EVENT REVIEW PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 No. 06/24 www.petpla.net 27 Sustainability and new technologies Italian auxiliary equipment manufacturer Moretto showcased solutions for feeding, dosing, dehumidification, thermoregulation and refrigeration of plastics at Chinaplas 2024. It demonstrated new developments and established solutions applicable to a range of sectors, including automotive, medical devices, optics, beverages, packaging and electronics. Moretto also exhibited products aimed white goods, technical moulding, PET and recycling. Its focus was on developments that contribute to the performance and the sustainability of the whole plastics processing sector. The market’s ongoing investment in research and development are leading to new plastics that are lighter, stronger and more sustainable. These materials offer solutions to environmental challenges and are intended to align with the sustainability expectations of consumers as well as increasingly stringent government regulations. Moretto’s MPK crystallisation system is claimed to offer PET processors easier operations when reclaiming PET scrap for re-processing. Its sensors and monitoring system are designed to enable MPK to automatically adapt its process parameters, learning the best way to set-up the operations from the material and its behaviour. The hopper is equipped with a shockproof stainless-steel finish called Spyro, which insulates the inner mixer body and minimises heat loss, thus increasing energy efficiency. MPK has an advanced digital connectivity, in line with all Moretto’s equipment. Digitalisation, the Internet of Things (IoT), AI and data analytics are radically transforming manufacturing and everyday management, enabling manufacturers to make better decisions, improve efficiency and automate processes. Mowis, Moretto’s control and management software platform, was developed in-house and based on years of experience of processes within the production plant. It is a multi-user platform, accessible on-site or remotely, for the management of complex systems that achieves total connectivity between machines, processes, departments and plants, via OPC UA protocol. Moretto invests six per cent of its turnover in R&D, which is above the industry average, and maintains that the combination of a sustainable approach towards production process and the deployment of advanced technology in its solutions can be the key for a continuous improvement in the plastic processing sector. www.moretto.com
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