Extrusion International 5-2024

42 Extrusion International 5/2024 FAKUMA 2024 Auxiliary Equipment and Automation F akuma is an important event for the plastics processors always focused on market developments and looking for new exclusive and competitive solutions character- ized by an advanced level of tech - nology and performance. Moret - to, the Italian company based in Massanzago (Padua) leader in the production of automations for the plastics processing industry, will be present with several novelties. Moretto considers fundamental to invest in innovation, research and testing activities to design and de - velop future-oriented solutions. The laboratory of the R&D department consists in several state-of-the-art in- struments such as rheometers for vis- cosity control, a gas chromatograph for acetaldehyde control, a DSC for crystallinity control, professional sound level meter, fine dust mea - surement, infrared cameras, profes - sional high-speed cameras (10,000 frames per second), temperature and airflow control, chilled mirror hygrometer for humidity measure - ment, anemometers and portable testing tools. In addition, Leonardo, the Su - percomputer with a mathematical simulation software capable of cal- culations of: – Load-bearing structures such as mezzanines, mechanical strength; – Thermodynamics for controlling heat distribution; – Fluid dynamics with analysis of air and fluid flows; – Electromagnetism for electro - magnetic energy analysis; – Sound analysis, precision of acoustic impact on devices. Five novelties Moretto involves this high techno - logical equipment in the design of its automations. They have been es- sential in the product development of Flowmatik, Kruise Kontrol, X Dry - er, X Comb, X MAX, Kasko, and au - tomatic One Wire 6. The challenge goes on with new products such as Gravix DGM 20, Kasko Filterless, X Comb 12, 6050 Hyper Cut grinder and Navigator 9001. Gravix , high performance doser that elevates precision in micro-dos- ing: digital electronics, double eye - lid shutter device, self-learning for a compact doser with great benefits for customers. Kasko Filterless , a system suit - able for plastic granules and/or regrind conveying with the same performance as a filtered system, while avoiding maintenance and filter cleaning. X Comb 12 , the smallest dryer in the market has a constant perfor- mance, -50 °C Dew Point, and very Rheometer for viscosity control DSC for crystallinity control Gas chromatograph for acetaldehyde control DGM Gravix 20