Track Every Cylinder
Live status and last known location of every cylinder in your network, by gas type, plant, vehicle or customer. Gas cylinder inventory software and physical tracking in one view, on web or phone.
Cylinder Asset Tracking Software for Industrial and Medical Gas Businesses
The best Cylinder asset tracking software built on a steel-ring identity, not a spreadsheet.
CATalytics is a gas cylinder tracking software platform for industrial and medical-gas operations. Call it cylinder management software or a gas cylinder management system; the job is the same. It connects your plants, vehicles, drivers and customer locations to one living record of every cylinder you own.
2,00,000+cylinders tracked
6+customers across India and the Middle East
10+years in operation across India and the Middle East
Trusted by 6+ industrial gas distributors across India and the Middle East.
The cost of poor cylinder tracking
Industry bodies estimate gas businesses lose a meaningful share of their cylinder fleet every year, and most of that loss is never even measured. Our cylinder tracking software helps you solve this.
Idle cylinders cost money.
A cylinder only pays you back when it's turning: filled, delivered, emptied, returned, filled again. Idle cylinders earn you nothing.
Registers and spreadsheets create tracking gaps.
The register has gaps, the delivery slips are in a drawer, and Tally only knows what you billed.
Lost visibility makes demurrage impossible to bill.
Without dates you can't charge the demurrage you're owed, you can't recover the cylinders you've lost track of, and a slow turn-around quietly caps what every cylinder can earn.
CATalytics closes the gap with a physical identity on every cylinder and a digital trail behind every move.
Watch one cylinder travel end-to-end.
One ring, one identity, one unbroken record through every cycle. A QR code cylinder tracking system anchored in steel, not stickers.
Tracking doesn't stop at dispatch or delivery. It runs through every cycle, for the life of the cylinder.
Fitted once, when the cylinder enters your fleet
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Cylinder Identified.
A stainless steel QR ring for gas cylinders is fitted on the neck. This is the cylinder's lasting identity: unlike a sticker or paper tag, it stays with the cylinder through heat, handling and repainting.
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Scanned & Registered.
One scan registers the cylinder digitally, with its gas type, ownership and test dates, and its record begins.
Repeats every cycle, back to dispatch
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Dispatched.
Scanned out of the plant against the vehicle and the customer it's headed to. You know what left before the truck clears the gate.
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With the Customer.
The cylinder shows as held by that customer, with the delivery date attached. Holding days count from day one.
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Returned.
The empty is scanned back in. The loop closes, the count is right, and the cylinder is back in your stock.
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Refilled & Tested.
Fill status and testing are updated for the next cycle. Cylinders due for inspection get flagged before the date slips.
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Delivered Again.
The same identity, the next cycle. Every trip adds to a complete lifecycle record.
Why CATalytics?
Every pain point below is a tracking gap. CATalytics closes each one.
| Without CATalytics | With CATalytics |
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| Lost cylinders written off every year | Cylinder-level tracking, by steel-ring identity |
| Manual registers and delivery slips | Scan-as-you-go capture at every movement |
| Rental income leaking, unbilled | Overdue and rental visibility with defensible dates |
| Recovery starts months too late | Alerts and follow-ups the moment a cylinder goes overdue |
| No record of where a cylinder has been | Complete movement trail, fill to return |
| Stock position known only at month-end | Live dashboard and reports across plants and gases |
Everything a gas business needs to run its cylinders.
Scan as You Go
Fill, dispatch, delivery, return and refill are captured with a phone scan as they happen. The record builds itself as the day goes on.
Recover Overdue Assets
Cylinders stuck with customers are flagged by name: which customer, which cylinder, last seen where. A long-held cylinder becomes a follow-up call, not a write-off.
Manage Rentals & Demurrage
Holding days are counted per customer from the delivery date, so the demurrage you bill is backed by dates nobody can argue with.
Forecast Demand with AI
CATalytics learns from your movement, consumption, return and committed-order history to forecast next week's demand, customer-wise and product-wise, and recommends buffer stock for emergency or unexpected orders.
Plan Smarter Delivery Routes
Deliveries and empty-cylinder pickups are planned together. Using GPS-captured customer locations, the system generates three route options with estimated distance and travel time, so the in-charge picks the best one before the vehicle leaves.
Stay Test-Ready
As cylinder maintenance tracking software, CATalytics flags cylinders due for testing, inspection or service before the date slips, keeping your fleet compliant and out of trouble.
Connect With Tally
Operational and billing data sync with Tally, so nobody enters the same thing twice and your books stay in step with the ground.
See what your team will actually work with.
The dashboard your managers open every morning: real-time gas cylinder inventory visibility, customer holdings, overdue flags and turn-around, across every plant and gas type. Dashboards and reports can also be configured to your operational structure and KPIs (see the product page for the full report catalogue).
What gas businesses say after switching.
"CATalytics has helped us monitor and manage our distribution effectively. We track operations in real time. Managers see information as the transaction is processed, and decision-making has become simpler. The biggest benefit is cylinder inventory and rotation with customers: sudden cylinder shortages simply don't happen anymore."
Kurien DanielAssistant Manager, Systems, Airtec, Kuwait
"We know the location of our cylinders and which customer or site holds stock at any given time. It gives us a reliable record of deliveries and returns, helps us prevent cylinder loss, and the analytical reports (transaction history, stock transfers, customer-wise sales) are the most important benefit."
Alfredo G. RamosCTS Administrator, Yateem Oxygen W.L.L., Bahrain
Frequently asked questions
I already track cylinders in a register. Do I need this?
A register doesn't tell you where a cylinder is right now, how long a customer has held it, or which cylinders are overdue for testing. CATalytics captures every movement automatically as your team scans.
Is CATalytics a cylinder tracking ERP or just a cylinder tracking app?
CATalytics has both layers. The tracking is enabled by a physical steel-ring identity embedded on each cylinder and a scan-based movement trail. The ERP layer is in the software: customer holdings, rental and demurrage billing, test-due scheduling, demand forecasts, route plans, reports and Tally sync.
What software is best for tracking industrial gas cylinders?
The best software for tracking industrial gas cylinders gives each cylinder a durable QR/SS-ring identity, then adds movement tracking, customer holding visibility, return monitoring, CTR analytics and mobile scan updates. Working as cylinder movement history software underneath, CATalytics keeps that record from filling to dispatch, delivery, return and reuse.
Do I need special hardware or barcode scanners?
No. Your team scans the steel rings with an ordinary smartphone. Dedicated wired, wireless or Bluetooth scanners are supported if you prefer them, but they're optional, which keeps your initial investment low.
What happens when a cylinder sits at a customer and doesn't come back?
CATalytics flags it by name once it crosses your holding limit: which customer, which cylinder, delivered when, last seen where. You get the dates to bill demurrage and the trail to recover the asset.
Which gases does it handle?
Oxygen, nitrogen, CO₂, argon, medical gases and other industrial gases. Tracking, holdings and reports can all be viewed gas-wise.
Can it track when cylinders are due for testing?
Yes. Cylinder hydro-test due tracking is built in: maintenance and test-date records are held against each cylinder's identity, and cylinders that are due or approaching their next required test or service are flagged before they slip back into circulation.
Can CATalytics connect with Tally or an ERP?
Yes. CATalytics syncs operational and billing data with Tally, so the stock you track on the ground and the stock in your books stay in step, with no double entry. Approved integrations can also align cylinder movement information with an ERP integrated cylinder management system workflow where one already exists.
What does it cost?
Pricing depends on your fleet size and number of locations. Book a demo and we'll give you a clear quote for your operation, including steel rings and onboarding.
My IT team wants to build this in-house. Why shouldn't we?
The software is the visible half. The other half is a decade of edge cases from real plants: durable identity that survives repainting, partial returns, inter-plant transfers, demurrage disputes. You can rebuild that, or go live in days with something already proven at gas businesses like yours.
Why does LIFO provide an alternative to RFID cylinder tracking?
LIFO provides an alternative to RFID cylinder tracking because RFID tags can be difficult to maintain on gas cylinders. Steel can interfere with RFID signals, while shot blasting, repainting, high temperatures, and rough handling during a cylinder's lifecycle can damage or remove the tags. Instead, LIFO uses a permanent stainless-steel ring with a barcode attached to each cylinder.
Is CATalytics a PESO compliant cylinder tracking software?
PESO certifies cylinders, valves and filling premises, not tracking software, so treat any "PESO approved software" claim with caution. What CATalytics does is keep your operation PESO-compliant: hydro-test due dates, inspection history and cylinder-wise records maintained in line with the Gas Cylinders Rules, retrievable whenever an inspection asks.
Built where you operate.
Businesses searching for cylinder tracking software India or gas cylinder management software India get deployment and workflow options suited to industrial and medical-gas operations, with local onboarding and support. And with distributors already running the platform in Bahrain and Kuwait, CATalytics serves industrial gas cylinder tracking Middle East requirements too.
- India
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
See CATalytics find any cylinder in seconds.
Book a 20-minute demo and we'll show you a live cylinder scan, an overdue-cylinder alert, and a turn-around report pulled on the spot, on your own cylinders if you like.