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// GASAUTOMAT 48 · VR SMARTDESK

Gas Sales. Fully Automated.

One machine or a fleet of hundreds. LPG cylinder vending machines and fleet software that sell and exchange your cylinders around the clock, with no staff at the counter.

GasAutomat 48 LPG cylinder vending and exchange machine under its lit LED canopy. RENDER. Computer image of the GasAutomat 48.
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  • 400+machines in the field
  • 10+countries
  • 1M+exchanges and sales
  • 16years in automated gas sales

Trusted by gas companies & retailers across Europe & the Middle East

  • ADNOC
  • BAUHAUS
  • BOIE
  • Butano Fácil
  • DrachenGas
  • Energie Rath
  • hagebau
  • H&H
  • Knauber
  • KnieperGas
  • Linde
  • Loos
  • Lotter
  • Autogen Morgenstern
  • Muscat Gas
  • Westfa

// FROM 1 TO 1,000 MACHINES

Scale revenue.
Cut overhead.

One machine for a local dealer or a network across a country. The same machine, the same software.

01Single & multi-unit

Local gas dealer

Start with one machine.

  • Easy entry. Sell in the evening, at weekends and on holidays, with no extra staff.
  • Zero extra staff. The machine takes the payment, swaps the cylinder and gives the receipt.
  • Customer loyalty. Be the place in town that is always open, for the late barbecue and the camper van.
Quote for one machine

02Monetise foot traffic

DIY and retail chain

Turn the car park into a gas counter.

  • Staff efficiency. Cashiers stay at the till. Nobody walks customers out to a cage.
  • A premium storefront. A clean machine in your colours replaces the old cage and sells after closing time.
  • Safe by design. Cylinders stay outside the store, in a ventilated, galvanised steel cabinet.
Quote for your stores

03Optimise the supply chain

Gas distributor

Run a network, not extra trips.

  • Smart restocking. SmartDesk shows the stock in every machine, so trucks go where cylinders are needed.
  • Clean returns. The camera checks every return, so only the cylinder types you accept come back.
  • Your brand everywhere. Your brand, prices and screens on every machine, in every region.
Quote for a network

// AFTER HOURS

The shop closes. The machine stays open.

Your team goes home, and the next customer still gets a full cylinder.

// INTERACTIVE DEMONSTRATION · SAMPLE DATA

One exchange. Both sides.

Make the choices a customer makes. The machine and SmartDesk record each step.

Choose your cylinder

Propane 11 kg

Available: 20
Exchange empty€32.00Buy new€89.00

Propane 5 kg

Available: 4
Exchange empty€24.00Buy new€69.00

Propane 8 kg BBQ

Available: 11
Exchange empty€29.00Buy new€79.00
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GasAutomat 48 · 10.4 inch screenSample machine in Germany

VR SmartDeskSample data. Invented values that show how the software works.
Machine 01 · GasAutomat 48Status Selling
Chambers of Machine 01
Chamber stateCount
Propane 11 kg, full20
Propane 5 kg, fullLow stock4
Propane 8 kg BBQ, full11
Returned empties12
Free chambers1

The exchange, step by step

  1. The screen wakesA customer walks up. The 10.4 inch screen stays readable in full sun.
  2. The customer choosesExchange an empty, or buy a new cylinder. Prices and stock come from SmartDesk.
  3. The terminal takes the cardFollow the instructions on the terminal. The machine continues when the payment is approved.
  4. The bottom door unlocksBehind it is a free chamber. An exchange starts with a free chamber for the return.
  5. The empty goes inThe customer closes the door. The carousel never turns while a door is open.
  6. The camera checks itThe carousel brings it to the camera. It compares the empty with your list: size, material, brand design, colour, cap and label.
  7. The carousel turnsOne column at a time, about 3.5 seconds per step. Every door stays closed.
  8. The middle door unlocksBehind it waits the full cylinder the customer chose.
  9. The customer takes itThe customer closes the door. SmartDesk updates the stock.
  10. The screen offers a receiptThe customer chooses no receipt, or a receipt by email.

The kiosk screens follow the real GasAutomat kiosk. Prices and stock are sample data.

One common setup. Payment and return order are set per machine.

Stock changes when a cylinder goes in or comes out. Turning the carousel changes nothing.

Technicians assemble GasAutomat machines in the VendingRobotics factory in Paphos. The LED canopies are lit.

Our factory in Paphos, Cyprus.

// HARDWARE

Engineered to outlast the elements

We design and build every new GasAutomat 48, our LPG cylinder vending machine, in Paphos, Cyprus.

48 compartments. One carousel. Three doors. Three cameras.

  • Hot-dip galvanised steel

    Built for rain, salt air and desert heat, and powder-coated in your RAL colour.

  • Precision carousel

    16 positions on 3 levels. A motor turns the right chamber to the door, sale after sale.

  • Compact footprint

    48 cylinders on about 5.5 m² of site, service access included.

  • Built-in safety

    Natural ventilation that works without power. An infrared gas detector raises the alarm, then cuts the power.

Plan about 5.5 m² of site space, including service access.

SCHEMATIC. Simplified drawing. Not a photo.
LED canopy 1 2 3 Gas detector 245 200 Front Vents 200 Side Carousel, 16 × 3 Top GasAutomat 48 SCHEMATIC cm
Machine platform

Machines

SAMPLE DATA. Invented values that show how the software works.
Sample fleet of ten machines
MachineSiteStatusStockLast sale
Machine 01Harbour Roadattention11 kg 205 kg 48 kg 119 min ago
Machine 02Market Squareready11 kg 175 kg 128 kg 83 min ago
Machine 03North Gate DIYready11 kg 225 kg 98 kg 1021 min ago
Machine 04Station Streetready11 kg 145 kg 88 kg 1558 min ago
Machine 05Lakesideready11 kg 195 kg 118 kg 71 h ago
Machine 06Old Millready11 kg 165 kg 138 kg 123 h ago
Machine 07Bridge Streetready11 kg 125 kg 68 kg 97 min ago
Machine 08Garden Centre Westready11 kg 215 kg 148 kg 1115 min ago
Machine 09Ring Roadready11 kg 95 kg 108 kg 1334 min ago
Machine 10Harbour Eastready11 kg 185 kg 58 kg 612 min ago

VR SmartDesk, the fleet view. Sales arrive as they happen.

// SOFTWARE

Total visibility

VR SmartDesk is the fleet software behind every GasAutomat. It shows every machine, chamber and sale, for one machine or a whole network.

Change a price or lock a machine from your desk.

  • Live stock and refill alerts

    Stock per chamber in every machine, and a warning before a cylinder type runs out.

  • AI image recognition

    Cameras check every returned cylinder and accept only the brands and types you choose.

  • Connects to your systems

    Export every sale as CSV. On our new platform, an open API feeds your ERP.

  • Your brand, your screen

    Your logo, colours and wording on every customer screen. We set it up for you.

Machine platform Machines Machine 01 attention Sample data. Invented values that show how the software works.

Stock

  • Propane 11 kg20
  • Propane 5 kg4
  • Propane 8 kg BBQ11

Empty 12 · Free 1 · 48 chambers

Low stock

warnPropane 5 kg: 4 full cylinders left.Alert below 5 full

Prices

Prices
CylinderExchangePurchase
Propane 11 kg€32.00€89.00
Propane 5 kg€24.00€69.00
Propane 8 kg BBQ€29.00€79.00

Operations

Selling.

Software

Kiosk software 2026.09

installed

Your data

Open API · transactions, stock, receipts

ENDESVNOHE

GasAutomat

Touch to start

// MACHINE 01 · CUSTOMER SCREEN

What the customer sees

The customer screen follows SmartDesk. Save a price or lock Machine 01, and this screen changes.

Exchange price, Propane 11 kg
€32.00
Status
Selling
Screen language
English

// TODAY

People keep it supplied

The machine sells. Your team loads it.

Line illustration, to scale: a technician about 188 cm tall lifts a gas cylinder from a cylinder cage trolley into the open middle door of the machine, whose body stands about 2.1 m tall. In service mode the machine opens the doors it needs and its screen shows which chambers to load. Service modeLoad 4 SmartDeskNext visit: Propane 5 kg
ILLUSTRATION. A drawing, not a photo.

The machine

  • Sells the cylinder.
  • Takes the payment.
  • Opens the right door.
  • Checks the return.
  • Counts the stock.

Your team

  • Loads full cylinders in service mode: about 15 minutes for a full machine.
  • Takes the empties out on the same visit.
  • Brings what SmartDesk says is running low.
  • Confirms any return the camera flags.

// VR SMARTDESKSmartDesk tells them what to bring.

// YOUR NUMBERS

What one machine does for you

Four answers, one minute. The defaults come from our fleet and from market averages. Change any of them.

EUR per swap EUR per hour

2Your opening hours today
3The machine
60

// ONE MACHINE, ONE YEAR

Up to €0 a year in margin while you are closed

Counter time back
0 hoursworth about €0 at your staff cost
Cylinders sold while closed
0a year
Loads
015 minutes per full load

Send me a quote for this site
How we count
  • Our fleet: 18% of sales come on Sundays or outside 08:00 to 20:00. For shops with weekday hours it is 48%. Some of those customers would have come anyway, so this is the most it can be.
  • A counter or cage sale takes about 10 minutes of staff time: leaving the till, the walk to the cage and back.
  • A full machine (47 cylinders) is loaded in 15 minutes.
  • Margin and staff cost are estimates for the country you choose, in its currency, from public 2025 and 2026 cylinder prices and Eurostat labour costs. Use your own.
  • Before machine price, installation and running costs. Not a quote.

// COMPANY

Sixteen years of gas sold by machine

The GasAutomat started in Norway in 2010. Today one team carries it: the machine, the software and the service behind every sale.

  1. 2010NorwayThe first GasAutomats sell gas around the clock.
  2. 2025CyprusVendingRobotics LTD: machine, software and service under one roof.
  3. Today10+ countriesGas companies and retailers across Europe and the Middle East, on one platform.

VendingRobotics LTD · Agapinoros 5, 8270 Tremithousa, Paphos, Cyprus

// FAQ

Questions buyers ask

Straight from our inbox: what operators ask before they order.

Ask us yours
What does a machine cost, and how soon can we have it?

We quote per project, because the number of machines, the payment terminal and the delivery address all change the price. Delivery, commissioning, staff training and a 24-month warranty are included. Production takes about three months from your order, plus about a month of transport.

Is the GasAutomat 48 a vending machine or an exchange machine?

Both. It is an LPG cylinder vending machine: a customer buys a full cylinder, or returns an empty one and takes a full one, with no staff at the counter. In the UK and Ireland the same machine is called a gas bottle vending machine. The camera checks every return, and VR SmartDesk shows every sale and every chamber.

How does it compare with a gas cage?

Unlike a staffed cylinder cage, the GasAutomat 48 takes the payment, checks the returned cylinder and opens the right door by itself, so customers buy or exchange cylinders after your shop closes. Cylinders stay locked inside. Your team only brings full ones and takes the empties away.

Which cylinders fit?

Steel, aluminium and composite cylinders from 5 to 13 kg, mixed in one machine. The camera tells the formats apart, and each one gets its own price. A new format is added in software. Send us yours, and we check them before you order.

Can it take back only our own cylinders?

Yes. You can limit returns to your brand. The camera turns away foreign cylinders and anything that is not a cylinder.

What does the site need?

Level, paved ground of about 2 × 2 m. No foundation. A fixed 230 V connection laid by an electrician, and mobile data or a network cable. The machine arrives assembled, and a forklift unloads it. Keep it out of ATEX zones, such as the area around fuel pumps. We check your site before we quote.

Do we need a service contract?

No. The machine is always online, so we often see a fault before your staff do, and we solve most of them remotely. Wear parts plug in and swap in minutes, with us on the phone. A technician comes when a job needs one.

How do customers pay?

Contactless card, Apple Pay and Google Pay, at a terminal set up for your payment provider. The merchant contract stays yours, so the money goes straight to your account. QR payment by phone is an option, and Vipps works in Norway.

Is it safe, and do we need a permit?

Safer than an open cylinder cage. The cylinders sit locked inside, and the machine is monitored around the clock: you see every sale, door and fault in SmartDesk. Cylinders stay closed the whole time, with no gas connection. A gas detector raises the alarm and cuts power automatically, and natural ventilation works without power. The machine is CE marked. Permits depend on your country and site: we send a document pack for your authority and answer its questions in writing.

What does VR SmartDesk show, and does it connect to our ERP?

Sales, stock per chamber, machine status and prices for every machine, with low-stock alerts and CSV export. An open API feeds your ERP system or the live stock on your website. Your ERP partner makes the connection.

Can we see one running?

Yes. We arrange visits to machines in daily use, with operators who run them. Tell us your country, and we suggest the nearest one.

// CONTACT

Start your automation journey

Tell us about your site. We check it and your cylinders first, then we send a quote.

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What happens next

  1. Reply.A person from our team answers by email.
  2. Site and cylinder check.We review your site, power, data and cylinder formats.
  3. Quote.You receive a configuration and a price.
  4. Production and delivery.We build your machine in your RAL colour, with your branding. Then we ship it to your site.
  5. Installation.We or our local partner install and commission the machine, then train your team.

// DIRECT

Prefer email?

sales@vendingrobotics.eu

A person from our team answers. Tell us your country and your cylinder formats.