Technologies for material conveying, drying, VOC and low-boiling compound management, dosing, storage, quality control, and process monitoring.
END-TO-END TRACEABILITY
ENERGY-AWARE ARCHITECTURE
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE
PROCESS STABILITY OVER TIME
TECHNICAL CHALLENGES
Critical Variables in PET and rPET Production
PET and rPET performance is driven by upstream material handling, moisture stability, contaminant control, dosing accuracy, and closed-loop process monitoring. Treating these variables in isolation increases line instability.
Engineering and plant teams need full visibility into flows, batches, alarms, and parameters to prevent downtime.
Raw Material Variability
Lot-to-lot differences in virgin resin, flakes, regrind, and especially rPET affect stability, quality, and repeatability.
Moisture & VOC Management
Traceability & Corrective Action
Moisture presence and VOC release can significantly impact product quality and compromise process continuity.
COMPLETE TURNKEY SYSTEMS
A Single Automation Architecture Across the Entire Process by
Piovan supports the entire PET and rPET process—from material storage and conveying, through drying and dosing, to supervision and quality control.
Piovan equipment can operate as fully engineered, integrated systems or as stand-alone units, consistently managing materials to deliver high-quality output while ensuring control, efficiency, and reliability.
Piovan has been a partner for more than 20 years.
It is a highly innovative partner and so we benefit from a very high level of quality and productivity, especially when we use post-consumer recycled PET.
Our relationship with the team members is excellent because they are both reactive, very attentive to our needs, and they bring us all their expertise to help us with our innovations.
Mr François Desfretier
PDG Owner
Material Handling
ENSURING CLEAN, TRACEABLE MATERIAL FLOW FROM STORAGE TO PROCESS
Conveying
HandlinkEvo
Manual coupling station equipped with external sealing to prevent contamination and vacuum leaks, ensuring error-proof source-to-receiver coupling
DeDuster®
Pellet cleaning to remove fines and angel hair, particularly critical with rPET, where material degradation and conveying friction can compromise finished-part quality
EasylinkEvo
Automatic coupling station with a fault signaling system and high-brightness LED indicators, delivering precise, fast operation and ensuring full material traceability
Permanent Central Vacuum Systems
Improve energy efficiency by automatically adjusting pump usage to real production demand, while enabling simultaneous conveying
Dehumidification & VOC / Oil Management
CONTROL THE DRYING LOOP, CUT ENERGY USE
GenesysNext
Adaptive dryer to reduce energy use and scrap, with integrated inline moisture monitoring and PureTech high-performance filters for advanced VOC control
Drying
GN³
Three-stage dryer enabling resin changeovers in under 2.5 hours, dehumidification in 5 hours, and gentle drying to preserve maximum rPET integrity
Condenso
A new-generation oil condenser combining maximum VOC reduction with substantial energy savings, enabled by the patented energy recovery system
Dosing & Blending Units
RECIPE ACCURACY ACROSS RESIN, REGRIND, AND ADDITIVES
Quantum+
HIGH PRECISION GRAVIMETRIC BLENDER
Dosing
Lybra
CONTINUOUS LOSS-IN-WEIGHT / VOLUMETRIC DOSING UNIT
Process Analyzers
A WIDE RANGE OF INSTRUMENTS FOR CONTAMINANT MONITORING AND DETECTION
Inspecta
Detection of acetaldehyde, benzene, or limonene in preforms, bottles, granules and sheets
Moisture Minder
Inline, real-time moisture measurement after the drying phase (no sample collection required)
Inline, real-time VOC monitoring and detection to prevent downtime and unplanned maintenance
Quality Control
VOC Minder
Winfactory 4.0
SUPERVISORY SOFTWARE FOR THE SMART FACTORY
Software
SmartForesight
CLOUD-BASED MONITORING & PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE INTELLIGENCE
Service
Piovan's SmartForesight redefines equipment reliability with predictive remote monitoring service that detects abnormal behavior before faults occur. It identifies wear and degradation patterns in critical components, sending personalized alerts and notifications to designated personnel via email or phone when anomalies are detected.
ASSET UPTIME MAXIMIZATION
From reaction to prevention through digital machine health assessment
PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE ALERTS
Early detection and notification of behavioral deviations
GLOBAL MONITORING
In real time, fully connected to every production site worldwide
The PiovanGroup is a global leader in developing and manufacturing process automation systems for the storage, conveying, and processing of polymers, bio-resins, recycled plastics, food liquids, and both food and non-food powders.
With over 90 years of experience, more than 2,000 employees, 14 manufacturing facilities, and 40+ service and sales branches worldwide, the PiovanGroup maintains a close and responsive relationship with customers on a global scale, thanks also to an extensive network of distributors and representatives.
MILLION €
TURNOVER 2024
PRODUCTION
PLANTS
SERVICE AND SALES
BRANCHES
EMPLOYEES
WORLDWIDE
572
14
40+
2,000+
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