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Easylink+ automatic coupling stations

Simple, reliable, efficient

To guarantee perfect cleaning of the main arms and prevent contamination, the new Easylink+ series is fitted with a state-of-the-art cleaning system integrated in the bottom inlet. Its new main arms are manufactured with a special hardening treatment for even greater wear resistance.

Even for the largest models with 60 inlets/outlets the floor space requirement is minimal. Easylink+, with its compact, vertical design with moving parts makes it inaccessible, for optimal operator safety. In applications where absence of contamination is critical, an optional slide gate can be installed on every outlet as a barrier against residual granules. To ensure correct selection of the material source, pneumatic fitting positions are encoder-controlled, while the drives are equipped with inverters for fast, precise movements.

An Easylink+ coupling station can control up to 60 sources and 60 destinations, and can be configured to use some or all of the inlets and outlets, with the option of subsequent expansions.

Easylink+ is essential for reliable, complete material traceability.

Integration with Winfactory 4.0 means:

  • maximum materials traceability
  • automatic setting of transport and line cleaning times
  • raw material stock monitoring with automated re-order function
  • remote connection from portable devices

Benefits

  • No contamination thanks to state-of-the-art pipe cleaning procedure
  • High wear resistance
  • Simplified maintenance
  • Completely traceable materials
  • Minimal floor space occupancy and maximum accessibility
  • Outstanding versatility thanks to a wide range of diameters – 40mm, 50mm, 60mm, 76mm – and the large number of possible inlet/outlet combinations

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Handlink manual coupling stations

Quick and easy operations

Handlink is a manual coupling station fitted with innovative twist couplers based on a bayonet connection. Its differentiating feature is the absence of a gasket that could get in contact with plastic granules, possibly leading to contamination. Besides, any risk of decreasing the feed system performance due to the loss of vacuum is thus prevented. The new couplers of Handlink, ensure that stainless steel is the only material in contact with the plastic chips.

The connecting procedure is quick and easily performed with only one hand. If required, the basic version with brass threaded couplers and without a tagging system is still available. The Handlink+ incorporates a tagging system based on RFID system that includes a local LED to show the status of the connection immediately.

The tagging system facilitates a preliminary consistency check. If the Easy 3+ feeding system control detects an incorrect connection between source and destination, the feeding cycle will not start, thus avoiding any mistake or risk of contamination. The Handlink+ tagging system also introduces the function of cap recognition.

This additional feature prevents missing feeding cycles due to open material lines. In case there is a missing cap, a specific alarm is triggered and the operator can take the corrective action without any risk of compromising the overall performance of the feeding system. The new tagging system is meant to be fully integrated with the Easy 3 and Easy3+ controls, but special versions can be made for customized feeding system with PLC control.

Benefits

  • one hand connection and operation
  • absence of any sealing in contact with material, avoiding contamination risks or losing vacuum due to sealing wear
  • indication of the correct coupling thanks to RFID tagging system, avoiding mistakes
  • detection of the presence of closing caps

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Easy 3 System receivers

Centralized control and new concept material receivers

Serially distributed Easy3 control elements, along with a wide range of granule receivers with volumes from 1.5 through to 140 liters.

There are three available versions of vacuum receivers: granule receiver made of stainless steel only (C models), version with 3 sight glasses (SR models) and a configuration with glass section (GR units). In addition to them, the range includes specific versions for high temperature treatment or for abrasive materials. The receivers can be operated independently or be included in an Easy3System centralized conveying system.

Main features:

  • Effective and rapid cleaning operations (new design of the receiver and of the filtering set which permit easy lid opening, without disconnecting electrical cables and vacuum pipes)
  • Perfect sealing (new discharge flap design, equipped with a special anti-wear gasket)
  • Reduced maintenance operations and high filter reliability
  • Guaranteed functioning of the magnetic sensor, integrated in the control box and factory pre-set
  • Maximum ease of use (exclusive compact box which contains electrical cables and pneumatic components)
  • Long service life

Options:

  • Cartridge filter
  • Fabric filter
  • Keypad
  • Acoustic alarm
  • Proportional valve
  • Valve for NAS systems

Benefits

  • Effective and rapid cleaning operations
  • Complete stainless steel construction
  • Central material intake port
  • Maintenance-free metal separation screen
  • Visual inspection sight glasses
  • Glass sleeve for enhanced visual inspection
  • Free orientation of bottom and top sections

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Varyo series vacuum units

Controlled vacuum generation

Varyo, a line of vacuum units for resin conveying, automatically adjusts loading cycle stages to eliminate mechanical stress on the polymer and to cut down electricity consumption.

Central vacuum units are in constant operation, whether on duty or on stand-by. Varyo can start and stop as required, without compromising life expectancy and reliability of the blower/pump or the motor drive. Resin conveyance puts the material under mechanical/physical stress, resulting in the generation of powder. What can be achieved with Varyo is the adequate velocity of conveyance in the pipe. Depending on the distance, elevation and quantity of material to be conveyed, Varyo can be set to generate adequate vacuum to perform the very initial phase of the loading cycle, when the material starts to move, the intermediate phase, when the material must fill up the vacuum receiver and the final phase, when the line must be purged. These phases require different vacuum levels in the line for different periods, depending on the length, elevation and capacity.

Benefits

  • Energy efficient operation
  • Reduction of dust generation
  • Adjustment of vacuum for individual receiver
  • Ordinary maintenance cut by 50%
  • Applicable to any Piovan central resin conveying system (Easy3 or central resin conveying systems with PLC control)
  • Optimized short and long distance material conveyance. Depending on the distance to the storage area, Varyo optimizes all operation parameters, including energy utilization to convey the material

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F series vacuum units

The F vacuum pumps, with a power ranging from 1.5 up to 11 kW, serve a production range of up to 1500 kg/h and a transport distance of maximum 100 m.

They can be equipped with the FZ cartridge filter or particularly compact and efficient filtering systems CF1, CF2 and CF3. The CF filter combines the cyclonic effect with dust separation and are recommended for the conveyance of particularly dusty materials.

Benefits

  • Maintenance-free motors
  • Noise level below 75 dB(A)
  • High filtering efficiency
  • Quick and simplified filter cleaning operations
  • Vertical design solution requiring little floor space

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Pureflo receivers

PureFlo eliminates the need for regular maintenance of the vacuum receiver (filter cleaning) and improves the conveying capacity of the whole system.
An airflow generated at negative pressure by a vacuum unit carries plastic granules through the conveying pipes.
Plastic granules are conveyed at a speed of 15 meters/second at the pick-up point and 25 meters/second at the end of the line.
In a conventional technology, plastic granules enter the receiver at the end velocity, i.e. 25 meters/second, and stop by hitting the inner walls of the receiver body.

The innovative and unique design of PureFlo allows plastic granules to dissipate the entire kinetic force picked up during conveyance, through a right angle bend, instead of keeping their end velocity all the way into the receiver body.
Granules fall into the receiver body, with a residual speed of 1 meter/second. The flow is directed to the base of the receiver where the air gradually loses pressure and velocity.

Benefits

Simple

  • No plugged filter problems
  • Simplified accessibility
  • No maintenance
  • Minimized cleaning

Efficient

  • Improved loading capacity
  • No cleaning cycles
  • Abrasion resistant
  • No powder pollution

Cost-effective

  • Minimal installation costs
  • No spare parts
  • Reduced cleaning activities
  • No maintenance downtime

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S series single phase hopper loader

The Piovan range of single phase hopper loaders facilitate automatic granule conveying to drying hoppers, volumetric and gravimetric blenders, and processing machines.
The S single phase hopper loaders incorporate a vacuum motor. They can convey up to 200 kg/h of material covering a distance of up to 20 m. The S series loaders are fitted with a new keypad control which includes a powerful microprocessor.
A simple and quick access to all the functions is enabled by the display and keyboard. The RS485 serial communication port (modbus protocol) is included as a standard feature.

The Piovan single phase loaders are highly reliable thanks to two devices included in the standard configuration, considerably increasing the vacuum pump’s life:

  • Soft start function, which reduces brush wear and the risk of motor damage
  • Warning signals indicating the necessity to replace the brushes

Standard configuration:

  • 1 kW double step vacuum motor
  • Paper or fabric filter
  • Automatic filter cleaning device (by means of compressed air)
  • Cleaning of exhaust filter by air and inspection door protected by a stainless steel mesh
  • Magnetic level sensor
  • Control box with keypad, including a serial port and LEDs for the indication of working status and alarms
  • Aluminum flange which allows 360° rotation for flexible positioning

Options:

  • VP proportioning valve
  • Acoustic alarm

Benefits

  • No risk of material contamination or corrosion
  • Absence of granule stagnation
  • Maximum performance at every loading cycle
  • Total safety
  • Ease of cleaning
  • Handling of all granular materials
  • Soft start function
  • Warning signals

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Ryng production monitoring

Universal device for production monitoring

This is an extremely simple system which measures productivity and efficiency of the feeding line.
In order to obtain an instant and precise measurement of the quantity of material transferred from the container to the hopper, enabling operators to take prompt action on the machine’s operating parameters and, above all, to get information on the machine’s effective productivity, Piovan has designed and manufactured a special production monitoring system, called “Ryng”.

Ryng is structured as a component to be inserted between the loading container and the storage hopper with a high-precision weighing device placed inside it.
The system operates on a proprietary software, set according to specific algorithms which “filter” and “interpret” the data it gathers and consequently indicate the actual quantity of transferred material. Ryng in fact measures the quantity of material loaded into the hopper by the container, providing information straight from the field, thus allowing real-time comparisons to be made at any time between the machine’s expected and its actual production.

Moreover, the software is programmed to exclude or minimize any measurement fluctuations that may be caused by the inevitable vibrations felt throughout the feeder system as a result of the machine’s normal operation. In this way, the system achieves high precision measurements (with a maximum error rate of less than 1%).

Benefits

  • Monitoring material consumption in real time
  • Control of the production batches
  • Production volumes statistical data
  • Applicable with any loader device
  • Remote control via Winfactory 4.0 connection

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Worldwide leader in supplying ancillary equipment to the plastics industry

PIOVAN Group is a world leader in the development and production of ancillary systems for the automatization of storage, transport and processing of polymers, plastic and food products, engineering solutions and services. From open-air silos to centralized feeding systems: they design and manufacture integrated and flexible solutions for all kinds of plastic materials. Committed to their customers and to innovations, development and future trends, they are striving to direct their professionalism towards the fulfillment of customers’ requirements. The fact that differentiates PIOVAN from their competitors is that almost all of their elements and sub-assemblies are manufactured by their own mother company. This concept of the development strategy is the reason why PIOVAN stands for quality, reliability and efficiency.

About PIOVAN (PDF 6.89 MB)

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Automotive

medical

packaging

technical molding

teletronics

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

Energy efficiency is a concept that in our part of the world became important towards the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009, at the outset of the world economic crisis. Most business people had, until then, mostly declaratively considered power consumption as a significant element of the total cost analysis. In these considerations, the impact of energy efficiency on the environment pollution had hardly been tackled at all.

Neofyton was among the first companies in Serbia and the region to start actively demonstrating the importance of energy efficiency, both by cutting production costs and therefore increasing profit rates and building awareness of the resource shortage and broader ecological principles.

Energy savings through the use of Neofyton's machines

In comparison with our direct competitors in the field of plastics injection machines, and with the utilization of standard hydraulics with integrated so-called "smart" pumps, our machines consume as much as 50% less energy. The use of servo-hydraulics opens up the potential of savings as high as 70%. We have a very precise power consumption measuring device to prove this.

The company Engel was the first plastics injection machine manufacturer back in 2009, which introduced the power consumption page as a standard component of the control assembly – "Ecograph", where - next to the weight of each product (molded part) in every cycle - total hourly consumption is shown, as well as the specific power consumption per one kilogram of processed plastics (kWh/kg).

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The equipment we represent contributes to ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION in several ways.
When it comes to ancillary equipment, above all water chillers by our supplier Eurochille, used for temperature control of both hydraulics and machine servo motors and molds (tools) in which finished products are made, the chiller systems we sell facilitate the use of a new cooling system based on the so-called "adiabatic effect".

In summer, the hydraulics and servo motors of the injection molding machines call for cooling with water at a maximum of 28°C. Using the so-called "free cooling" device with the "adiabatic effect", cooling of process water is performed without cooling compressors (which use freon as the heat exchanger). Heat exchange, i.e. cooling happens exclusively by the use of ventilators, which translates into six- to eightfold savings compared to traditional chillers that use freon-based compressors.

One of our customers has reduced the required cooling energy by 1.400.000 kWh per year, i.e. by about 70.000 EUR, using the "adiabatic" cooling devices. An additional benefit is the elimination of major pollution risks which might arise from emissions of freon into the atmosphere due to tube puncture or breakage.

A similar calculation can be applied to our Engel injection molding machines, as well as to the Piovan granulate dryers.

The Company Neofyton as PIOVAN’s partner

Neofyton is PIOVAN’s partner for the markets of Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Piovan is a large international group founded in 1934 and has more than 70 years of experience and expertise in the production of ancillary equipment in the injection molding industry. Their service and sales of equipment are available on four continents (Europe, North and South America, Asia).

One of the features of PIOVAN is constant communication with their clients, through ongoing technical support and assistance. The client is included in the solution from the designing stage to the installation and start-up of the facility.

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