paperworkSilica exposure records get demanded after the fact and assembled from memory.

Pad space and matsTall silos want double mats, a crane and a permit window that never lines up with the frac schedule.

The wrong trailersSystems built for one trailer type push the cheapest carriers off the job.

How sand moves

Any truck in. Measured sand out.

1Drive-over lanesTwo ground-level lanes take belly-dump, hopper-bottom and end-dump trailers on a four-minute cycle, guided by lane lights, with no spotter. Pneumatics fill through roof inlets.

2Incline & diverterAn enclosed incline conveyor lifts sand to a diverter that sends each load to the right cell and mesh.

3Six storage cellsTwo rows of three 150-t cells with load cells and level sensing. Every cell takes dry or damp sand.

4Two scaled collectorsEach row has its own collector: run 100 mesh and 40/70 side by side, or let one back the other up.

5To the blenderSand feeds the blender at the rate it asks for, targeted within ±2 %.

Where it’s built to be better

Against the three ways sand is stored today.

Criterion	DLSAPEX design target	Silo systems	Box systems	Pile systems
Erection	None. Cells settle on their rails	Self-erecting hydraulics or crane	None (box swaps)	None
Permits to mobilize	None. 9 legal loads	Width permits on silo trailers	None per box; constant box traffic	None
Rig-up	6–8 h target	About a day	Hours	Hours
Tallest work point	About 15 ft	About 60 ft	About 10 ft	Pile height
Wet and dry sand	Every cell, same path	Some configurations	Wet boxes available	Wet by nature
Trailer types	Belly, hopper-bottom, end-dump, pneumatic	Pneumatic, plus belly-dump options	Dedicated boxes and chassis	Belly-dump
Inventory & tickets	Load cells + scales; tickets on measured tons	Level sensing; software varies	Box counts	Loader estimate
Mats	About 35	60–90	Varies	Few

Competitor columns describe each category in general terms; specific products vary. DLSAPEX values are design targets to be proven in the pilot.

SandView

The completions view of the sand.

Hours of cover, not a levelInventory by mesh with a 12-hour forecast from your stage schedule, the live draw and the trucks on the road.

Tickets on measured tonsEvery load matched to load-cell and belt-scale weight; damp loads reported on a dry basis. Disputes settled the same day.

A stage report that writes itselfDesigned vs. delivered per stage, wait-on-sand minutes and the dust log, sent when the stage closes.

Live demo with sample data, not a real job. Open full screen →

Reliability & safety

Designed in, not promised.

Sized by simulation

Zero wait on normal days

A minute-by-minute model of a sand-heavy zipper fleet sized the 900 t to ride through a 90-minute road closure without starving the blender.

Two paths

Independent collectors

Each row feeds the blender on its own scaled collector, so one can carry the job while the other is serviced.

No one beside the truck

Guided lanes

Cameras and lane lights cue the driver and the gates; the lane stops itself if a person steps into the hopper zone.

Silica you can document

Per-stage dust log

Enclosed transfers, bin-vent filtration and continuous perimeter monitors produce an exposure record you can hand an auditor.

Runs without the cloud

Layered control

Lose the network and the pad keeps producing on local controls; the operator can always run it from the screen.

A third less diesel

Hybrid power

A Tier 4 Final genset paired with battery storage and rooftop solar, or shore power where it exists.

One accountable party

Trucks + pad + data

DLS runs the trucks, the dispatch desk, the pad system and the data. When sand is late, there’s one phone number.

Where we are

Concept design done. Pilot next.

Concept design packageArchitecture, module specs, pad layout, transport plan, simulation and compliance plan, independently reviewed once. Sept 2026.

Engineering & pilot buildStructural and vehicle engineering of the storage cell, bulk-solids flow study, and a two-cell, one-lane pilot with SandView. Target H1 2027.

Paid pilot on a partner padDLS intake, metering and SandView on storage you already trust, one job, against acceptance tests we agree on in advance.

Full 900-t systemTargeted for late 2027, contingent on the pilot.

One pad and one honest engineer.

Tell us which job a pilot could ride along on and what it would have to prove. You get the data either way.

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Patent pending. The DLSAPEX Sand Solution is a concept in development. All capacities, cycle times, rig-up times, accuracy and emissions figures are design targets from the engineering package, to be proven in a pilot. The 3D model and SandView use illustrative geometry and sample data.