Huge success for Moretto at NPE 2018

With a high visitor count and high interest in their equipment and systems, NPE 2018 in Orlando, Florida was a huge success for Moretto! The event established an important affirmation of the company in the American market.

Moretto debuted in the USA in 2015 and since then, thanks to a strong business strategy, Moretto USA doubled its turnover, opened a new and larger branch (in Jackson Center, in western Pennsylvania) and structured a team of experts able to serve the US market with speed and efficiency.

Building on this dynamic and positive trend, Moretto USA strategically exhibited at NPE 2018 with two booths and was able to share cutting-edge solutions for each sector of the plastics industry. Displayed were innovative and customizable systems, ready to maximize process efficiency, and guarantee both final product quality and energy savings for injection molding, extrusion and PET processing customers worldwide.

In the West hall, Moretto exhibited important new solutions for resin transport, dehumidification, blending, liquid temperature control and factory supervision, particularly appreciated by the automotive and medical industries and their operators.

New this year at NPE 2018, Moretto expanded the effective Eureka multi-hopper drying system to include one of its latest innovations, Moisture Meter Manager. Even Industry 4.0, that provides the communication platform for the Moisture Meter Manager takes a backseat to this revolution in drying! MMM integrates two moisture sensing modules installed to the top and bottom of each drying hopper that sense incoming resin moisture level (top) and post-drying moisture level (bottom).

This precision pre and post drying moisture analysis is applied to the functions of the Eureka drying system to guarantee that each hopper of the Eureka system is delivering ONLY dried material to processing with no need for human intervention to correct drying anomolies.

Eureka systems equipped with this exclusive Moretto feature are dubbed Eureka Plus systems and for the first time processors taking advantage of this high level of guaranteed control can actually certify the parts being made from Eureka Plus dried materials to be moisture-free.

The Moisture Meter Manager was also displayed on a more conventional dryer and single hopper, demonstrating Moisture Meter signal exchange with the dryer for error-free drying and maximum energy savings.

Moretto's participation in the Bottle Zone of the South Hall drew broad attention with a complete installation of material conveying and drying for PET, including a Moretto designed, manufactured and erected mezzanine, typical of high volume bottle pre-form production.

Modeled identical to a Moretto installation happening currently at a noted producer of pre-forms, the exhibit included a dual heat source drying system, designed to allow the user to quickly change between electric and natural gas heat sources for maximum energy savings.

The exclusive Moretto XD drying system provides adaptive drying for further energy savings through high-performance, Moretto-designed and built turbo-compressors, noteworthy for linear performance throughout their VFD-controlled speed range.

The high-capacity Moretto OTX drying hopper gathered a lot of attention with its exclusive, damage-resistant, Spyro exterior, mass flow design, access ladder with top platform and extra large cleanout door.

Despite its impressive size, the (212 cu ft,) hopper is more compact than conventional models due to its high efficiency OTX mass flow characteristics with a unique, cylindrical flow pattern, leaving no dead spots and assuring every pellet receives optimum residence time. Conventional hoppers suffer from funnel flow and other negative air and mateiral flow characteristics due to their common "tank" geometry.

The exhibit, at 33 feet tall, dominated the hall: “Moretto was the only exhibitor in the Bottle Zone that presented a system of this size. The solutions presented, the quality and the technology of the Moretto equipment won the interest of top players in this business sector.” - explains Michela Carrer, Moretto Chief Marketing Officer.

Also shown, and receiving a lot of attention, was Moretto's latest design in effective condensation of post-drying volatiles. The high-capacity, all-stainless SC Purex Condensate Separator is a stacked, multi-stage cooling tower that condenses volatiles into an easily drained, mobile container on the bottom. For periodic cleaning of contaminants from the cooling coils, traditionally a complicated, messy process, the SC provides a pneumatic lifting system that separates each module (up to 6), allowing it to be easily removed for pressure washing or steam cleaning. Each cooling water line is equipped with a quick-release, auto-shut-off connection that requires no tools. Modules can be cleaned, then easily returned to the tower and dropped back into sealed operation by lowering the pneumatic system to operating position. No other system provides this kind of effective volatile condensation and easy cleaning.

Also on display was Moretto’s latest member of the Kasko, self contained loader family. Designed specifically for the higher volume American marketplace, the new F24 loader is a robust motor loader providing up to 650 lbs/hr of conveying capacity with no need for a remote pump. Like the entire Kasko line of loaders, it features all stainless construction, a hinged lid, high capacity filter with blowback, an integrated control with status light tower and a mounting configuration that allows installation on top of receiving hoppers…not in them.

“Excellent solutions, know-how, and service turned out to be Moretto's strong points, most appreciated by the American market.” The US branch consists of sales offices, service, project management, a complete stock of products and spare parts and a product showroom. “The US branch, now in its new location, is well structured to offer customers valuable expertise, rapid, localized service and personalized before-and-after sales support.” – continues the CMO.

In particular, NPE visitors appreciated the quality, precision and technology of Moretto’s products, perfectly in step with the times and oriented to Industry 4.0.

“Participation at NPE 2018 required a strong investment by the company, and strong team work for over six months, dedicated to organizing the bold Moretto exhibits. Our strong success at the show gave us our real challenge that today, with several hundred inquiries in hand, we confirm our winning strategy by supplying these excellent prospects with equipment and systems and continuing the success Moretto has already enjoyed in the US". - concludes the CMO.

Source: Moretto S.p.A