Established in 1980 in Massanzago (Padua), Moretto S.p.A. is a company based on the passion and dedication of Renato Moretto, founder and current President, able to anticipate the incredible application developments in the plastics’ world.

Moretto S.p.A. is an italian leading company in researching, developing, and producing automated systems for the plastics processing industry. With five production plants, operations in 9 countries and a committed dealer network, the company serves customers in over 70 countries.

Moretto provides comprehensive solutions for feeding and conveying, dosing and blending, drying, granulation, temperature control and cooling, and storage. The integration of MOWIS, a supervision and management software developed in-house, facilitates the seamless control and connection of all production processes.

Moretto serves diverse industries, including automotive, medical, optical, beverage, packaging, electronics, white goods, technical moulding, and recycling, notably making significant contributions to the PET sector, with a dedicated range of products.

Moretto excels in providing tailored solutions, employing an innovative approach (backed by 169 patents), and with a strong commitment to sustainability.

These four systems, working together, provide processors with a modular, self-adjusting, energy-saving dehumidification system.

X MAX is a modular dehumidifying drying system that incorporates 3 or more drying units to meet drying requirements and to provide redundancy for regeneration and maintenance.  Additional units (up to 10 total) can be added as drying requirements increase. Each desiccant dryer uses exclusive zeolite desiccant to deliver consistent Dew Point to -85°F (-65°C) for uncompromising drying performance. No cooling water, nor compressed air are required. Included in the system is an independent heating unit for sequencing regeneration as needed to all dryer desiccants. Adaptive airflow from strong, turbocompressor blowers provide consistent airflow to compensate for off-line dryers receiving maintenance or in regeneration. The X MAX drying system includes an icon-navigated, full-color, touchscreen control.

Flowmatik is an automatic, adaptive airflow management system for multi-hopper drying systems that eliminates traditional valves and manual balancing of airflow in multiple hoppers. Flowmatik assures delivery of optimum airflow to each hopper, based on the given hopper size and user-inputted material and throughput requirements, assuring the lowest possible energy consumption since excess airflow is removed. Flowmatik eliminates the undesirable stress on resin from over-drying, even in reduced or stopped production circumstances, protecting the intrinsic viscosity of the resin. The icon-navigated, full-color, touchscreen control prompts users to simply input material and throughput requirements in lbs or kg per hour for each material hopper.

OTX (Original Thermal eXchanger) is an advanced drying hopper design that provides optimized mass flow of materials for highly predictable resin drying. With OTX hoppers, each plastic granule is uniformly exposed to drying air and achieves full residence time in the hopper even though the hopper size is smaller, resulting in space savings and energy reduction. Mechanical features include a durable SPYRO, corrugated ceramic fiber/stainless steel skin, large clean-out door with sight glass, hinged or removable top plate, screened filter air outlet, tramp metal magnet cluster on the material inlet and a counter-balanced, swing-down cone section on models 28 cu/ft (800 liter) and larger.

Each hopper is equipped with a Viewer control, conveniently located on the hopper’s access door, which provides a confirming readout of actual temperature in the hopper, and an indicator of operating status. The Viewer can also be used for local programming of the drying temperature at the hopper. Heating units are mounted directly to the hopper to minimize heat losses.

Lastly, the Eureka Plus system includes Moisture Meter, an inline, resin moisture sensing and drying control. The Moisture Meter uses Power Peek Technology to read the moisture content of the resin itself using electromagnetic waves, which change based on the moisture within the resin. A sensing unit below the drying hopper read the moisture levels of the resin to assure the success of the dehumidification process. Based on Moisture Meter signals, the drying process is dynamically altered, in rapid and direct response to moisture readings. Moisture Meter sensitivity ranges from 15 ppm (=/- 3 ppm) to 3,000 ppm and operates with resins being dried from 68 to 356 °F (20 to 180 °C).

Eureka Plus system effectively closes the loop on resin drying by in-line measurement of each granule’s moisture content and applying this data to the adaptive drying system. Ever responsive, the system essentially provides “drying on demand”, based on the real drying needs of the polymer at any given time. Managing drying functions in direct response to environmental variables that typically interrupt predictable polymer moisture levels, the Moretto drying system can guarantee production certification and maximum energy efficiency.

The Eureka Plus drying system can be supervised by MOWIS, the supervision and management system. MOWIS, totally integrated to the local network via OPC UA, enables connectivity between machines, departments, plants and facilities.